Courtesy: Mehr News


Spain and Brazil futsal teams to play Iran

TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA)-- Spain and Brazil futsal powerhouse duo will play Iran here in the current year.

World champion Spain is scheduled to participate in the Brazil Grand Prix Futsal Tournament in June and will immediately come to Iran after ending the tourney. The Iranian and Spanish teams will likely face off in Ardabil’s Rezazadeh Stadium.

Asked why the friendly match would not held in Tehran, head of Iran’s futsal committee replied,” Iran’s futsal committee is making efforts to spread the sport across the country, thus the match will take place in Ardebil. Meanwhile, this friendly was previously scheduled to be held in Ardabil but it was cancelled due to unknown reasons,” Abbas Torabian stated.

Brazil will also fly to Iran in November. The team is expected to participate in the Dubai Futsal Tournament and will definitely take the Iranian officials’ invitation into consideration, he added.

Meanwhile, Iran will take part in the 10th competition of the Asian Futsal Championship, which is being held in Bangkok, Thailand, from May 11-18, 2008.

The Iranian team will be competing for its ninth title and has been placed in Group D with Tajikistan, China and Kuwait.





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