The Philippine girls’s nationwide futsal crew can be tangled with a tricky group after being drawn with Argentina, Morocco, and Poland in the course of the FIFA Futsal Girls’s World Cup draw ceremony on Monday evening on the Bonifacio International Metropolis Arts Heart in Taguig.
Following its profitable bid to host the primary staging of the match, the Philippines is gearing up for yet one more World Cup, its third in three years.
This time, futsal is taking centerstage with fbe Philippines set for an exciting first-round affair towards visiting Argentina, Morocco, and Poland in Group A slated from November 21 to December 7 on the Philsports Area in Pasig Metropolis.
With Victorias Metropolis not sharing the internet hosting duties with Pasig, Philsports Area will grow to be the only venue of the match which options 16 groups or 4 teams of 4.
The Philippine Soccer Federation (PFF) not too long ago introduced the choice citing logistics as the rationale for the change.
The match format, although, can be saved the identical with the highest two groups advancing to the knockout part the place the quarterfinal, semifinal, and a third-place play-off will ensue adopted by the ultimate spherical.
Second-ranked Spain is ready to face Asian futsal powerhouse Thailand, Canada, and Colombia in Group B.
New Zealand, which was the primary crew to affix host Philippines, clinched the inaugural OFC Futsal Girls’s Nations Cup to qualify for the maiden staging of the match and can be joined by third-ranked Portugal, Tanzania, and AFC Girls’s Futsal Asian Cup winner Japan in Group C.
Lastly, Group D will see world No. 1 and eight-time Girls’s Futsal Copa América champion tackle Italy, AFC Girls’s Futsal Asian Cup bronze medalist IR Iran, and Panama.
Filipinas captain Hali Lengthy along with Cignal’s Vanie Gandler graced the ceremony as draw assistants together with Croatian head coach Tihana Neme?i? and two-time FIFA Futsal World Cup winner Falcão of Brazil.
—JMB, GMA Built-in Information