Courtesy: Press TV


Japan wants futsal friendlies in Iran

Wed, 02 Jul 2008

The Japan Football Association (JFA) has requested two friendly matches against Iran's national futsal team to be held in Tehran.

The JFA made the request for the friendly matches in an e-mail to Iran's Football Federation (IFF), ISNA quoted the head of the IFF Futsal Committee, Abbas Torabian, as saying on Tuesday.

The eight-time champions, Iran, beat Japan 1-0 in the semifinal match at the 10th AFC Futsal Championship 2008.

Last May, the Iranian squad won the 10th Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Futsal Championship in Bangkok.

Iran, Thailand, Japan and China will represent Asia at the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil in October 2008.

Tehran will also play host to a 4-nation futsal tournament in which China, Thailand, and Hungary will participate from August 8 to 12.






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