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IRNA - The Asian four-time futsal
champion Iran will compete among 12 countries in the Kuala Lumpur World
Fives championship, which is scheduled to be held from June 3 to 6.
Others are Spain, Brazil, Italy, Holland, Egypt, Costa Rica, Australia,
Russia, Thailand, Japan and host Malaysia.
"Newly-appointed Malaysia's futsal coach Silvio Sergio Machada from Brazil
will have his hands full preparing the national team for three major
tournaments this year," the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) said in
a statement on Thursday.
It said the first assignment will be the toughest when they play host to
the Kuala Lumpur World Fives, scheduled for June 3-6 at the Putra Stadium
in Bukit Jalil, about 40 km from here.
The next tournament is the second Asean Football Federation (AFF)'s
tournament in Cambodia in July followed by the fifth Asian Football
Confederation (AFC)'s tournament in Japan from July 28-Aug 4. |
