Bangkok Veterans Football League - Bangkok Veterans Classic International Tournament

Swiftly heading towards its 5th season, to commemorate this milestone anniversary, Bangkok Veterans League invites you to its inaugural international tournament, fondly called "Bangkok Veterans Classic".

The Vets League has developed from its humble 4-team beginnings to today's 24-team tournaments held month-after-month. As a natural extension, we would like to expand the fun-&-joy to an international level starting from 2009.

Our philosophy is friendship, fellowship, fairness, and fun, where winning is not the objective. The tournament prides itself with being friendly and fair, in the true "Land of Smiles" spirit of Thailand. We would like to see each team and every player leave at the end of the tournament with a positive impression of this "new" annual landmark, having made some new friends in the players from other teams, and anxious and eager to return to play next year.

Yes, there are plenty of tournaments around the region. Yes, many of them are old and well established. Yes, it's familiar faces and places to visit each year.

Yes, "same, same"! But, this one is different! Different in many ways!

• Non-commercial (reasonable participation fee)
• Objective is not to win it all, but build and develop friendships and relationships for future years
• Organized by a league (not by a club or a company)
• 1-day tournament (free to rest or go sightseeing in Bangkok and its surroundings on Sunday)
• Includes a Charity Match on Sunday 
• 8-a-side (only one of its kind in the region)
• Distinctive "non-violent" (and perhaps somewhat awkward!) rules
• Plenty of time on the pitch (keep on playing even if losing games!)
• Plenty of supplies
• Trophies for all the teams
• And, memories for long afterwards!

So, do we have a football feast for you! Please email using the link below if you want to register your team or would like more information.

Any revenue over and above the costs of holding the tournament will be donated to Sister Joan Evans PBVM. For more details about her good work please visit her website by clicking here.

Sister Joan Evans lives and works in the slum communities of Klong Toey in Bangkok. The Sister's mission aims to encourage, assist and support children and young people from a disadvantaged background to obtain an education.

Projects run by Sister include her fortnightly Milk Run project providing milk formula to over 150 babies, her annual Education project providing uniforms, shoes, socks and bags to over 600 students, her Fares and Food project during each term providing funding so students can travel to school and buy their lunch, and the Family Food project which provides essential food assistance to many families.

Sister Joan's donation philosophy is simple - a little bit of money goes a long way.

Sister Joan Evans PBVM - Helping the youth in the slums of Bangkok today, to help themselves tomorrow ...