Ontario Futsal Association
Groups Announced for CONCACAF 2012 Futsal Championship
By Steven Torres
NEW YORK (4/12/12) - The groups for the 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship were announced following the draw held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala on 12 April … Host and defending champion Guatemala, will be in Group A along side Panama, USA and the winner of the Canada-El Salvador playoff, while Group B is composed of Cuba, Costa Rica, Mexico and St. Kitts & Nevis … The schedule of matches will be unveiled in due course … The eight-team tournament will take place at Ciudad de Guatemala’s Domo Polideportivo from 2-8 July and will qualify for the first time four nations to the FIFA Futsal World Cup Thailand 2012.
CANADA-EL SALVADOR PLAYOFF DATES SET: The final berth to the 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship will be determined with a two-game playoff between Canada and El Salvador scheduled for 28 and 29 June, respectively at the Domo Polideportivo in Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala … The winner will join Panama, USA and the host in Group A of the CONCACAF tournament.
AGUSTIN CAMPUZANO LOPEZ TAKES OVER THE HELM OF PANAMA: Cuban native Agustin Campuzano Lopez was named Panama’s futsal team head coach on 12 April … The 60-year-old was an assistant coach for Cuba in three consecutive CONCACAF Tournaments (1996-2004) where the Leones del Caribe were runners-up and qualified to the FIFA Futsal World Cups.
THANK YOU MARQUINHOS, YOU'VE FINALLY SWITCHED ON THE LIGHT!!
by Luca Ranocchiari - Futsalplanet.com editor
Sometimes a short article can make the difference, and we were waiting for this one since a while. Or we'd better say: since a futsal life. There's a lot of talking about the beneficial influence of futsal in soccer players formation, but the big question is... SO WHAT? Do we exist just to serve soccer? Is matching with soccer players background our only way to show what our sport can provide people with? We have a lot of friends supporting the idea of futsal promotion through soccer person/events, but we've never agreed with this way to proceed. Sometimes people seems even to be afraid to shout they're futsal fans, so that they hide theirselves behind the shadow of "the big brother" (but do we really want a brother like that??), like they were in need to justify their sins!
On the opposite, WE ARE FUTSAL FANS and PROUD TO BE!
Well guys, this opinion article of the Copagril Futsal coach Marquinhos Xavier has finally expressed a big truth about our little world: "Somos diferentes e somos específicos, nosso esporte é o Futsal". Muito obrigado Marquinhos, we were waiting for you.
Futsal is the way, the rest is mere detail.
Marquinhos Xavier Futsal Blog
Não somos parecidos com o Futebol, nosso esporte se chama Futsal
We are not like football, our sport is called futsal
Game high technical requirement, dynamic characteristics and the lack of literature and a clear definition of the comparisons still provide Futsal Soccer, delaying our own evolution as a modality with specific features and elements.
Futsal is a sport similar to Football in my view, we have technical and tactical independence and visibly physical.
Perhaps the fact that it is practiced in a field of play where the goals and rules are "similar", where it develops a clash between two teams and whose goal is win the imposition of a defense in order to achieve a successful bid of attack and that this represents the greatest moment of the game, Gol. I can assure that Futsal is different and possibly our similarities end here.
These similarities confuse and prevent the Futsal has its own identity and therefore have our well-defined concepts and features. Purpose of this issue and promote interest in our particularities, oportunizar critical sense and conceptualizing the Futsal. I quickly to list our particularities and briefly justify the need to conceptualize the Futsal as a modality itself.
We lived in a "field" uncertain game, with very unpredictable and problematic, before anyone can tell me that these features are also present in football, I anticipate that the big difference is exactly the time of action / reaction to the resolution of these situations, Futsal has a high degree of difficulty and the athlete in turn requires a speed psycho / motor integrated act in fractions of seconds. This is our main feature, being fast in Action in Cognitive and Motor Actions, our responses are immediate and this makes us different.
Another factor to justify my subject, are the multifunctional characteristics of Futsal athletes have an obligation to attack and defend with the same level of demand, get used to playing in defense and attack positions and fulfill the task prevalent in these positions, you can not only be free to attack or defend restrictions only on Futsal systems are interconnected and therefore functions performed must also be interconnected.
The Futsal athlete participates in the game during periods / cycles of the game, went out and returns the same to continue competing, these possibilities raise the pace and physical demands of the game, making it continuous and very intense. We are different and are specific, our sport is futsal.
Posted by Xavier Marquinhos
World futsal Championships AMF/FIFUSA (Senior Men)
14/12/2002 - World Futsal Association was formed
PANAMERICAN FUTSAL CONFEDERATION FORMS ASOCIACIÓN MUNDIAL DE FUTSAL
At Confederación Panamericana de Fútbol de Salón (Panamarican Futsal Confederation) International Congress Meetings held in Asuncion, Paraguay from Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, 2002, the new Asociación Mundial de Futsal (World Futsal Association) was formed.
Over 25 nations were represented in this historic event as several former members of FIFUSA (Federación Internacional de Fútbol de Salón) decided to join Panamerican Futsal Confederation's movement to create the World Futsal Assocation (WFA).
As FIFUSA did, WFA will continue to have good relations with FIFA. The WFA's Executive Committee's first order of business was the naming of the Association's respective cabinet positions.
Rolando Alarcón Ríos of Paraguay was selected as the WFA's first President, while Wilfredo Coffi (Netherlands Antilles), Giuseppe Caggiano (Italy), Keith Yorston (Australia), Luis Peña Niera (Spain) and Christian Prevost (Canada) were all named Vice-Presidents.
Pedro Bonettini of Argentina was named General Secretary, while Dorian Guaristi Justiniano of Bolivia is the WFA's Treasurer. Jaime Arroyabe (Colombia), Kurt Hartvedt (Norway) and Djamel Laarabi (Algeria) were tabbed as Directors, while José Luis Monges (Costa Rica) is the subsitute director.
Carlos Briceño (Venezuela) and Gabriel Delmonte (Uruguay) are the afflifated associates, while Angel Provao (Spain), Lorenzo García (Mexico) and Julio Notario (Paraguay) are part of the Justice Commission. The WFA closed out the International Congress Meetings with the announcement of Paraguay as the venue for the 2003 World Championship with the dates and fixtures released on a later date.
This competition, that will is held every three years, will replace the previous tournament's staged by FIFUSA from 1982-2000.
Previous FIFUSA (now WFA) World Championships
Year - Venue - Champion
1982 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Brazil
1985 - Madrid, Spain - Brazil
1988 - Melbourne, Australia - Paraguay
1991 - Milan, Italy - Portugal
1994 - Posadas, Argentina - Argentina
1997 - Mexico City, Mexico - Venezuela
2000 - La Paz, Bolivia - Colombia
1989 Indoor Soccer World Cup Footage from Canberra
2012 ONTARIO FUTSAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FOR MEN WOMEN, BOYS
Misconceptions about Futsal
An outstanding article from FFV Futsal Head Coach Edgard Vatcky. This is a MUST read for everyone.
ONTARIO FUTSAL CUP 2012
ONTARIO CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
For MEN & WOMEN, BOYS & GIRLS
Futsal Ontario
Ontario Futsal Association invites you to participate in the 22nd Annual tournament:
MARCH 10 & 11, 2012
at RIM Park in Waterloo, Ontario
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Born on January 1, 2001 and later
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U-11
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U-11
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Born on January 1, 2000 and later
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U-12
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U-12
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Born on January 1, 1999 and later
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U-13
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U-13
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Born on January 1, 1998 and later
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U-14
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U-14
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Born on January 1, 1997 and later
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U-15
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U-15
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Born on January 1, 1996 and later
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U-16
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U-16
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Born on January 1, 1995 and later
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U-17
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U-17
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Born on January 1, 1994 and later
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U-18
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U-18
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OPEN |
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Awards: For Youth teams: Team and individual awards for Champions and Finalists. For Senior teams: Team trophy and cash prizes!
Registration: Click here for our registration form and return with cheque no later than February 15, 2012.
Cost: $350.00 per Men's Team, $325 for all other teams - payable to ONTARIO FUTSAL, 71 South Valerie Street, St. Thomas, Ontario N5R 1B1.
Rules: Games will adhere to the Laws of the Game for FUTSAL.
If you have any further questions, please call Bob Luft PH: (519) 631-5852 or Fax: (519) 631-8262
e-mail: r.luft@sympatico.ca
Tournament Format: Each team is guaranteed 3 (2X15 minutes) games in group round robin play. If there is more than one group, the top team in each group will advance to the finals. If there is a single group the two top teams will advance to the finals.
Eligibility: Applications are invited from teams which are duly registered. Players must be currently registered with a team and will be required to produce approved player passes. All Star Teams shall not be accepted.
Rosters: A team may have a maximum roster of 12 players. No changes will be allowed once the team begins to play. All youth players must show proof of age before their first game.
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