Thailand Will Host 5th ASEAN Futsal Championship

[Jai Dee]

Thailand will host 5th ASEAN Futsal Championship

Mr. Adisak Benjasiriwan, the Futsal Manager of Thailand, says Thailand will host the 5th ASEAN Futsal Championship at Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok between March 26th and 31st, 2007.

The tournament will be divided into two groups. The first group, or Group A, will consist of futsal teams from Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, while Group B will include teams from Thailand, Brunei, Myanmar and Vietnam.

The first round of the competition will start from March 26th to 28th, and four matches will be played on each day, starting from 12:00 hours. The semi-finals will be played on March 30th, starting from 16:00 hours. The championship match as well as the match for 3rd place will be on March 31st.

Thailand's Channel 11 will broadcast the matches of the 5th ASEAN Futsal Championship. Tickets are priced at only 20 baht, and students with their identification cards can watch the games free of charge

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 23 March 2007

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futsal , <deleted> is that.

Futsal is an indoor version of football (soccer). Its name is derived from the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol sala/de salón, which can be translated as 'indoor football'.[1]Futsal is played between two teams of five players, one of whom is the goalkeeper. In addition each team may have a number of substitutes. Unlike some other forms of indoor football, the field is delimited by lines, and not nets or boards that players can use to redirect the ball. Futsal is played with a #3 or #4 ball, which is slightly heavier and smaller than the #5 ball used in football.[1] Many association football players started out playing futsal.

Other forms of indoor football games, which are played by somewhat different rules, exist and may be referred to as indoor football, five-a-side football or indoor soccer. Those games predate the formulation of official (FIFA) rules of futsal. In England, the Portuguese term futebol de salão is used to describe a slightly different sport.

its five -a side , why didnt you say so !!