7th annual Futsal Tournament organised by the Eastern Mediterranean University Sports Affairs Directorate is underway and the excitement levels are rising. This year the tournament includes 30 men’s and 10 women’s national teams. The group stages of the tournament took place between the 16th and 28th March 2016 whilst the quarter finals were played on the 30th of March 2016.
The tournament is taking place at the EMU Lala Mustafa Pasa Sports Complex. During the group stage of the tournament the men competed in 8 different groups whilst the women competed in 2. In the men’s competition, after the group stages were completed, the top two teams in each group earned the right to qualify for the quarter finals. After the completion of the quarter final stage, the teams that reached the semi-finals will be competing to earn the right to appear in the final. The losing teams will play a match to determine the team that will finish the tournament in third position. In the women’s competition the top two teams in each group earned the right to compete in the semi-finals. The winning teams of the semi-finals will meet in the final whilst the losing teams will compete to finish third.
The semi-final matches of EMU Cup of Nations Futsal Tournament are scheduled to take place on the 4th of April 2016. The matches will take place at the Lala Mustafa Pasa Sports Complex at 17:00. The men’s semi-finals will see Iran going head to head Sudan, whilst Nigeria faces Jordan. The women’s semi-final matches will see the TNRC facing Nigeria whilst Turkey faces Cameroon. The tournament will come to a close on Wednesday the 6th of April 2016 with the final matches being played followed by an award ceremony.
http://spor.emu.edu.tr/en/organizations/cup-of-nation-futsal
