The Korea Football Association signed a sponsorship agreement with UIC Commercial Firm, the official Korean importer and distributor of Swiss Storz Medical, a global medical equipment corporations. The contract period is 2 years.
Storz Medical is a world-leading company in the fields of extracorporeal shock wave and extracorporeal high-intensity magnetic field therapy. Currently, Storz Medical equipment is used at various sports sites in more than 130 countries around the world. Under this sponsorship agreement, a "Storz Medical treatment zone" will be established in the treatment room of the "Korea Football Comprehensive Center," which opened in Cheonan, and various shock wave treatment devices and other equipment will be provided to the Korea Football Association medical team. As a result, not only the senior national soccer team but also age-group national teams convened at the football comprehensive center in the future will be able to use global standard technical equipment for non-surgical treatment and rehabilitation during their camps.
The signing ceremony for the official sponsorship agreement took place on the 13th at the Korea Football Association national team training ground at the Cheonan Football Comprehensive Center, attended by Korea Football Association Vice President Lee Yong-su and UIC Commercial Firm CEO Son Jae-hwan. At the event, Vice President Lee Yong-su said, "I am pleased that the treatment room at the football comprehensive center, which will be used by teams at all levels, will receive globally recognized medical equipment as a sponsorship. I expect this agreement will help shorten the recovery time for injured national team players and enhance the professionalism of player management."
Meanwhile, the Korea Football Association has signed official sponsorship agreements this year with three companies (Storz Medical, Chong Kun Dang, Best Sleep) and is receiving sponsorship from a total of eight companies.
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