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VITEBSK, 5 July (BelTA) – A regular lap of Belarus’ beach football (beasap) championship – Vitebsk Grand Prix – will be held in Vitebsk on 9-10 July. It is the first time Vitebsk will host a beasap competition, BelTA learnt from the physical education, sports and tourism department of the Vitebsk oblast executive committee. Vitebsk inaugurated its first beach football field in 2010. The 450-seat facility is located on the bank of the Vitba river in the Vitebsk downtown. Taking part in the tournament in Vitebsk will be eight teams, including Vitebsk-based VitVar that got into the national championship this year. The Vitebsk Grand Prix will become a kind of a rehearsal for the national beach football team before the international tournament Friendship Cup that will also be held in Vitebsk on 15-17 July. Taking part in the competition will be teams from ten countries. The backbone of the Belarusian team is made of Borisov BATE players.

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