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Brazilian Hockey Association

For the first time in history, Brazil will host an international hockey competition. On 28th July to 01st August, Brazil will host the "II Mercosul Indoor Hockey Tournament under 18" in Florianópolis - Santa Catarina, in the south of the country.

Following the development plan to increase the number of hockey players, for the first time Brazil will compete with a women team. In this particulary, almost all the girls are from Florianópolis, where the coach Claudio Rocha is working on development hockey since the beggining of this year. There are girls from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo on the team, where hockey is also played.

"The girls are just starting to learn the basics, but I expect that they make good games against the other teams" - Claudio Rocha said.

Women hockey is just starting in Brazil, and this is the first international competition for the brazilian girls.

On the other hand, almost all the players of the men's team are from São Paulo, but there are also players from Florianópolis and Rio de Janeiro. The men's coach is Bruno Patricio, who is also a national team player.

"The boys are trainning hard, and I believe that they can make tough games against all teams" - Bruno Patricio said.

The following countries are confirmed to compete at the II Mercosul Indoor Hockey Tournament:

women: Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile and Paraguai

men: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Peru and Paraguai"

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