SINGAPORE SPORTS HUB UNITES THE COMMUNITY THROUGH
THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
 Crowning moment for the family of Ms. Nur Fazeela (trophy in hand) as the Ultimate Football Family |  Families enjoying themselves at the Singapore Sports Hub Festival of Football |
 Participants battling it out at the 4v4 football tournament |  Football freestyle performers showing off their skills before the live World Cup screening |
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SINGAPORE, 17 July 2018 – The Singapore Sports Hub Festival of Football excitement reached fever pitch as approximately 4,500 visitors erupted in collective euphoria over France’s 4-2 victory against Croatia, totaling the attendance for the World Cup screenings at the event to more than 65,000 over the past month. Visitors also witnessed the climax of the 2018 Ultimate Football Family contest, where five families pit themselves against one another for the title of the most ardent football family. Ms. Nur Fazeela bte Hairil Basar and her family were eventually crowned the 2018 Ultimate Football Family, after emerging victorious in a series of fun challenges that included quizzes, face painting, and the search for the most creative football chant. The contest was held in collaboration with the 2018 International Champions Cup (ICC), to reward the most die-hard football family with flights and accommodation covered, to watch Arsenal play against Huddersfield at the Emirates Stadium in December this year.
Apart from live football screenings, over 50,000 fans and enthusiasts of football descended in droves from across the island to participate in 4V4 football tournaments, daily football friendlies, penalty shootout games, meet-and-greets with football heroes and other football-themed community activities (details in Annex B). The festival also drew international football personalities such as Roman Weidenfeller, Neil Humphreys and John Dykes who joined in the football celebration with the community. Fans of local football also got to catch Singapore Premier League action in the form of Hougang United’s match-up with Brunei DPMM, as well as the Young Lions clash against Home United FC.
Mr. Oon Jin Teik, Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Sports Hub, said, “The strong multi-partnership collaboration between Singapore Sports Hub and its strategic event partners, Sport Singapore, Singapore Tourism Board, National Youth Council, International Champions Cup, Football Association of Singapore, and Starhub have made the festival more colourful and dazzling. Many friendships are forged through this festival of football as many local and international pals returned to Sports Hub for the beautiful game on many different nights. Such deep fan engagement is what we cherish most.”
Ms. Nur Fazeela, the winner of the 2018 Ultimate Football Family, said, “This festival is a family-friendly event for all who love sports to come together. We got to meet other families here who are into the sport and we hope Sports Hub organises more of such events, not only to support the growth of football but other sports as well.”
Mr. Patrick Ang, the runner-up of the Ultimate Football Family contest, said, “We all had fun, and that is the most important thing. The event is successful in encouraging families to bond, and in bringing out the kampung spirit through programmes such as the 4v4 friendlies.”
With the screening of the World Cup final this weekend, it is only half-time at the Festival of Football. The festival heats up in the second half with the highly-anticipated International Champions Cup featuring top European clubs, Arsenal, Atlético de Madrid, and Paris St-Germain, who will be competing against each other at the National Stadium on 26, 28 and 30 July (details in Annex A). Singapore is Asia’s only stop for the ICC.
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ANNEX A – 2018 INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS CUP IN SINGAPORE
| Match 1 - 26 July 2018 Atlético de Madrid vs Arsenal Event Start Time: 7:30 PM | Match 2 - 28 July 2018 Arsenal vs Paris Saint-Germain Event Start Time: 7:30 PM | Match 3 - 30 July 2018 Paris Saint-Germain vs Atlético de Madrid Event Start Time: 7:30 PM |
Single Match Tickets | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 |
Field Seats | S$388 | S$388 | S$388 |
CAT 1 | S$208 | S$208 | S$188 |
CAT 2 | S$188 | S$188 | S$168 |
CAT 3 | S$138 | S$138 | S$118 |
CAT 4 | S$98 | S$98 | S$78 |
CAT 5 | S$68 | S$68 | S$68 |
CAT 6 | S$48 | S$48 | S$48 |
CAT 7* | S$28 | S$28 | S$28 |
| 2-Day Club Packages | |||
Ticket | 3-Day | Match | Match | Match |
CAT 1 | S$513.40 | S$374.40 | S$356.40 | S$356.40 |
CAT 2 | S$462.40 | S$338.40 | S$320.40 | S$320.40 |
CAT 3 | S$334.90 | S$248.40 | S$230.40 | S$230.40 |
CAT 4 | S$232.90 | - | - | - |
CAT 5 | S$173.40 | S$122.40 | S$122.40 | S$122.40 |
CAT 6 | S$122.40 | - | - | - |
CAT 7* | S$71.40 | - | - | - |
- All prices reflected include GST and exclude booking fee
- Booking fee for tickets $30 and below: S$1.00 per ticket
- Booking fee for tickets S$30.01 and above: S$4.00 per ticket
- Booking fee for 3-Day Packages/2-Day Club Packages: S$7.50 per package (*S$3.00 for CAT 7 packages)
ANNEX B – SINGAPORE SPORTS HUB FESTIVAL OF FOOTBALL IN NUMBERS
ABOUT SINGAPORE SPORTS HUB
The Singapore Sports Hub is Singapore's premier sports, entertainment and lifestyle hub with integrated community programming.
Consisting of a unique cluster development of integrated world-class sports facilities within the city, it plays a critical role in accelerating the development of sports industry, excellence and participation, and will take sports to the next level in Singapore.
Located on a 35-hectare site in Kallang, the Singapore Sports Hub will include the following facilities:
- A new 55,000-capacity National Stadium with a retractable roof and movable tiered seating
- 100PLUS Promenade that encircles the National Stadium
- A 6,000-capacity OCBC Aquatic Centre that meets FINA standards
- A 3,000-capacity OCBC Arena which is scalable and flexible in layout
- Water Sports Centre featuring kayaking and canoeing
- 41,000 sq m Kallang Wave Mall
- The iconic Singapore Indoor Stadium
- Shimano Cycling World
- Singapore Youth Olympic Museum & Singapore Sports Museum
- Sports Hub Library
- Daily community facilities and activities open for Singaporeans, including beach volleyball, hard courts for futsal, basketball and netball, lawn bowls, giant chess, skate park, climbing wall and running & cycling paths
The Singapore Sports Hub, which is managed by SportsHub Pte Ltd, is one of the largest sporting Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects in the world. It is also Singapore's largest flagship PPP project of this nature, and has won the PFI award in London in 2011, World Architecture Festival Awards for Best Future Project in the leisure-led development category in 2013 and Sports Building of the Year in 2014.
For more information, please visit the Singapore Sports Hub
- Website: www.sportshub.com.sg
- Facebook: sporesportshub
- Twitter: @sgsportshub
- Instagram: sgsportshub
