Courtesy: FAI.ie


Colleges and Universities Futsal Cup to kick-off next week

Friday, 27 March 2009

24 teams from Colleges and Universities will take part in the first official Futsal Cup for third level. Four regional competitions will be held on Tuesday 31st March in University College Cork, NUI Galway, IT Blanchardstown and NUI Maynooth.

All institutions that are members of the Colleges Football Association of Ireland (CFAI) and Irish Universities Football Union (IUFU) were invited to enter a team in the competition. Each event will be coordinated by FAI Third Level Facilitators.

Mark Langtry of UCD, who captained the Irish Futsal squad that beat England 2-0 in the recent UEFA Futsal Championship Qualifiers in Dublin, is set to feature in the regional event.

The National Final will take place in the new FAI Futsal venue in Trinity Comprehensive, Ballymun, Dublin in April.

Winners of the National Final will be invited in association with CUSAI to enter the 6th European Universities Futsal Championship which will be organised in Podgorica (Montenegro) from July 20-26, 2009.

FAI National Coordinator for Schools, Colleges and Universities, Gerard Dunne, is coordinating the event and is delighted with the response.

He said: “As part of the third level development plan we are looking to bring futsal to more players and this is our first major event. Initial discussions took place with the CFAI and IUFU and their support has allowed us to get so many of their members taking part.

“We have four great venues for the regional finals and I want to thank each of the hosts for making their facilities available to us. The new third level facilitators are running the regional events and without their help this could not work.

“The only disappointment was the unavailability of Universities from Northern Ireland, but they have committed to enter next year. The fact that winners of the National Final will be invited to enter the European Universities Futsal Championship in July will help increase the profile of this event.”

Fixtures:

Area: Dublin South. Organiser: Barry Prenderville. Venue: NUI Maynooth
11.00 NUI Maynooth v University College Dublin
11.30 Inchicore College v ITT Dublin
12.00 University College Dublin v IT Carlow - Wexford
12.30 NUI Maynooth v ITT Dublin
13.00 Inchicore College v IT Carlow - Wexford
13.30 ITT Dublin v University College Dublin
14.00 NUI Maynooth v Inchicore College
14.30 ITT Dublin v IT Carlow - Wexford
15.00 Inchicore College v University College Dublin
15.30 NUI Maynooth v IT Carlow – Wexford

Area: Dublin North. Organiser: John O'Carroll. Venue: Blanchardstown IT
11.00 Blanchardstown IT v DIT
11.30 St Pats Drumcondra v Trinity College
12.00 DIT v Dundalk IT
12.30 Blanchardstown IT v Trinity College
13.00 St Pats Drumcondra v Dundalk IT
13.30 Trinity College v DIT
14.00 Blanchardstown IT v St Pats Drumcondra
14.30 Trinity College v Dundalk IT
15.00 St Pats Drumcondra v DIT
15.30 Blanchardstown IT v Dundalk IT

Area: South. Organisers: Greg Yelverton / Barbara O'Connell. Venue: UCC
Group One
9.30 UCC v Cork IT
10.00 Cork College of Commerce v Tipperary Inst
11.00 UCC v Tipperary Inst
12.00 Cork College of Commerce v Cork IT
13.00 UCC v Cork College of Commerce
13.30 Cork IT v Tipperary Inst
Group Two
10.30 Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa v St Johns Central College
11.30 Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa v IT Tralee
12.30 St Johns Central College v IT Tralee
Quarter Finals: 14.00 & 14.30
Semi Finals: 15.00 &15.30
Final: 16.00

Area: West. Organisers: Maz Sweeney / Stephen Griffin. Venue: NUI Galway
Group One
10.30 NUI Galway v GMIT Castlebar
11.00 NUI Galway v University of Limerick
11.30 GMIT Castlebar v University of Limerick
Group Two
10.30 Athlone IT v GMIT Letterfrack
11.00 GMIT Letterfrack v Mary I
11.30 Athlone IT v Mary I
Quarter Finals:12.30
Semi Finals: 14.30
Final: 15.15.








Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com