Futsal/Indoor Soccer World News
January 16, 2002

News and information on Futsal/Indoor Soccer from around the world


USA

U.S. COACH TO GIVE SEMINAR AT 2002 NSCAA CONVENTION
United States Futsal National Team/Milwaukee Wave Head Coach
Keith Tozer will be one of several U.S. Soccer National
Staff Coaches at the National Soccer Coaches Association
of America (NSCAA) Annual Convention in Philadelphia,
Pa. from Jan. 16-20. Prior to the Wave's back-to-back
Major Indoor Soccer League road games against the
Harrisburg Heat on Jan. 19-20, Tozer Tozer (10-5-2
overall record with U.S. squad since 1996) will be
giving a seminar along with U.S. Futsal Federation
President Alex Para called "Futsal - The Official
Indoor Sport of FIFA" on Jan. 18-19 at the 2002 NSCAA.
The annual convention features the largest number soccer
coaches (Professional, Amateur, Youth, College, etc.)
in the United States. For more information on the
NSCAA convention check www.nscaa.com.

BLAST, COMETS WIN TWO AS WAVE EARN SPLIT TO REMAIN
FIRST IN 2001-02 MISL STANDINGS
The Milwaukee Wave earned a two-game split on Jan. 12-13,
but remain in first-place in the 2001-02 Major Indoor
Soccer League (MISL) standings with a 14-5 overall
ledger. After snapping their eight-game winning streak
in the 16-8 loss to the host Kansas City Comets (9-10)
on Jan. 12, the Wave rebounded the following day (Jan.
13) at home with an 18-8 romp over the Cleveland Crunch
(4-15). It was the third defeat in as many days for
the Crunch, who dropped back-to-back games prior to
the loss against the Wave. The Crunch traveled to
Kansas City and lost to the Comets 22-16 on Jan. 11,
and then visited the Philadelphia Kixx (13-5) and lost
14-5 the next day (Jan. 12). In other MISL matches,
the Baltimore Blast (10-9) swept a two-game series over
the Harrisburg Heat (6-12) on Jan. 12-13. After winning
the first game in Baltimore 13-7 on Jan. 12, the Blast
completed the twin-bill sweep over the Heat the following
day (Jan. 13) with an 18-4 victory in Harrisburg. For
more information, check the MISL website at www.misl.net.

U.S. FUTSAL PLAYERS IN MISL ACTION
Baltimore Blast - A goal by defender Sean Bowers (5
goals, 21 caps) and two assists by Lee Tschantret (6
goals, 10 caps) helped provide an early 5-0 lead as
Baltimore went on to defeat Harrisburg 13-7 on Jan. 12.
Baltimore completed the two-game series sweep with an
18-4 romp on Jan. 13. Forward Danny Kelly (0 caps)
converted a pair of penalty shots, while goalkeeper Scott
Hileman (0 caps) made 18 saves for the win. Cleveland
Crunch - Goalkeeper Otto Orf (8 caps) posted 10 saves in
the 22-16 defeat at the hands of Kansas City on Jan. 11,
and then made another 15 stops in the 14-5 loss to
Philadelphia on Jan. 12. Harrisburg Heat - Goalkeeper
Doug Petras (9 caps) had 18 saves in the 18-4 loss to
Baltimore on Jan. 13. Kansas City Comets - After posting
a 22-16 win over Cleveland on Jan. 11, forwards Kevin
Koetter (2 caps) and Wes Wade (9 goals, 13 caps) each
notched a goal in Kansas City's 16-8 victory over
Milwaukee on Jan. 12. Milwaukee Wave - Forward Brian
Loftin (5 goals, 12 caps) and defender Pat White (3 caps)
each had a tally in 16-8 loss to Kansas City on Jan. 12.
Milwaukee, then rebounded on Jan. 13, as defender Glenn
Carbonara (3 goals, 12 caps) scored twice and goalkeeper
Victor Nogueira (16 caps) made 11 saves in the 18-8
victory over Cleveland.

ARGENTINA

BOCA JUNIORS WINS THREE ARGENTINEAN FUTSAL AWARDS
The 2001 Argentinean First Division Futsal Awards were
announced on Jan. 14, as Boca Juniors took three
individual and one team accolades. Boca Juniors' Head
Coach Fernando Larrañaga won the "Fair-Play, Coach's
Award," while forward Diego Fernando Di Maio took the
"Top Scorers" title. Defender Juan Pablo Segura was
named the "2001 Fair-Play, Player of the Year," while
the team was named the "Best Defensive" squad.

2001 Argentinean Futsal Awards
Fair-Play, Player - Juan Pablo Segura (Boca Juniors)
Fair-Play, Coach - Fernando Larrañaga (Boca Juniors)
Best Referee - Gustavo Bravo
Top Scorer - Diego Fernando Di Maio (Boca Juniors)
Best Team Defense - Boca Juniors
Fair-Play, Team - San Lorenzo
Best Attention - San Lorenzo

EGYPT

EGYPT TRAVELS TO POLAND FOR TWO-GAME SERIES
Egypt's Futsal National Team will travel to Zawiercie
to face the host Poland in a two-game international
friendly series on Jan. 23-24. The last time these
two squads met was on Sept. 3, 2000 in Cairo as Egypt
posted a 9-5 win over Poland.

EUROPE

DRAW HELD FOR 2002 UEFA FUTSAL CUP
The 2002 UEFA Futsal Cup draw was held in Lisbon,
Portugal on Jan. 16, where eight European futsal clubs
were placed in two groups of four. The tournament in
Lisbon, Portugal will run from Feb. 25 - Mar. 3. The
host Sporting Club de Portugal earned the number one
seed in Group A, which includes MNK 1700 Split of
Croatia, AS Roma of Italy and MNK Kaskada Gracanica
of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Playas de Castellón (Spain) has
the top seed in Group B, which is composed of Action 21
Charleroi (Belgium), CSÖ-Montage Budapest FC (Hungary)
and Clearex-Chorzòw (Poland). The top two of each
group will advance to the semifinals on Mar. 2, with
the semifinal survivors meeting in the championship
finale the following day (Mar. 3).

2002 UEFA Futsal Cup - Lisbon, Portugal
Group A
Sporting Club de Portugal (POR)
MNK 1700 Split (CRO)
AS Roma (ITA)
MNK Kaskada Gracanica (BIH)

Group B
Playas de Castellón (ESP)
Action 21 Charleroi (BEL)
CSÖ-Montage Budapest FC (HUN)
Clearex-Chorzòw (POL)

BOSNIA, CROATIA TO PLAY TWICE AT "ASIM FERHATOVIC -
HASE 2002" IN SARAJEVO
The Bosnian Football Federation and club team FK Vratnik
will co-host an international futsal tournament called
"Asim Ferhatovic - Hase 2002" at the KSC Skenderija
Hall in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina from Jan. 18-19.
The six-team competition will feature three club teams
from Bosnia-Herzegovina, two from Yugoslavia and one
from FYR Macedonia. Along with the tournament, a
two-game international friendly series between
Croatia's Futsal National Team and the host Bosnia-
Herzegovina will be held from Jan. 18-19. This is the
first time both teams have met since a 5-1 victory by
the host Croatia on Feb. 4, 2001 in Dubrovnik.

"Asim Ferhatovic - Hase 2002" &
Two-game International Friendly - Bosnia-Herzegovina
vs. Croatia
Local Time Kickoff

Group A
FK Borac (BIH)
FK Sarajevo (BIH)
Selection of Vojvodina (YUG)

Group B
Selection of Belgrade (YUG)
Selection of Skopje (MKD)
FK Vratnik (BIH)

FUTSAL PLANET.COM "2001 WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR"
ANNOUNCEMENT RESCHEDULED
Due to technical problems with the Futsal Planet
website's (www.futsalplanet.com) server, the announcement
of "2001 World Player of the Year" for Jan. 15, 2002,
has been rescheduled for later date. For a second
consecutive year, almost 100 Futsal experts (Coaches,
Federation Presidents, Journalists, Press Officers, etc.)
from all around the world, voted to pick the "Best
Player of the World." The "2000 Futsal Planet World
Player of the Year" went to midfielder Manuel Tobias
of Brazil with a total of 370 points. Forward Daniel
Ibañes Caetano of Spain took second with 231 points,
while midfielder Schumacher finished third in the
voting ballot with 203 points.

UKRAINE EDGES HUNGARY TO WIN FOUR NATIONS CUP
Ukraine's Futsal National Team won the Four Nations
Cup in Athens, Greece after topping Hungary on the
goal differential tiebreaker (+11 to +9) at the
conclusion of round-robin play on Jan. 10. Both
teams finished even on points (seven) and overall
record (2-0-1), so the winner was determined by goal
differential. The Ukraine ended the competition with
a 5-1 victory over the host Greece at the Cholargos
Sport Hall on Jan. 10, while Hungary crushed France
in an earlier game 10-2.

Four Nations Cup - Athens, Greece
Final Standings/Results
Teams (GP, W-L-T, GF:GA, PTS)
Ukraine (3, 2-0-1, 16:5, 7)
Hungary (3, 2-0-1, 15:6, 7)
Greece (3, 1-2-0, 7:11, 3)
France (3, 0-3-0, 7:23, 0)

Jan. 8
Greece 4, France 3
Ukraine 2, Hungary 2

Jan. 9
Hungary 3, Greece 2
Ukraine 9, France 2

Jan. 10
Hungary 10, France 2
Ukraine 5, Greece 1

HUNGARY TO HOST EIGHTH WORLD UNIVERSITY FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The eighth World University Futsal Championships will
take place in Nyíregyháza, Hungary from August 25-31.
The First World University Futsal Championship took
place in Brazil 1984, and after a six-year hiatus, the
second tournament was held in Italy 1990. Since then
the competition has been a bi-annual event as the last
competition was held in João Pessoa, Brazil in 2000.

World University Futsal Championships
Site Year
Brazil 1984
Italy 1990
Spain 1992
Cyprus 1994
Finland 1996
Portugal 1998
Brazil 2000
Hungary 2002



Information was researched and compiled by Steven Torres,
who is currently the P.R. Coordinator/Futsal Press Officer
at the United States Soccer Federation.

Futsal is a sport that is a derivative of soccer and
played with five-man teams on a basketball style court,
with no walls and a low bouncing ball, unlike the
traditional sport of U.S. indoor soccer played with
six-man squads and walls. Great soccer superstars such
as Pele, Zico, Ronaldo and Diego Maradona grew up playing
the game and credit Futsal with developing their skills.
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Futsal Federation.