Hosts Hungary to kick off futsal finals
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Article summary
The kick-off times for the 2010 UEFA European Futsal Championship have been confirmed, with Hungary's 19 January opener against Azerbaijan in Budapest being followed by Italy against Belgium in Debrecen.
Article top media content
Article body
The kick-off times for the 2010 UEFA European Futsal Championship have been confirmed, with hosts Hungary getting things under way at 17.30CET on 19 January.
Group stage
Hungary will tackle Azerbaijan at Budapest's Papp László Sportaréna in the first game in Group A, which also involved the Czech Republic, with Italy's Group B tie against Belgium following at the Főnix Arena in Debrecen at 19.00CET in a pool containing Ukraine. Spain begin their title defence the following day when they meet Belarus in their Group D opener in Debrecen at 18.00, Portugal to face both teams in that section, while Russia and Slovenia kick off Group C, also including Serbia, in the capital at 20.00.
Knockout
The top two in each group progress to the quarter-finals, spread between the two venues on 25 and 26 January. Debrecen will then stage the semi-finals at 17.30 and 20.00 on 28 January and the third-place match and final two days later at 18.00 and 20.30 respectively. Eurosport 2 will be televising the tournament across Europe with all games live or delayed.
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
