Hovocubo gaat naar Ierland!
Vanmiddag (donderdag 3 juli) heeft om 14.00 uur in Nyon (Zwitserland) de loting plaatsgevonden voor de UEFA Futsal Club. Hovocubo is terecht gekomen in groep A. De club die het mini toernooi die van t/m augustus gehouden wordt zal in Ierland worden gespeeld.
Daarin speelt het tegen Eden Futsal (IRL), Istanbul Üniversitesi SK (TUR) en Wrexham Futsal Club (WAL).
De selectie van trainer Sander van Dijk zal er dan alles aan doen om de Main Round te halen welke begin oktober plaats vindt. Mocht dit het geval zijn, dan staat er ook een mooi affiche op het programma: Group 4: Inter FS (ESP), Futsal Team Charleroi (BEL), KMN Kobarid (SVN), Winner preliminary round Group A. Deze wedstrijden worden gespeeld in Slovenië.
Seillant detail, Inter is de Nieuwe club van ex-FCK De Hommel speler Issy Hamdaoui. Maar goed. Zo ver is het nog niet. Het wordt erg lastig om de eerste ronde te overleven. Dus laten we niet te ver vooruit lopen.
Bekijk hier hoe de loting is gegaan
Luister hier naar de reactie van Sander van Dijk op RTV Noord Holland
Ierland is topografisch gunstige loting. Door de relatief beperkte afstand liggen er wellicht mogelijkheden voor supporters om er naar toe af te reizen en ons te steunen.
Blijf de Hovocubo site in de gaten houden voor berichtgeving met betrekking tot ons Europees avontuur. Het is nu echt begonnen!
Hierbij de totale loting:
Preliminary round (26-31 August)
Group A: Hovocubo (NED), Eden Futsal (IRL)*, Istanbul Üniversitesi SK (TUR), Wrexham Futsal Club (WAL)
Group B: Baku United FC (ENG), MNK Centar Sarajevo (BIH)*, Malmö City FC (SWE), Gibraltar Scorpions FC (GIB)
Group C: FS Ilves Tampere (FIN), Record Bielsko-Byala (POL)*, Perth Saltires (SCO), FK Lokomotyvas Radviliškis (LTU)
Group D: APOEL FC (CYP)*, NAFI Stuttgart (GER), FC Anzhi Tallin (EST), KF Flamurtari Vlorë (ALB)
Group E: MFC Stolitsa Minsk (BEL), FC Encamp (AND), FSC Schwaz (AUT)*, FC Talgrig Yerevan (ARM)
Group F: MNK Alumnus Zagreb (CRO)*, København Futsal (DEN), Balzan FC (MLT)
Group G: KMF Zelezarec Skopje (MKD), Asa Ben Gurion (ISR) , FC Agama Podgorica (MNE)*
Group H: FC Grand Pro Varna (BUL)*, Uni Futsal Bulle (SUI), FC Progress Chisinau (MDA)
Main round (30 September-5 October)
Group 1: FK EP Chrudim (CZE)*, Sporting Club de Paris (FRA), Winner preliminary round Group E, Winner preliminary round Group G
Group 2: Iberia Star Tbilisi (GEO), FK Nikars Riga (LVA)*, Winner preliminary round Group H, Winner preliminary round Group C
Group 3: ISK Dina Moskva (RUS)*, FC Lokomotiv Kharkiv (UKR), FC Deva (ROU), Winner preliminary round Group F
Group 4: Inter FS (ESP), Futsal Team Charleroi (BEL), KMN Kobarid (SVN)*, Winner preliminary round Group A
Group 5: KMF Ekonomac Kragujevac (SRB)*, Luparense C/5 (ITA), Athina ’90 (GRE), Winner preliminary round Group B
Group 6: Slov-Matic Bratislava (SVK), MVFC Berettjóújfalu (HUN)*, Vegakameratene (NOR), Winner preliminary round Group D
Lees hier de analyse van onze tegenstanders door Zaalvoetbalnieuws.com
Reactie van de Ierse coach:
UEFA Futsal Cup 2014-15 Preliminary draw
Rodrigo De Melo (Eden Futsal Club, Irish FAI Futsal Cup Champions)
Hello Futsal Focus fans
We are very excited about the UEFA Futsal Cup draw for the preliminary round which will see us take on Turkish club Istanbul Üniversitesi SK, Welsh club Wrexham Futsal and Dutch club Hovocubo.
The group will be very tough but at the same time it is exactly what we need and the experience that are younger players need. We are very excited to see what the squad is capable of and we are very confident in the squads abilities.
We will respect every club and we are certainly not approaching this competition with certainty of qualification. Wrexham Futsal Club have played us before in a very entertaining game for everyone who was involved or watching. The Turkish national team have been progressing up the Futsal world rankings so we are expecting Istanbul Üniversitesi SK to have some very good players, the club has won their league many times over the past four years so this will be a tough game.
Concerning qualification, we believe the club to beat is our European counterparts Hovocubo from the Netherlands. The Netherlands have a very strong national team who are currently 21st in the world rankings despite Futsal still growing there. We are very much looking forward to this game, it will be a difficult test but a good experience for the players should we be successful and win the group. We are confident in ourselves but will also be using our home advantage as host of the group and with our fans behind us, urging us on to give us an edge over all our opponents in the group.
Reactie coach van Wales:
UEFA Futsal Cup 2014-15 Preliminary draw
Richie Jones (Wrexham Futsal Club – Welsh FAW Futsal Cup champions)
Hi Futsal Focus fans
We at Wrexham Futsal Club are delighted to be competing in our second UEFA Futsal Cup competition for the second year in a row after retaining the FAW Futsal Cup trophy in what was one of the best and toughest seasons that we have had as Cardiff University pushed us all the way in both the league and cup final which ended with both clubs winning trophies, Cardiff winning the league and we won the cup.
Looking ahead to the approaching UEFA Futsal Cup group to be hosted in the Republic of Ireland by our Irish friends Eden Futsal Club, we are very excited and looking forward to the challenge of competing against strong and quality European opposition from Ireland, Turkey and the Netherlands. Our squad is missing some experienced players due to injury but we have quality in the young players who will be travelling with us and we believe in their ability to give every club a good game of Futsal.
The toughest game in the group will be Hovocubo from the Netherlands, like every club we will put out a team with the intention to compete as best as we can and win. However what is most important for our club at this stage in our development is for the players to enjoy themselves, learn from their experience, develop from it and should we not qualify for the main round this year, we will take our experiences and the new friendships that we have made and look to utilize them for the good of our players and the club so win can retain the FAW Futsal Cup for the third year in a row and compete at this level in Europe again.
Good luck to all teams we look forward to meet you on the court in the Republic of Ireland.
