HKFC Standard Chartered Soccer Sevens: champions Aston Villa set for Hong Kong, among host of English Premier League clubs
- Newcastle, Fulham, West Ham, Brighton represent the Premier League alongside Championship side Leicester
- Rangers are the Scottish Premiership’s representatives in the tournament, which will also feature a women’s event this year
Seven-time winners and defending champions Aston Villa will return to Hong Kong for the HKFC Standard Chartered Soccer Sevens in May, alongside a host of other English Premier League clubs.
The Soccer Sevens, this year celebrating its 25th anniversary, will take place from May 24 to 26.
It will feature a women’s edition for the first time, but organisers said the eight teams taking part would be announced in April.
Last year, Aston Villa became the first outfit to win the 16-team, three-day tournament after its four-year hiatus because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
They will be joined this year by three-time winners Newcastle and fellow Premier League sides Fulham, West Ham United, and Brighton and Hove Albion.
Regular visitors Rangers of the Scottish Premiership and Leicester City – two-time Sevens winners and sitting second in the EFL Championship – will also be there.