Sixteen teams in four groups are all set to bring high-octane football to the Soccer7sSeries in the Men’s Open. One of the most eye-catching match-ups sees Vasco da Gama take on Hashtag United in Group A. The game features one of the most storied sides in South American football – with more than 120 years of history – and an English team founded in 2016 by YouTuber Spencer Owen who have gone on to achieve global fame and boast a huge online following. Joining the pair in Group A will be SHB FC from Vietnam and Albirex Niigata FC (S) from Singapore as the four sides battle it out for two places in the quarter-finals. The other Brazilian team at the Soccer7sSeries, Corinthians, are placed in an exciting-looking Group D where they will come up against a trio of Asian clubs in Indonesia’s PERSIB, Shanghai Shenhua of China and local side COSMO Select. The Sao Paulo side’s game against PERSIB is sure to capture the imagination as two clubs with massive followings in their homelands and beyond take to the field in a game that should draw in a huge online audience. Former Premier League club Queens Park Rangers will headline Group B where they are joined by Tokyo side Setagaya United, Singapore’s Geylang International and Selangor FC of Malaysia. A cross-Causeway clash between Geylang and Selangor will ensure a Singapore-Malaysia derby at the Soccer7sSeries as the three Asian teams look to challenge a QPR side who lifted the 2024/25 Premier League Cup. And finally, hosts Singapore FC will also take on an ex-Premier League side in the form of Coventry City in Group C where the two go up against Taichung Rock of Chinese Taipei and Thailand’s Ratchaburi FC.