The 10th futsal world cup comes up this year and will feature 24teams.
The following teams have already qualified, with the host nation, Uzbekistan securing the first ticket and joined by France, Kazakhstan, Portugal, New Zealand, Spain and Ukraine.
Reigning champions - ARGENTINA
The 7 already qualified, the remaining 17 will come from the various tournaments to be held across various continents later this year. Below are the arrangements according to their dates:
4 tickets to be won
Venue: Paraguay
4 tickets to be won
Venue: Thailand
4 tickets to be won
Venue: Managua, Nicaragua
3 tickets to be won Rabat, Morocco.
Venue: Rabat, Morocco
CONMEBOL Copa America is the first on the list. It kicked off on Friday in Paraguay, featuring 10teams. The ten teams have been divided into two groups 5 each.
Group A Group B
Paraguay Argentina
Columbia Brazil
Venezuela Uruguay
Ecuador Bolivia
Chile Peru
The best two teams from each group qualify for the semi – final.
On the opening day, the host won Ecuador 2-1 while Uruguay, Argentina and Venezuela picked up victory as well.
Below are results and fixtures from the preliminary stages:
Friday, February 2nd Saturday, February 3rd
Peru 1- 5 Uruguay Bolivia 1-7 Brazil
Argentina 4-0 Bolivia Peru 1-4 Argentina
Chile 1-2 Venezuela Ecuador 1-5 Columbia
Paraguay 2-1 Ecuador Chile 2-2 Paraguay
Sunday, February 4th Tuesday, February 6th
Bolivia 2-3 Peru Brazil 6 -0 Peru
Brazil 4-1 Uruguay Uruguay 0 - 2 Argentina
Ecuador 3-4 Chile Columbia 2-3 Chile
Columbia 2-1 Venezuela Venezuela 0 -0 Paraguay
Wednesday, February 7th
Uruguay vs Bolivia (11:45 am)
Argentina vs Brazil (2:00 pm)
Venezuela vs Ecuador (5:00pm)
Paraguay vs Columbia (7:15pm)
Currently, Columbia and Brazil top Groups A and B respectively. The last game in the preliminary stage will be played today. Will Argentina be able to retain their title? Let’s find out.
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