China and Malaysia crowned football and cheerleading champions at DHL AsiaCup 2007
DHL announced that China and Malaysia have emerged as the football and cheerleading champions in its inaugural DHL AsiaCup 2007, held from 22 June to 24 June at the Royal Selangor Club at Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur. This region-wide team-building exercise is one of the largest corporate sporting events, involving 12 countries across Asia Pacific.
A total of 19 teams and 450 staff from DHL offices in China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Oceania, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam participated in the DHL AsiaCup final play-offs. Hundreds of DHL staff turned up to support their teams during the three-day event.
Besides the football teams, nine cheerleading teams also held their own competition, providing spectators with a visual feast of choreography and precision. The cheerleading team from host country Malaysia got the highest votes from the judges, amidst enthusiastic support from friends and colleagues from the sidelines.
Organized by DHL Asia Pacific, the inaugural DHL AsiaCup 2007 was held following the success of the 2006 World Sports Event by DHL’s parent company Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN), which was hailed as one of the world’s largest team-building events with a participation of 2,500 staff from 24 countries. The DPWN World Sports Event was organized parallel to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
