CEFA NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 13/ SEPTEMBER 2003


CEFA NEWS:

The final preparation phase of the first CEFA Tournament in Montreux is well underway, and the excitement is mounting. Currently, teams from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, England, Belgium, France, Hungary, Spain, Moldova and Nigeria have confirmed their participation. A total of twenty teams will be playing in what is going to be a highly competitive tournament.
On a national level, a junior tournament is being planned for February 2004 in the same venue, the fabulous Omnisport de Pierrier in Montreux.
In both instances, we would like to thank Rapid Montreux and the Swiss Football Association for their invaluable assistance and support.


FUTSAL NEWS AUSTRIA:

The Czech national Futsal team have held a training camp in Austria from August 22nd to 24th, as a preparation for the World Cup Qualifying rounds, in which they will face Romania and Israel. The Czech team clearly is the favourite of this group, since they made an impressive 3rd place at the European Cup.

The Czech national team had come to Austria by an invitation from the Football Association of Steiermark (Dr. Wainig) and the leading man of Futsal in Austria, Alfred Schloyer, who worked as an intermediary.

On Saturday, the 80 participants of the coaches’ seminar had the opportunity to gain inside information on the art of Futsal directly from one of Europe’s top teams. Among them were Austrian Football Association’s (ÖFB) vice president Garnter – who is also the organism’s Futsal-delegate – and its national coach for the junior levels, Walter Knaller. A coaches’ delegation from Kärnten was also present, as well as the director of the Austrian Association of Sports for the Hearing-Impaired (Deafsport), Herbert Kanai. A delegation from Greece, including record national-team Futsal-player Lioutas Panagoitis gave the event an international flavour.

On Saturday afternoon, the Czech team played two test matches against selections of local players from the clubs Atus Fohnsdorf and ASKÖ St. Peter am Freienstein. The first was won by the Czechs 10:1, while the second match was more levelled and ended 4:2, which is a great result for the Austrian team, who was coached by Albert Vastic, brother of the Croatian national player Ivica Vastic.

The organisation would like to thank IVICA VASTIC MANAGEMENT, who arranged the participation of Albert Vastic.

More info:

info@futsal.at
www.futsal.at




FUTSAL NEWS GERMANY:



· Futsal Tournament. Schwedt / Brandenburg. 10/08/03:

FT Doppelpass celebrate their first tournament victory! Congratulations!

Final Standings:

1. FT Doppelpass 15:2 15 Pts.
2. FC Schwedt 13:6 12
3. Schönemark 14:6 7
4. Rotation 7:15 6
5. Kickers 5:16 3
6. PSV Schwedt 7:20 1


· On September 27th, a workshop/meeting regarding the “Society for the Practice of Futsal in Southern Germany” will be held. The organisation who hosts this event is the SC Favoritepark Ludwigsburg e.V.

The goal of the meeting is the creation of a Futsal championship in the area of Southern Germany, including teams from Bavaria, Hessen, Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg. Teams who are interested in participating are asked to please contact:


Sven Vidojkovic
Mobile: +49177 - 888 4450
E-mail: favoritepark@gmx.de

Since there are travels over large distances to consider in some cases, it is important that the participating teams have the necessary internal structures and financial resources.

Through this championship, we hope to establish a new level in German Futsal and raise the potential of our teams in international competitions. All the friends of Futsal are cordially invited to the meeting.



More info:

info@futsal.de
www.futsal.de




FUTSAL NEWS SWITZERLAND & LIECHTENSTEIN:


· The Swiss Football Association has sent out questionnaire to all teams regarding their participation in the Swiss Futsal League, which will start in November. Said questionnaire was accompanied by the first issue of the Swiss Futsal Magazine, which hopes to give clubs a first impression of the wonderful sport that is Futsal.

Responses to the questionnaire have started to come in, an update is expected in the next issue of this newsletter.


· The homepage www.swissfutsal.ch is currently being remodelled.

As always, additional info can be found here:

info@swissfutsal.ch
www.swissfutsal.ch



Best Regards,

CEFA
Alberto Pastor
Sabrina Ben Salah