Iran to play in futsal Grand Prix
AFC – TEHRAN, Asian futsal champions Iran will take part in the 2010 Grand Prix which will be held in Brazil in October.
Iran finished runners-up two times in this competitions five editions. They lost 7-1 to Brazil in the previous edition’s final.
“We will hopefully become runners-up again. Iran is gearing up for the Futsal World Cup and this kind of competitions will help us have a better performance,” Iran coach Hossein Shams said.
The Grand Prix de Futsal is an international futsal competition of the same kind as the FIFA Futsal World Championship but with invited nations and held annually in Brazil. It was first held in 2005.