Fijian squad announced for the 2011 OFC Futsal Championship: Futsal News
Fijian Futsal team's coach, Intiaz Khan announced the team for the 2011 Oceanian Futsal Championship (OFC) going to be staged this month. He selected the top 12-member squad and is hoping that this year the team will move a step ahead and win the championship.
The event will be held from May 16 to 20 at the Suva's Vodafone Arena.
The announcement was made at the head-quarters of the Fiji Football Association at Suva. There were a few surprise changes in the squad and Khan is hoping to that the chances are really good for the team to earn a place in the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup,
which will be hosted by Thailand.
The most prominent omission in the current squad is of Roy Krishna. He plays the outdoor version of the game from the New Zealand's team. He made his debut in the Futsal Championship last year, but was not able to participate in the latter stages of the
championship due to an injury.
The team features figure Kamal Hassan, Uraia Loki, Ajesh Narayan, Aisea Codro, Ratu Dugucagi, Levi Tawake, Shivam Nathan and Mira Sahib. Emori Ragata and Sandeep Nair were not present in the last year’s championship. Two players will be making debut in the
championship Rajnesh Raju and Eron Underwood.
The Non-travelling reserves on the team are Petero Dauniseka, Joseph Mishra and Roy Krishna.
Intiaz Khan said, "We have been training hard for the past few weeks and I would like to thank the players who have showed commitment, I faced a major problem of not getting the full complement of players I wanted to work with but those who have put their
hands up look keen and I'm sure we will be able to field a good side."
The Fijian team is placed in Group ‘A’ along with Kiribati, New Zealand and Vanuatu. In Group ‘B’ there are teams from Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Tahiti and New Caledonia. In the last two editions of the championship, Fiji finished at the second seed against
the Solomon Islands.
The other officials of the team are Malvin Anand, manager of the team and the Anil Sharma who will be the head of the delegation.
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