Interviú Madrid won the UEFA Futsal Cup for a record third time with a comfortable final victory against hosts MFK Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg.

Spanish success
Defending the European title, Ekaterinburg had never lost a match in this competition having succeeded on their debut last season. However, by half-time they were 3-0 down to goals from Daniel and Jordi Torrás, plus Schumacher’s penalty. Daniel’s free-kick in the 25th minute produced an immediate response from Konstantin Agapov, but Juanra’s late strike ensured that for the fifth time in the tournament’s eight-year history, the trophy would go to Spain.

Zuev saves
The opening exchanges were tight, but Schumacher – whose two early goals set up Interviú’s 5-0 semi-final defeat of Kairat Almaty – soon threatened, forcing a fine save from Sergei Zuev. Ekaterinburg’s goalkeeper was superb in last year’s final and again on Friday in the tense 2-0 defeat of MFK Dinamo Moskva, and he got his legs in the way of another effort from Schumacher, who, like Daniel and Interviú No1 Luis Amado, was also part of the 2004 and 2006 triumphs.

Daniel strikes
Zuev was beaten when Neto, the other double goalscorer against Kairat, hit the post after an intelligent Daniel cross, and at the other end Konstantin Timoschenkov’s strike suffered the same fate. However, from Daniel’s shot the ball deflected in off the woodwork to give Interviú an eight-minute lead. Zuev prevented a second when he clawed off the line when Amado’s long throw nearly deflected in through his legs off Daniel’s flick.

Lead stretched
However, Interviú’s second goal arrived just before the midway point of the first half, Betão rolling the ball backwards to Torrás, who beat Zuev from a similar angle as Daniel for the first goal. Things got worse for Zuev when he brought down Gabriel in the box and Schumacher gave the keeper no chance with his penalty. Ekaterinburg were stung, but Artem Chudinov did make Amado save not long before the break.

Quickfire goals
The hosts started the second half in high spirits but were vulnerable to the counter and from a typically strong Amado roll, Betão slipped Damir Khamadiev and was only denied by a Zuev stretch. It was 4-0 soon afterwards, though, as Daniel’s free-kick eluded Zuev’s grasp. The Ekaterinburg reponse was immediate; Pavel Chistopolov’s back-heel was lashed in by Agapov.

Clincher
Suddenly the home fans were making themselves heard again, and their players were certainly inspired. However, plenty of Interviú’s squad have experience of big international finals for club and country, and proved adept at repelling the Ekaterinburg attacks, not to mention breaking at speed as when Ortiz made Zuev save again. Ekaterinburg’s spirit did not let up, but neither did Interviú’s determination, and with two minutes left, and Alexei Mokhov on as a flying goalkeeper for the hosts, Juanra stole the ball and rolled it into an empty net. Betão hit the crossbar with a double penalty, but victory was long sealed, moving Interviú one title ahead of the only other multiple winners, Spanish rivals Playas de Castellón FS.

26/4/2009 Final : Interviú Madrid 5-1 Ekaterinburg (Report)

Third Place Play-off : Kairat 1-0 Dinamo Moskva (Report)

Semi-finals : Kairat 0-5 Interviú Madrid (Report)
Ekaterinburg 2-0 Dinamo Moskva (Report)

Source : UEFA.com
By : Paul Saffer
Published : 26/4/2009

Boys Age Groups : Under 10’s, 12’s, 14’s & 16’s
Girls Age Groups : Under 12’s, 14,s & 16’s

When: Sunday (Fortnightly)
Where: TBA
When: 17th & 31st May, 14th & 28th June, 12th 26th July
Nomination Fees: $600 per team. Includes 10 weeks plus finals.

Places Limited to 6 per Category

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Contact Felipe on 0408 012 921 or email felipe@vikingsfutsal.com

The Solomon Islands Kurukuru national futsal team is currently back in full swing with their training ahead of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Futsal tournament in Fiji, July 5-11 this year.

Kurukuru Coach Victor Wa’ii said training is progressing well and they will be ready in time for the OFC tournament.

The Kurukuru have defied all odds last year to earn the right to represent Oceania in the Futsal World Cup after impressive performance in the Oceania qualifiers in Fiji.

Despite the youngest team, the Kurukuru stunned their regional opponents with the display of speed and skill, which they hope to repeat this year.

The current Kurukuru training squad comprised of old players who have played in the World Cup plus some new drafted players.

The OFC Futsal tournament at the Vodafone Arena in Fiji will feature Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Tahiti.

But the host country is reported to be facing problems in getting their players to show interest.

The Fiji Times reported that the five-a-side soccer coach Imtiaz Khan has urged players to make an effort to start attending training for national selection.

However, Khan has been facing problems in getting players to show interest.

“It is a plea to all potential players to attend training. It is not encouraging to see the numbers not turning up.

“It was hard to dissect the reason for the non interest.

“There have been only a few players who have been showing up at training and he was racing against time,” Khan told the Fiji Times.

Source : Solomon Star
By : Philip Lilomo
Published : 29/4/2009

Competitions are starting soon at our new venue in Vermont. The competitions will be held at the brand new ‘Sportlink’ stadium completed early 2009.

Competitions will run on Monday and Wednesday nights for open mens divisions.

Comps start:
Mondays – June 15th
Wednesdays – May 20th

Entries are now being taken for both competitions. For more details call 0430 195 152 or click here to enter.

Fiji five-a-side soccer coach Imtiaz Khan has urged players to make an effort to start attending training for national selection.

Fiji is preparing to host the Oceania Football Confederation FUTSAL tournament at the Vodafone Arena ion July 5-11.

Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Tahiti are set to take part.

However, Khan has been facing problems in getting players to show interest.

“It is a plea to all potential players to attend training,” Khan said.

“It is not encouraging to see the numbers not turning up.”

He said it was hard to dissect the reason for the non interest.

There have been only a few players who have been showing up at training and Khan said he was racing against time.

“We only have two months and there is the Fiji FACT, which is coming up,” he said.

Source : Fiji Times Online
Published : 28/4/2009

Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Futsal Development Officer Victor Wa’ii started futsal coaching clinic for primary schools in Honiara yesterday.

Wa’ii, who recently conducted futsal development clinics in the Provinces, said he’s targeting six primary schools in the capital.

“The coaching clinic will be conducted in six Honiara Town Council schools in Honiara.

“This will be followed by an under-14 competition for primary school,” he said.

The Kurukuru National Futsal team coach started the coaching clinic with Mbokona Primary School yesterday.

Wa’ii, who led the Kurukuru to their first futsal World Cup in Brazil last year, is keen to see the indoor five-aside code of soccer introduced and developed in all parts of the country.

Source : Solomon Star News
By : Philip Lilomo
Published : 28/4/209

Two young futsal players flew to Australia last Thursday to train at the Dural Sport and Leisure Centre (DSLC).

Both talented players Kirwin Daru and Brendon Siluvu were the second group to be awarded the long-term futsal exchange programme.

Kurukuru stars Elliot Ragomo and Jack Whitney were the first to participate in the programme.

During their three years in Australian, Daru and Siluvu will participate in Futsal competitions at the Dural Sport & Leisure Centre and at the same time do their studies at the William Clarke College, an Anglican school based in Kellyville.

Siluvu was in the National Under-14 Squad that competed in the Australian National Futsal Championship recently. They reached the semi finals.

The young futsal players were selected by their coaches and peers to participate in the inaugural year-long programme.

As part of the programme, Ragomo and Whitney had participated in local Futsal competition at the centre, as well as DSLC’s representative Futsal team in the Football New South Wales Futsal Premier League competition.

Dural Sport and Leisure Centre Futsal coach said of Ragomo and Whitney: “The boys will brought an exciting brand of skilful Futsal to our teams, and that will present a challenge to our regular representative players to raise their own abilities.

“We hope that the regular training will provide the Solomon boys with the opportunity to learn about the discipline required to succeed in Futsal at the highest level”, he said.

Both Jack and Elliot also had the opportunity to participate in the Dural Warriors inaugural trip for elite players to Spain in June/July 2006.

During their term in Australia, Ragomo and Whitney also studied at William Clarke College.

The two boys participated in school life as regular, everyday students, enrolling in Year 8 on their arrival.

The $15,000 cost of the programme was supported by Michelago Limited (an Australian company with interests in the Solomon Islands), Westpac (Solomon Islands), the Solomon Islands Association of NSW.

Source : Solomon Star News
By : Philip Lilomo
Published : 28/4/2009

Football returned to its spiritual home at the Fraternity Club last week as the concept of unification in the Illawarra was backed by bricks and mortar.

The Illawarra Football Association moved into new offices overlooking the futsal courts at the Frat and expects the district’s other associations to join them under the same roof.

The associations are to be unified under the Football South Coast banner later this year and the purpose-built facility has offices to host the IFA and men’s amateur bodies, Wollongong Community Football Club, the women’s association and Stingrays as well as the Illawarra juniors, referees, Futsal and A-League bid.

The IFA and juniors left the Fraternity Club three years ago.

“The Frat has provided a first-class facility and they have been tremendous in working with us to make sure our needs are satisfied,” IFA vice-president Milco Stojanoski said.

“It gives us a home we can all utilise and we’ve done extremely well in setting up and designing the place so that everyone’s needs have been accommodated.”

There are six offices, a boardroom, meeting room and six workstations.

Several associations, including WCFC and the juniors, have been operating out of demountable sheds at Lysaghts Oval and are thought to be close to a return.

“All the feedback I’ve had from every association that has come to visit has been very positive,” Mr Stojanoski said.

“All associations and football bodies have access to a new first-class facility.

“When you have corporates and sponsors coming in to meet you, you need to portray a professional image and this new facility allows us to do that.”

Meantime, Albion Park White Eagles president Grad Petrovic has challenged other clubs to nominate a committee team for the IFA’s Wednesday night futsal competition.

A few more teams are needed to make a full draw so club officials are invited to form teams of committee members, sponsors or social groups.

Games cost $44 per team and are 20 minutes each way and are five a side. Ideally, teams would have eight players. Insurance for the season is $33 or $27.50 for Fraternity Club members.

For more information phone Andrew Byron on 0433 388 725.

Source : Illawarra Mercury
By : Tony Harper
Published : 28/4/2009

St Andrews Lutheran College’s Under 16 Girls team continued their rich vein of form last Thursday afternoon at UCSC with a victory in the first Vikings Coomera River Cup for 2009. Having narrowly missed out on being crowned Qld Champions last month, the girls did not make the same mistake again when they hung on 2-1 in the deciding game against a fast finishing Robina SHS.

Assisi College and UCSC were competitive rivals, but it was the St Andrews / Robina clash which ultimately decided the tournament’s winner. Congratulations to all teams and to Mark Hibbs and his girls for their impressive win. As always, a big thank you to all players, coaches and officials for a wonderful evening of Futsal.

FINAL RESULTS 16 GIRLS : APRIL 23RD, 2009

ASSISI COLLEGE 4 DEFEATED UCSC 2
ROBINA SHS 5 DEFEATED ASSISI COLLEGE 1
ST ANDREWS 2 DEFEATED ROBINA SHS 1
ST ANDREWS 8 DEFEATED UCSC 0
ROBINA SHS 7 DEFEATED UCSC 0
ST ANDREWS 5 DEFEATED ASSISI COLLEGE 0

Source : Vikings Futsal
Published : 25/4/2009

Monday will see the 2009 Women’s Winter Premier League kick off. With teams being drafted, it will make for a very exciting series.

VENUE – GLENALA SHS, HAMPTON ST, DURACK

Senior male and female players that participated at the 2008 Regionals were invited to participate in the 2008 Vikings Premier League. All junior teams received a general invitation. The premier league will run for 10 weeks for seniors, plus the finals series. Senior players are drafted into teams to represent one of the following teams: Norway, Greenland, Denmark, Iceland, Finland and Sweden.

DENMARK
Monnique Koefod
Joanne Burgess
V
Caroline Drummond
Candice Ferris
Vanessa Clayton
Michelle Skinner

NORWAY
Chloe Burbidge
Kate Lutkins
Kara Reading
Amy Cameron
Samantha Jones
Jaycee Sunapho
Dana Smith

ICELAND
Sarah Hasted
Hollie Wiffen
Lisa Wilkinson
Ashleigh Cooper
Teegan McKee
Terri De Leslie
Kim Beardmore
Sam McGraw

GREENLAND
Renee Pettet
Nicola Zammit
Vicky Hewitt
Claire O’Driscoll
Jasmin Kent
Jessica Hales
Sam Vanderstam
Michelle Naismith

SWEDEN
GK – To Be confirmed
April Mann
Jade Banks
Tina Pozzi
Krystal Muller
Brooke Raleigh
Bec Crang
Cassie Vial

FINLAND
Gina Vuksanovic
Sarah Amorim
Nicola Eagle
Sarah Stevenson
Kim Bowden
Sophie Kuiper
Katie Currell

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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT JODIE HAMMOND
3875 2600 or j.hammond@qldfutsal.com.au
www.vikingsfutsal.com

Source : Vikings Futsal
Published : 24/4/2009