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The discussion around futsal’s absence from the main Olympic Games often leads to some confusion and misconceptions. In this article, we make a case as to why we believe futsal has not been included yet. Click on the article to find out more! #Futsal #Olympics #SportDevelopment #FutsalOlympics #IOC #YouthOlympics #FutureOfFutsal #FF #Futsal #FutsalFocus #FutsalNews #SportNews #Sport #lovefutsal #choosefutsal #bestsportonearth #lovefutsalplayfutsal #futsalandproud

After America's recent performance at the 2024 Concacaf Futsal Championship, discover the pivotal debate surrounding the direction of American futsal. Dive deep into the insights of key figures like Otto Orf and Keith Tozer as they weigh in on the influence of Indoor Soccer and the future of futsal in the United States! Click on the article to find out more!! #AmericanFutsal #FutsalDebate #IndoorSoccer #MASL #FutsalDevelopment #USAFutsal #FF #Futsal #FutsalFocus #FutsalNews #SportNews #Sport #lovefutsal #choosefutsal #bestsportonearth #lovefutsalplayfutsal #futsalandproud

❓ What is futsal? ❓ Did you know.... ▪ The word 'futsal' originates from the Portuguese 'futebol de salão' and from the Spanish 'fútbol sala' or 'fútbol de salón' (all translatable as "indoor football") ▪ Futsal started in 1930 when Juan Carlos Ceriani, a teacher in Montevideo, Uruguay, created a version of indoor football for YMCAs ▪ While writing the rule book, Ceriani combined the principles of association football—where the ball may be touched with every part of the body except the hands or upper part of the arms—with rules from other sports: from basketball, the number of players (five per team) and the game's duration (40 active minutes); from water polo, the goalkeeping rules; and from team handball, the field and goal sizes. Nearly 100 years later, futsal has gone from strength to strength...and now it's here in Dorset! 💜💙 Find out more about futsal today, both globally 🌎 and in England 👇

Futsal League kicks off in style: The Namibian futsal season kicked off in style with a new sponsorship and goals galore at the DTS Club over the weekend. At the launch of the league on Friday, the Namibia Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) was announced as the sponsor of the 2024 Premier League which will consist of 16 teams. The sponsorship amounts to N$450 000, with the league winners due to receive N$25 000, while plans are also afoot to send the top two teams on a trip to play some matches abroad.  Besides the Premier League there is also a first division, consisting of 19 teams, which continues under the sponsorship of JSB Betting which was announced earlier this year.  At Friday’s launch, the organiser of Futsal Namibia, Andrei Tirtirau said it was a special day for Futsal Namibia. “Today is a very big day for us, because it’s our first league that will be launched under the NFA umbrella or the NFA family – we are now in our fourth season, but it’s the first year that we are associated with the NFA,” he said.  “We formed a national team less than a month after being affiliated to the NFA, which competed at Afcon this year, so that was a big achievement for us, and hopefully, we can do also qualify for the next Afcon in two or three years time,” he added.  Helena Mootseng of NDTC said it didn’t take long for them to decide to sponsor Futsal Namibia.  Andrei Tirtirau, Helena Mootseng and Murs Markus at the launch of the NDTC futsal league. Photo: Helge Schütz “When Andrei approached NDTC with a sponsorship request for futsal it took a minute to get back to him. It was clear from the onset that it’s something that will help us do what we do best, namely to distinguish value. So that’s what we hope to do with futsal – we hope to give an opportunity to young people to distinguish themselves and to help bring the best out of them,” she said.  “Opportunities are there, but it’s really what we do with those opportunities that matter. If this is just a fun and games pastime then it’s a wasted opportunity, but if you can take this opportunity to distinguish yourself, you can put yourself on a national or international platform, and you will be able to distinguish yourself in a way that people will know who you are, people will know where you come from, and people will know who your family is, because of what you do,” she added. The vice president of the NFA, Murs Markus said it was a important milestone for Namibian for Namibian football. “This event marks a significant milestone in the ongoing development of football in our country, especially considering the relatively short span of four years since the inception of futsal in Namibia. The journey has been remarkable. From our first steps to the recent historic participation in the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, we have seen the passion, talent, and dedication of our futsal players with pride,” he said. “As we…

In the Easter holidays I took another group of players over to Barcelona to experience football and futsal with FCB coaches at the famous La Masia. This is the 3rd group Futsal Escocia has taken over to Barcelona and I've lost count of how many times I've been there on my own to gain further coach education. What makes La Masia successful is their values and a clear playing identity throughout the club. It's not just a football club, every section (futsal, basketball, handball and roller hockey) follows the same philosophy and values. From youth academy to first team, the players are coached the Barcelona Way. Irrespective of a change of manager, change of board, change of coach... the philosophy and values remain the same. For me, this is why La Masia is so successful and is why Barcelona football team has one of the youngest squads in Europe. The futsal team also includes more academy players and younger players than ever before. How many Scottish clubs have a clear identity from pre foundation age groups to first team? How many start from scratch when a manager or Head of Academy is changed?

FIFA Futsal World Rankings: Vietnam Claims Impressive 33rd Position The Vietnamese futsal team under the guidance of coach Diego Guistozzi is currently ranked 33rd in the world. Photo: VFF Previously, FIFA has not ranked national futsal teams. The rankings used by teams are mainly based on the rankings of futsalworldranking.com. Based on this website, the Vietnamese futsal team ranks 44th in the world. However, FIFA has just announced its rankings for the first time, with a total of 139 ranked teams. The initial rankings have been based on statistics gathered from over 4,600 FIFA ‘A’ matches. FIFA defines an international ‘A’ match as a match between two FIFA members for which both members field their first representative team (‘A’ team). According to FIFA information, this ranking system will also serve for classification before drawing lots to divide groups in all upcoming tournaments of the FIFA Futsal World Cup. The system will likewise be used for qualification processes and enable comprehensive and consistent data to be gathered to monitor member associations in accordance with the FIFA Regulations Governing International Matches. This will support the prevention of practices that jeopardize the integrity of the sport, such as match manipulation. Brazil sits at the summit in the first FIFA Futsal Men’s World Ranking. Brazil is the champion team in 9 FIFA Futsal World Cups to date. Next are Portugal and Spain. Portugal is the team present at the 2024 Futsal World Cup as the defending champion and owns two recent European championships. Spain is the team that has won the FIFA Futsal World Cup twice (2000 and 2004), and won the European championship seven times. Thailand is the only representative of Southeast Asia to be listed in the Top 10, and claimed the second place in Asia, after the Iranian team, in the rankings. The Vietnamese women’s futsal team has an impressive ranking on the world rankings. Photo: VFF In the rankings for women’s futsal teams worldwide, 69 teams are ranked. The Vietnamese women’s futsal team ranked 13th in the world, 4th in Asia and 2nd in Southeast Asia. Similar to the rankings for men’s futsal teams, FIFA’s women’s futsal rankings will serve to seed teams for futsal tournaments organized by FIFA, including the first women’s futsal World Cup in 2025. Therefore, being in the Top 4 in Asia can also be considered an advantage for the Vietnamese women’s futsal team. In the women’s game, Brazil’s national team have been just as dominant as their male counterparts, followed by Spain and Portugal. Asia has three representatives listed in the top 10, namely Thailand, Iran, and Japan, which secured the 6th, 8th, and 9th positions, respectively. Rosie Nguyen The post FIFA Futsal World Rankings: Vietnam Claims Impressive 33rd Position appeared first on Vietexplorer.com.

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🚨 Saudi futsal is on the rise, and we’ve got an exclusive deep dive into its journey! 🚨 From grassroots programs and league development to national team strategies, discover how the Kingdom is advancing its futsal ambitions. 🇸🇦⚽ Want to know how Saudi Arabia is shaping its futsal future? 🔑 Click on the article to find out more! 📖👇 #SaudiFutsal #FutsalDevelopment #SaudiSports #GrassrootsToGlory #FutsalJourney #ExclusiveInterview #SportsInnovation #FF #Futsal #FutsalFocus #FutsalNews #SportNews #Sport #lovefutsal #choosefutsal #bestsportonearth #lovefutsalplayfutsal #futsalandproud

A RevSportz Exclusive Phurba Tempa Lachenpa, born in Sikkim, plays as goalkeeper for Mumbai City FC. Started his career in the Shillong Premier League with the youth side of Shillong Lajong FC, Lachenpa was Lajong’s second-choice goalkeeper in the team’s I-League squad. Vishal Kaith, the current Mohun Bagan keeper who was first choice back in 2017, moved to Pune City FC in the ISL, making way for Phurba to take the goalkeeper’s jersey for Shilling Lajong FC. Since then, the 26-year-old goalkeeper has proved his worth wherever he played, and he joined Mumbai City in 2020 after spending a season with Real Kashmir FC. He was Mumbai’s second-choice goalkeeper behind Amrinder Singh but after the senior keeper left for Bagan, Phurba grabbed the opportunity and proved his worth for the City Group’s team. In the recently concluded ISL season, he was phenomenal throughout, with nine clean sheets winning him the ISL Golden Glove award. He conceded only 17 goals from the 179 shots he faced. In this exclusive conversation with RevSportz, Lachenpa shared his journey, the experience of playing the ISL final at Yubabharati Krirangan and the competition for the No.1 jersey with the national team. Phurba has been included in the preparatory camp for the Indian team, training in Bhubaneswar for the all-important FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Kuwait, to be played at the Salt Lake stadium on June 6. Here are the excerpts. Q: How do you look back at the ISL Final? How was the atmosphere? Was it an added pressure with so much crowd? Phurba: Frankly speaking, it was no pressure for me. Growing up as a sport-loving kid, I have seen such huge numbers in the stands, and I have always wanted to play in front of such a huge crowd. So, for us it’s always a motivation playing in front of such a crowd, and for me personally, it’s an added source of motivation. I want to prove myself in such an atmosphere. Whether it’s a home crowd or away crowd, for me it gives me the same motivation to prove myself. The Kolkata crowd was tremendous and it’s a good sign for Indian football that people came in such huge numbers. It was an added motivation for us in the final. Read: https://lnkd.in/gcKGnjAX