(The CONCACAF Futsal Championship Group A match pitting host and defending champion Guatemala against the United States at the Domo Polideportivo in Guatemala City on 7/4/12 drew a crowd of 6,046, the largest in competition history. CONCACAF Photo.)

National and International Futsal News

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• First Women's Futsal League Emerges in Lebanon
• AFF Futsal Reclaims Title in New Zealand
• Thailand's Worawi Looking for Sweep in SEA Games
• England Splits Two Friendlies with Lithuania
• Barcelona Bidding to Host UEFA Playoff
• Tightly-Contested Finale in N. Zealand's ASB League
• FA Futsal Cup Returns with New Look
• Myanmar Times: a 'Bluffer's Guide' to Futsal
• N. Zealand Coach Gilligan Scanning for Talent
• Barcelona, Dinamo Moscow Through to UEFA Cup Finals
• England's Sturgess Names Squad for Lithuania
• Sacramento Dedicating First Futsal Court
• Photos of Sacramento Court Opening
• Vietnam Upsets Brazil in Four-Team Tourney
• Scuffle at the Top in New Caledonia
• Futsal's 'Creative Consciousness'
• Futsal is 'The Way Forward for English Football'
• Iran Nominated for AFC Team of the Year
• Futsal Promoted in Sierra Vista, Ariz.
• Zidane Stars in French Futsal Tour
• Moscow Dinamo Facing Experienced Foes in UEFA Tourney
• Former Blackburn Star Featured in Chinese Futsal Tourney
• Quintana Scores Hat Trick for Manchester Futsal Club
• Futsal South Takes Control in New Zealand
• Colombia Wins AMF Women's Title
• Kairat, Dinamo, Barcelona, Sporting Clube Enter Elite Round
• Kike: Time to 'Think about Different Things in Life'
• Gibraltar Leaves for Poland Four Nations Tourney
• Lithuanians Learn from FIFA lecturer Massimo Cumbo
• Colombia, Venezuela to Meet in AMF Women's Final
• Aussie Women Get Strong Support at AMF World Tourney
• AMF Women's Tourney Enters Quarterfinals
• FIFA Ranks Iran No. 1 in Asia
• Ramar FC Wins Tiger National Championship in Cambodia
• Gibraltar U17s Drop Narrow Decision to Armenia
• Thailand Takes the Title
• Thailand Nips Australia to Win 9th ASEAN Title
• Brazil Wins 7th Futsal Grand Prix
• Grand Prix de Futsal Stats
• Globo Sells Futsal Rights to ESPN International
• England Wins, Ties at Doha, Qatar
• Melbourne's Pascoe Vale Wins Cairns International
• Cannavaro 'Gatecrashes' Singapore Match
• Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Indonesia Advance
• Cannavaro Draws Crowd at Tiger St. Singapore
• International Teams Join Fray in Tiger St. Singapore
• Everton Coaches Study Futsal at Barcelona
• Shipyard Wins League Title in Guam
• U.S. Youth Futsal Launches I.D. Program
• Spain's Nacho Garrido Outlines Youth Development
• Iberia Star Tbilisi Pursuing Elite Round
• Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovenia Win UEFA Warm-ups
• Spain Still the Team to Beat
• Tottenham Hotspur's Paulinho Trains Students in Futsal
• Azerbaijan Impressive in UEFA Playoffs
• Ukraine, Netherlands, Romania, Croatia Advance
• San Diego's 619 Futsal Launches Winter League
• Chinese Club Wins in Tiger Street Football
• Festivities at Columbus Included Futsal
• Crystal Palace Youth Excel in Futsal Tourney
• Atletico Madrid's Baptistao Started with Futsal
• School Futsal League Planned in Phnom Penh
• Report: Eto'o Signs with France's Top Futsal Club
• Tiger Street Tourney Shifts to China
• Manchester FC Wins Tiger Street Tourney in Mongolia
• Tiger Street Football Hosting Street Tourney in Mongolia
• Thailand's Chonburi Bluewave Win AFC Futsal Club Title
• UEFA Sets Main Round Lineup and Schedule
• Belarus' VitEn Vitebsk Reaches UEFA Main Round
• AFC Adding Women's, U21 Futsal Tourneys
• International Youth Camp Held in Bermuda
• Futsal 'Road Show' Continues in New Zealand
• Frankie Hejduk Futsal Cup to Precede U.S.-Mexico Qualifier
• Tozer Named Technical Director of U.S. Youth Futsal
• Penyas Touted as Future Star for New Zealand
• Korczynski Confident as Wisla Kraków Makes UEFA Debut
• Wales to Host First Ever UEFA Futsal Competition
• Radio Australia: Samoa Gets World Class Futsal Court
• Iran's Giti Pasand Set to Defend AFC Title in Nagoya
• Nagoya Oceans See Good Chance to Win AFC Title
• Hamburg Panthers Playing Catch-up for Germany
• Cachia to Officiate UEFA Preliminary Round
• Malta's Hibernians on Rise with Imported Talent
• Cobras Lead League in Guam
• N. Zealand GK has Big Plans in Women's Futsal
• Vietnam to Host 2014 Asian Futsal Qualifiers
• Ricardinho: UAE 'Needs More Kids to be Involved' in Futsal
• Video: AMF's Campeonato Mundial Femenino 2013
• Real Madrid Tops Barcelona in Legends Futsal Match
• Tozer: MISL 'Starting to Use More Futsal Tactics'
• Futsal Comes to Athens, Tex.
• Falcao, Ricardinho Laud Futsal in UAE
• Czech-Champion Chrudim Names Caetano Head Coach
• MLS Works, Sporting K.C. Unveil Futsal Courts
• Futsal Featured at MLS All Star Community Day
• Non-Profit Soccer/Futsal Academy Planned for Milwaukee
• Solomons Get Wake-Up Call at Oceania Tourney
• Mediaset Inks Broadcast Deal with LNFS
• Mrakovic Promoting 'Barca-Style' Camp for San Diego
• Australia Wins Oceania Invitational
• Sasikumar to Skipper Australia at Colombia Games
• Australia, Malaysia Dominate at Oceania Tourney
• New Zealand Upsets Solomons
• Santiago Wins again at Kuwait's Mini Futsal World Cup

A crowd estimated at 7,500 turned out at Polideportivo 2000  for the match between Portugal and host Guatemala Nov. 18. Portugal won 6-2.   Spain upset Brazil 4-3 to win the championship. Photo courtesy futboldeguatemala.com.

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