11th beach soccer cup tournament of the Latin America is to be started on January 29, on the Cerrado’s beach of the famous Brazilian Rio Kente resort. Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile will participate at the mentioned tournament. It should be noted that for the first time the “Copa Latina” was held in Vitoria (Espírito Santo state, Brasil) in 1998 and Brasil won that Cup. Since then the “Copa Latina” attracted not only Latin America countties but European (Portugal, Spain and France) as well. In 2000 Portugal became the first country (besides Brasil) to win the Cup. That was the only time when Brasil beach soccer team had lost the Cup.

It should be noted that all teams have already arrived to Rio Kente resort and are ready to participate at the 11^th Copa Latina.