| | | News from Around Banderas Bay | April 2009
Official Draw FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 Qualifier CONCACAF Puerto Vallarta From: Hans Van Damme - BeachSoccer.com
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Click image to enlarge | | | The official draw of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 Qualifier CONCACAF Puerto Vallarta will take place on April 22 at 12:00am (GMT -7) at the Puerto Vallarta Holiday Inn.
The draw in Puerto Vallarta will determine the fixtures for the group stage of the six-day tournament to be contested at the Unidad Deportivo AgĂşstin Flores Contreras from April 29 to May 3. The participating teams are Mexico, Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador and the USA. They will be drawn in two groups of three teams with each team playing a round-robin against the other two in their group. The first two teams out of each group will reach the semi finals where the two winners will earn a place in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 Dubai.
We are pleased to invite the National and International media to attend the official draw. The following representatives of the organizing and supporting institutions will be in attendance: Mr. Josep Ponset, BSWW and FIFA Beach Soccer Head of Competition; Mr. Justino Compean, President of the Mexican Football Federation (tbc); Mr. Cesar Macias, Director of Sports development of Puerto Vallarta; Mr. Oscar Rivero, President of FIDETUR and Mr. Ludwig Estrada, Regional Director of Setujal Tourism.
In addition, representatives from all of the participating nations will be present at the draw and be available for interviews after the ceremony.
The results of the draw and the event match schedule will be posted here and on BeachSoccer.com shortly after the raffle takes place.
More information: Hans Vandamme, hans.vandamme(at)beachsoccer.com |
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