Thursday, 06 September 2012
By Dan Riley
Phnom Penh Post 
A CFI player (yellow) takes on a DCC player during their Youth Futsal
League Big Girls division third place playoff last Sunday at Battambang
Airfield. Photograph: Chhuoy Kakada
The jam-packed weekend
of football action kicks off in Battambang town tomorrow afternoon as
the 2012 SMART Street Football Tournament plays out over three days and
six separate youth futsal seasons culminate in finals on a super Sunday
of soccer supremacy. Competition organisers SALT Academy will set up two
regulation futsal fields on the street near the riverside Naga Fountain
to accommodate the contests.
Twenty-two adult teams have registered for the street football event, drawing players from Battambang, Pailin, Siem Reap and even as far as Phnom Penh. Pool games will start from tomorrow’s opening ceremony and continuing until Sunday morning. Quarterfinals and semifinals will bring the total of games to 60.
Sunday afternoon will feature a congested schedule of seven championship games. For the youth futsal competitions, the finals mark the end of a lengthy rainy season leagues.
Forty-one boys sides and 23 girls sides comprising players from 8 to 18 years old participated in weekly fixtures and practised twice a week with their coaches. Teams were bracketed into six age and gender divisions, with an U-11 Girls competition run for the first time.
The futsal season is a shorter version of SALT’s regular annual youth league campaign played on grass fields, which includes life skill lessons and positive community building activities. Last weekend saw exciting semifinal and third place playoff matches held at Battambang Airfield, with several games decided by penalty shootouts.
Organisers expressed their gratitude to main sponsors Smart Mobile for supporting the weekend’s festivities and providing awards for the winners.
Twenty-two adult teams have registered for the street football event, drawing players from Battambang, Pailin, Siem Reap and even as far as Phnom Penh. Pool games will start from tomorrow’s opening ceremony and continuing until Sunday morning. Quarterfinals and semifinals will bring the total of games to 60.
Sunday afternoon will feature a congested schedule of seven championship games. For the youth futsal competitions, the finals mark the end of a lengthy rainy season leagues.
Forty-one boys sides and 23 girls sides comprising players from 8 to 18 years old participated in weekly fixtures and practised twice a week with their coaches. Teams were bracketed into six age and gender divisions, with an U-11 Girls competition run for the first time.
The futsal season is a shorter version of SALT’s regular annual youth league campaign played on grass fields, which includes life skill lessons and positive community building activities. Last weekend saw exciting semifinal and third place playoff matches held at Battambang Airfield, with several games decided by penalty shootouts.
Organisers expressed their gratitude to main sponsors Smart Mobile for supporting the weekend’s festivities and providing awards for the winners.
Sunday’s Youth Futsal Finals
U17 Boys
Jerusalem v CFI
U14 Boys
DCC v Salaa Hope
U11 Boys
Aden v Jerusalem
Big Girls
Chrey v Chher Teal School
U14 Girls
Chrey v CFI
U11 Girls
Rapha v Khasch Poy School
To contact the reporter on this story: Dan Riley at dan.riley@phnompenhpost.com
U17 Boys
Jerusalem v CFI
U14 Boys
DCC v Salaa Hope
U11 Boys
Aden v Jerusalem
Big Girls
Chrey v Chher Teal School
U14 Girls
Chrey v CFI
U11 Girls
Rapha v Khasch Poy School
To contact the reporter on this story: Dan Riley at dan.riley@phnompenhpost.com
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