Iran volunteers for hosting Asian Futsal Championship

IRNA - Head of Futsal and Beach Football Committee of Iranian Football Federation informed IRNA here Wednesday of Iran's official bid for hosting 2010 Asian Futsal Championship Games.

Abbas Torabian added in an interview with IRNA Sports Desk, "The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) had earlier this month sent a fax message to the football federations of the entire member countries, asking them to forward their requests for hosting the 2010 games, if they were competent for doing so."
He added, "Therefore, keeping in mind that the head of the Iranian Football Federation is agreed with the idea, Iran forwarded its official bid for hosting the Asian Futsal Championship Games for the third time in Tehran."
Torabian said among the most important preconditions for volunteering to host the games there is having three fully equipped stadiums (two main stadiums and one reserve stadium), with seats for at least 2,000 spectators.

He added, "Iran has announced its readiness to host the games at the 12,000 seat Azadi Futsal Stadium and the 12,000 seat Dastgerdi Futsal Stadium as the main venues for the games and the hall of the National Iranian Handball Federation as the reserve hall." The head of the Futsal and Beach football Committee concluded, "Hosting the 2010 games is of high importance for AFC member countries, since the top four teams of those games would gain the chance to attend the next Futsal World Cup."
Iran's National Futsal Team, the current Asian champion, failed to reach the semifinals of this year's world cup after a 5-5 tie with Italy, due to one score shortage on goal count of the former games.