U. de La Serena is crowned champion of the national university soccer tournament

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The ULS team defeated its UCM counterpart in the grand final and won the trophy undefeated.

The football team of the University of La Serena was crowned champion of the national university football tournament, men's category, by beating the Catholic University of Maule (UCM) 4 to 2 in the grand final of the Fenaude championship, which was played between on November 1 and 6 on the fields of the Andrés Bello campus of the ULS, in La Serena.

uls2 winner tournamentThe selection reached the instance that defines the champion after a very good campaign. They qualified undefeated in group 4 after drawing 1-1 with the Universidad de Playa Ancha (UPLA), winning 5-1 against the Universidad de Magallanes (UMAG) and drawing 2-2 in the third game against the Universidad San Sebastián (USS).

In the quarterfinals, the ULS defeated Arturo Prat University (UNAP) 3-2. And in the semifinals, the host team had to face the team from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV), where they secured their place in the final by beating them by a score of 3-2.

In this way, after beating Universidad Católica del Maule (UCM) in the final, the teams from the University of La Serena won the 2016 Fenaude National Championship undefeated, improving the results obtained in previous years and thus fulfilling an excellent performance in the tournament.