Puntar and Municipium through
Saturday, August 18, 2007
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Saturday night was a happy one for KMN Puntar and KMF Municipium Casino Pljevlja who both clinched their places in the UEFA Futsal Cup Main round.
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Puntar victory
Goup F hosts Puntar are ensured first place with a convincing win against Granvalira FC Encamp. The Slovenian side only needed a draw to qualify from Group F at London White Bear FC's expense and they always looked in control after taking a 2-0 half-time lead against their Andorran opponents. Puntar can now look forward to meeting Romania's CIP Deva, Iberia 2003 Tbilisi and Croatian hosts HMNK Gospić next month.
Montenegrin hope
In France Municipium have clinched Group B with a game to spare following their 3-2 win against Issy Futsal. Montenegro's first representatives are ensured progress whatever happens tomorrow against KS Ali Demi Tirana after the Albanian team's 6-3 loss to Ararat AGBU Nicosia FC. As Municipium are three points ahead of Issy and Ararat, and have already beaten them both so whoever wins the latter clubs' meeting on Sunday will be inferior on head-to-head record. Municipium now play Futsal Topsport Antwerpen, Hungarian hosts Futsal Club Gödöllő and Athina '90 Athens in Main round Group 4.
Jeepers routed
In Sweden Jeepers FC were always going to be up against it after needing to better the 8-2 result by which they lost against hosts Skövde AIK on Friday and, trailing 8-1 at half-time at the hands of Gračanica, the destiny of the club from Malta was never in doubt. Their 18-3 defeat ends their involvement in the competition and qualification to Main round Group 6 will now be the reward for the winners of Sunday's meeting between Skövde and the Bosnia-Herzegovnian outfit. Serbia's KMF Marbo Beograd, Czech hosts FK Era-Pack Chudrim and Finland's Ilves FS Tampere will meet the Group E table-toppers next month.