Futsal Belarus:

Belkommunmash winner of the XVI National Cup of Futsal.
XVI National Cup of Belarus


Semifinals
VRZ vs JKH 4:0
Belkommunmash vs Okhrana Dinamo 2:1

Final
Belkommunmash vs VRZ 1:1*
* Belkommunmash winner on penalties 3:1

New Zealand Futsal:

Press release of New Zealand Futsal Association:

New Zealand Mens World Cup Squad

Coach Gui Costa has settled on his squad for the X Futsal World Cup to be held in Colombia March 15-26th 2011,

Bakr Al-Saudi
Hady Osman
Darren Hart
Peter Rae
Josh Cremen
Sean McIntee
Rami Dawwas
Kareem Osman
Ouadhah Ragued
James Vaughan
Leyvaine Davids GK
Chris Sinclair GK
Jakua Sinkora
Daniel Burns

Coach: Gui Costa

Manager: Charlie Cremen

Sports Trainer: Nicole Shepard

The side will depart from Auckland on March 10th and travel to Bogota where they will base themselves and prepare for their first game on March 16th against Belarus.

They will then play Ecuador on the 17th and hosts Colombia on the 18th.

AMF (World Futsal Association) have been holding a Futsal World Cup Since 1982 and are the World Founding Futsal organisation, establishing in 1930 under the banner of FIFUSA.

The current World Cup holders are Paraguay who have won the title 3 times (1988, 2003, 2007) with Brazil claiming 2 titles in 1982 and 1985. No doubt both these sides will be teams to contest for the title again along with host Nation Colombia whi finished 3rd at the 2007 event.

Australia hosted the 1988 AMF Futsal World Cup, but this will be the first time a New Zealand side has been involved.

New Zealand Futsal Association is proud to be a part of the World Futsal Association and the Futsal World Cup

Futsal Canada:

The biggest complain about soccer is the lack of goals.

You can then toss in the complaint about it being too slow.

If you get really picky, there are complaints about the game being too long.

Then there is the annoying habit players have of getting tackled and making a meal out of rolling around and pretending they are on death’s door.

If all that bothers you, even though the sport does entice you to watch it, the solution to all your complaints may be futsal soccer played on hardwood.

Popular especially in South America, it’s soccer played on a gym floor with the speed and movement of basketball.

London has a league, but exposure to the sport is still minimal among soccer fans.

Two local players, though, will take part in what may be the futsal experience of a lifetime for them.

Camilo Gonzalez and Santiago Raigoza have made the Canadian team for the AMF Futsal World Cup in Colombia in March. There are two governing organizations in futsal, the other being FIFA.

“There was a falling-out a while ago and AMF are on their own,” said Carlos Radic, director of sport for AMF and an assistant coach of the Canadian team. “There are some different rules involved and AMF is a lot quicker.”Futsal is usually played in a 20-by-40-metre gym. There are five players per side.

The major differences in the game are the size of the ball and the play of the goaltenders.“In AMF, the keeper gets used a lot,” Radic said. “You need a keeper who can stop with his hands, but you can use him as a player because he can come out and play like a player.“In AMF, that means there is a constant rotation. Some teams like Belarus, change like hockey every two minutes, others change depending on fitness.”The games are two 20-minute halves.

Time stops when the ball goes outside the lines.

A team that commits five fouls in a half gives up a unopposed kick from 9 metres from the net. Five fouls on an individual player and that player is removed from the game.

Gonzalez is well known for his outdoor game in London. The 21-year-old plays for AEK London and FC London.

But he like futsal more than he does the outdoor game.“I like them both but futsal is more fun,” he said. “It’s more intense. Outdoor is fun but it might get a little boring sometimes. There’s not as many goals, not as exciting.”Gonzalez is one of those who believes if people watch the game, they’ll love it.“They would enjoy watching futsal more because soccer is sometimes bland and it’s long,” he said. “This one is only 20 minutes a half.

You see a crazy amount of things happening. A lot of people don’t now the sport, they just think two stay up and two stay on defence but the way you are supposed to play the sport, you actually rotate all the time, so if one goes, the other one goes back, so you are always moving.”Radic is based in Kitchener. The team will take 12 players to Columbia, where they play in a preliminary group with Catalonia, Peru and Uruguay.

The group is attempting to raise funds for the March tournament.

Radic says he has participated in both the FIFA-style of futsal and AMF and he prefers AMF.“Players are constantly moving and you have to be in condition,” he said. “I get a lot of fat, old guys when I have tryouts for teams and because they don’t like to run but you have to run in this game.”The team going to the World Cup has arranged an exhibition game in London on Feb. 20 with details still to be worked out.

For Gonzalez, though, the trip to Colombia will be more than just futsal.

He left Colombia about 10 years ago. His relatives are “going crazy” about the opportunity.“I haven’t been back since,” he said. “Not only am I going back playing for Canada but I am going to my home country for the first time. It’s so exciting.”

morris.dallacosta@sunmedia.ca

II Nations Cup:

Russia the CHAMPIONS

Russia vs France

Catalonia vs France






Russia champion of the II Nations Cup of Futsal in Platja d`Aro (Catalonia)

II NATIONS CUP futsal

Final Standing
1ºRussia
2ºCatalonia
3ºSt. Helena
4ºFrance
5ºKyrgyzstan
6ºSweden
7ºGambia
8ºItaly

13/02/2011
Final

RUSSIA (*)vs CATALONIA 1-1
(*) Penaltys winner 3-1

http://www.uefs.eu/

Nations Cup on internet TV:

Tomorrow saturday 12th the semifinals of the second Nations Cup will be on internet TV.

Semifinal 1

17:00h Russia vs Santa Helena

Semifinal 2

19:00h Catalonia vs France

Timming GMT + 1h.

You can see the games at www.uefs.eu

Currently results II Nations Cup:

Day 3:

Gambia vs Italy 7-8

Russia vs France 5-2

Sweden vs Saint Helena 2-6

Catalonia vs Kyrguistan 3-2

Day 2:

France vs Gambia 9-2
Russia vs Italy 12-2
Sweden vs Kirguiztan 16-4
Catalonia vs Saint Helena 3-1

Day 1:

15.00 France-Italy 6-3

17.00 Russia-Gambia 12-2

19.00 Kirguizistan-Sant Helena 3-5

21.00 Catalonia-Sweden 6-5

Mercosur Futsal Cup:

Mercosur Futsal Cup.

This weekend the national teams of Paraguay (Current World Champion), Argentina and Uruguay did play the Mercosur Futsal Cup in Flores (Uruguay)

The Champion has been Paraguay.

The result of the games:

Paraguay vs Argentina: 2-3
Uruguay vs Paraguay: 2-6
Uruguay vs Argentina: 4-3

Uruguay vs Paraguay

Uruguay