Almaty, Kazakhstan –The 2nd Asian University Futsal Championship went on in the Baluan Sholak Sport Palace from April 24-26 for group competitions, on April 27th, which is also the last day, the 8 teams fought even harder for the final ranking.
4 magnificent matches caught the audience’s eyes
The first game was between Mongolia and China for the 7th place. The Mongolian scorer Usbold Altansul (13) opened the match with a beautiful shooting within just 4 minutes. But Chinese team fought even harder afterwards and earned 2 scores by Huang Xin (4) and Shen Ximing (11). Finally, China beat Mongolia at 2:1.
Then Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan fought for the 5th position. Turkmenistan didn’t leave any chance for its opponents, and made 3 successful shooting towards Kyrgyzstan’s gate. Therefore, Turkmenistan won the game with absolute advantage.
Next, Kazakhstan Dostyk Team and Tajikistan strived for the 3rd place. On the first half, each team earned 4 goals, it is really hard to tell the result. The second half saw a stronger Kazakhstan Dostyk Team, and 3 more goals were shot in almost one minute, and they grabbed the bronze medal by 7:4.
The most important game of the championship, the final between Kazakhstan national team and Iran team kicked out at 17:30. Despite the host owned great cheerleading supporters, Iran took the full control of the game. A total of 12 scores were made solely by Iranian team. Hence, Iranian team boasted the overwhelming victory and also managed to defend the title in the 2nd Asian University Futsal Championship. Ali Ebrahimi(10) from Iran was incontrovertibly the best scorer of the championship.
Closing Ceremony: A wonderful taste of Kazakhstan culture
Closing Ceremony were held just after the final. The bewitching traditional Kazakh folk song "Balbyrauyn" were performed by the national orchestra. Then the acrobats warmed up the atmosphere with energetic dancing.
MS. Roza Karimzhanova, the vice minister from Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, greeted all the participants on behalf of Kazakhstan government. She then congratulated Iran’s great success. Finally, she wished everybody can have a chance to unite here again in the World University Futsal Championship in 2018.
Mr. HA Woong Yong, AUSF auditor as well as AUSF special representative to the championship, thanked Ministry of Education and science of Kazakhstan and the Kazakhstan University Sports Federation for successfully holding the championship. Besides, he appreciated all the participating teams, especially most of the central Asian countries who participates in AUSF championship for the first time, moreover, he encouraged them to continue taking part in AUSF events.
Mr. Kayrat Zakiryanov, the president of Kazakhstan University Sports Federation congratulated all teams for the great matched presented and he wished all delegations a safe trip home.
It is always hard to bid farewell and let’s meet in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in just 5 days later for the very first edition of Asian University Boxing Championship!
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(Source: AUSF Secretariat)