Group draw is over - THE HEAT IS ON!
16.07.2011 The 8th European Universities Futsal Championship tournament is ready to take off on Sunday. The participating teams have been drawn into eight three-team groups.
KaDy Students, the pride of Finland and Jyväskylä, are set to clash with Sumy State University (Ukraine) and University of Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne (France).
KaDy Students' flashy head coach Tero Kelhälä was moderately happy with the draw.
- It's hard to say, really. Take the Ukraine team first. Last summer we lost to the representatives of Ukraine, but just by one goal margin in an evenly contested match. They will certainly be a handful, but I believe we are up to the challenge. So even though Ukraine is a high quality team, we could have got an even tougher opponent from the first pot. On the other hand, we could easily have got a lesser opponent than the French team from the other pot, so I'm in two minds about this, Kelhälä articulates in a typically reflective manner.
At the group stage teams will face each other once, playing only a total of two matches each. After the group stage every team will proceed to the knockout rounds, but the group winners will be rewarded with a direct entry to the 2nd knockout round complete with a benefit of an extra resting day.
KaDy Students will begin the championships with a day off, as their first match is scheduled on Monday 18.7. at 15:30 against the University of Paris.
Stay tuned to kadyfutsal.net!
The complete list of participants:
1 FIN Tampere University of Technology
2 AZE Freewill Student Sport Society of Azerbaijan
3 CRO University of Zagreb
4 CYP Cyprus University of Technology
5 ESP Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
6 FIN University of Jyväskylä
7 FRA Universite D'evry
8 GBR University of Sheffield
9 GEO Georgian University Sports Federation
10 GER WG Köln
11 IRL Cork Institute of Technology
12 NOR Norges Idrettshøgskoles Idrettslag
13 POL The Angelius Silesius State School. in Walbrzych
14 POR University of Minho
15 POR University of Coimbra
16 RUS Moscow State Academy of Physical Educaiton
17 SRB University of Belgrade
18 SUI Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen
19 SWE Örebro University
20 TUR EGE University
21 UKR Sumy State University
22 ESP Universidad de Malaga
23 GBR University of Bath
24 FRA University Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne
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