The increase of girl's football teams in Norway has been enormous over the last decade, said reports from Oslo on Friday.
The number of football teams for girls aged 10 to 12 has doubled in the past decade, and every third team competing in the Norway Cup this week is a girls' team, reported newspaper VG.
Manager of the tournament, Bjorn Tore Lie, said that the girls' teams were "important" to the Norway Cup.
"We are proud that every third team is a girls' team. We think it's important that girls have the same opportunities as boys," he told newspaper VG.
Every fourth team in Norway is a girls' team, especially amongst the younger girls, which proves that the sport is getting more popular, according to VG.
A manager of one of the girls' teams competing in the Norway Cup said that it is important that girls have their own teams, rather than playing alongside the boys.
"They become more confident. They dare to try more new things," said Nina Grindheim, manager of Korsvoll IL's team for girls aged 11.
The Norway Cup was held this week in Oslo, with a participation of 30,000 young boys and girls aged between 6 and 19 from 45 countries and regions.
Source: Xinhua
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