Azerbaijani team wins European Universities Futsal Championship [PHOTOS]

Azerbaijan State Physical Education and Sports Academy’s futsal
team has become the champion of the European Universities Futsal
Championship held in Zagreb, Croatia, Azernews
reports.

In the final, the team faced the Spanish representative
“Valencia.” By defeating their opponent with a score of 7:2, the
Azerbaijani team was crowned the championship.

Participation of the team in the European Championship was
organized by the Azerbaijan Student Football Federation (ASFF)
Public Union, with support from the Association of Football
Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA), the Trade Union of Science and
Education Workers, the Azerbaijan Trade Unions Sports Organizations
Association (AHIITA) and the Azerbaijan State Physical Education
and Sports Academy (ADBTIA).

The 14th edition of EUSA European University Futsal Championship
took place on on July 17-25, in Zagreb, Croatia,

The event brought together Europe’s top university futsal teams
for nine days of thrilling competition, camaraderie, and
sportsmanship.

Notably, futsal is a ball sport played on a hard court, smaller
than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to
five-a-side football.

The game is played between two teams of five players each, one
of whom is the goalkeeper. Unlike some other forms of indoor
football, the game is played on a hard court surface delimited by
lines; walls or boards are not used.

Azerbaijan had qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup for the
first time in 2016.

Now the futsal team successfully represents Azerbaijan at
multiple international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal
World Cup and the European Championships.