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FIFA Futsal World Cup BRAZIL 2008 - Qualifiers Update Print
International Futsal News
Wednesday, 23 April 2008 00:00

The 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup will be held in Brazil on 30 September to 19 October 2008 in the host cities of Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia. There will be 20 teams participating, with the following distribution of teams by confederation: AFC (4), CAF (2), CONCACAF (3), CONMEBOL (3+host), OFC (1) and UEFA (6).

Here is the latest qualifiers update by region as of April 16, 2008

CAF  (Africa)
The CAF Futsal Championships, which served as a qualifier for the FIFA Futsal World Cup was held between 21-30 March in Tripoli, Libya. By reaching the final, Egypt and Libya qualified for Brazil 2008 for CAF.


UEFA (Europe)
The First qualifying round was played from 23 February - 2 March 2008 with 38 teams in various countries. The latest round of play-offs was played from 29 March to 16 April 2008. (Participating teams were: Croatia, Italy, Romania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine, Portugal, Slovenia, Russia, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Spain)

Qualifying for Brazil 2008 from UEFA are: Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine and  Russia 
(More information here)

AFC (ASIA) 
The qualifier for Asia will be held from 11-18 May in Thailand. 4 teams will be qualified.

CONMEBOL(SOUTH AMERICA) 
The Qualifier for South America will be held from 26 May-8 June in Uruguay.
Participating teams: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

 

Host Country Brazil qualifies automatically.

CONCACAF(North and Central America) 
The Qualifier for North, Central America and the Caribbean Zone will be held from 2-8 June 2008 at the Dome Polideportivo in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Participating teams: Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, USA and Guatemala, plus two teams coming from the Caribbean who played on 3-6 April at the Canedo Hall in the Centre of Excellence, Trinidad & Tobago. ( Haiti, Saint Martin, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana). Latest update April 8: Caribbean champions Trinidad and Tobago and finalists Haiti have earned the right to compete in the CONCACAF qualifiers for Brazil 2008.

Draw for Group A: USA, Costa Rica, Panama and Haiti.
Draw for Group B: Cuba, Mexico, and Trinidad & Tobago, Guatemala.
(more information here)


OFC (OCEANIA) 
One team to qualifies from this region. The OFC Futsal Championship will be held in Fiji in June 2008.
 
 
Northwest Regional Championship Print
Regional Futsal News
Thursday, 06 March 2008 10:00

NWFutsal Regional Championship 2008

We would like to congratulate all Champions, co-champions and all participants at the Northwest Regional Futsal Championship hosted by Les Bois Futsal in Boise, Idaho. It was a huge success, and the finalists in each age group are automatically invited to the oldest, biggest and most prestigeous Futsal® event in the United States, the 2008 U.S. Futsal National Championship, being held in Baltimore, Maryland from July 10 - 13, 2008. Additional teams may also be eligible for acceptance as "at large teams". Teams that qualify to the 2008 U.S. Futsal National Championship:

 

CATEGORY

1st. PLACE

2nd. PLACE
 
U-10 BoysThunderboltsDynamo F.C.
U-12 BoysReal F. C.Samba F. C.
U-14 BoysRush F. C.Ginga F. C.
U-16 BoysRush F. C.Samba F. C.
U-19 MenDBSC F. C.Royal F. C.
OPEN MenDi-Bufala F. C. Ginga F. C.

 

 

 

 
U-10 GirlsHotspurs F. C.LBU Welch F. C.
U-12 GirlsGinga F.C.Douglass Samba
U-14 GirlsPremier F. C.Elite F. C.
U-16 GirlsElite F. C.LB Premier F. C.
U-19 WomenLB United F. C.United F. C.

 

 

 
 

Click here for information on the
2008 Futsal National Championship
 
Coaching Instruction Print
Coaching News
Friday, 22 February 2008 08:00

Berkeley, California -- In order to improve coaching in Futsal® (Five-a-Side Soccer), U.S. Futsal has teamed up with Futsal Training Systems LLC, and will launch a new and exciting online service for coaches and players in 2008. FutsalTrainingSystems.jpg Online subscribers will be receiving a series of monthly playlists and can elect to receive individualized tactical offensive and defensive plays specific to a coach's needs.   The U.S. Futsal President & CEO Alex J.C. Para signed the agreement in February 2008, and expects the system to be fully-functioning by the 23rd Annual National Futsal Championship in July.

Futsal is a five-a-side version of soccer for competition played on basketball-sized courts, both indoors and out without the use of sidewalls. This exciting and fast- paced sport traces back to 1930s and today is played worldwide at every level. The U.S. Youth Soccer Association (USYSA) and U.S. Futsal signed an agreement in August of 1995 and in 1999 to promote Futsal as their indoor game of choice under the auspices of U.S. Futsal.

 
23rd. U.S. Futsal National Championship
 

 

Oldest, Biggest and Most Prestigious Futsal Event in the the United States!

The 23rd. U.S. Futsal National Championship will be held in Baltimore, Maryland between July 10-13, 2008

 Click here for information

 
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