Venues for 2020 Junior Nationals are confirmed and even more news regarding selected All-Australian squads!
All-Australian Selected Squads
Futsal Oz is pleased to formally announce that players selected for All-Australian teams during the 2020 Junior Nationals will be invited to travel overseas and represent Futsal Oz’s Australian teams.
Under 14s – Players selected in the Under 14s competition will be invited to represent Australia at the Under 15 World Cup in Paraguay.
Under 16s – Players selected in the Under 16s competition will be invited to represent Australia at the Under 17 World Cup in Uruguay.
Under 19s – Players selected in the Under 19s competition will be invited to represent Australia at the Under 20 World Futsal Clubs Cup in Brazil.
All-Australian selected players from Under 8s, Under 10s, Under 12s and Under 21s will be invited to travel to Madrid, Spain or São Paulo, Brazil (depending on age group. Players from these teams who travel abroad will be the first invitees of Futsal Oz’s brand new Accelerated Development Programs to train and play with futsal powerhouse clubs Inter Movistar in Madrid, Spain and another first-class club from São Paulo, Brazil.
Venues confirmed for 2020 Junior Nationals
The Junior Futsal Oz Nationals is Australia’s most prestigious club-based Nationals event on the Australian futsal calendar, bringing together the best junior futsal/soccer players and clubs from all over Australia for an annual tournament.
The 2019 Junior Nationals was the biggest and best tournament to date. In true Futsal Oz style, event organisers have once again stepped things up to another level and the sixth-annual Junior Nationals in 2020 is set to be even BIGGER with the introduction of two more new girls only competitions and an Under 19s open competition!
To cater for the growing demand of participants, the 2020 Junior Futsal Oz Nationals will contain eleven competitions across two stadiums and seven courts with both stadiums utilised to their full capacity to host matches over the five-day tournament.
The Under 8s, Under 10s and Under 12s will be played at the World-class three-court Mt Evelyn Stadium in Melbourne’s East.
All other competitions including the ALL GIRLS competitions will all be played at the four-court Thomastown Stadium.
All grand finals will be live-streamed and played on Wednesday the 8th of January at Futsal Oz’s World Class Thomastown Stadium on the Main Arena – home to the Series Futsal competitions.
The Thomastown stadium is located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne and the Mt Evelyn stadium is in the East. Both stadiums are separated by approximately an hour drive by car.
See below for details regarding the 2020 Junior Futsal Oz Nationals.
Under 8s – Mt Evelyn Stadium (All-Australians invited to Spain or Brazil)
Under 10s – Mt Evelyn Stadium (All-Australians invited to Spain or Brazil)
Under 12s – Mt Evelyn Stadium (All-Australians invited to Spain or Brazil)
Under 10s Girls – Thomastown Stadium (All-Australians invited to Spain or Brazil)
Under 12s Girls – Thomastown Stadium (All-Australians invited to Spain or Brazil)
Under 14s – Thomastown Stadium (All-Australians invited to Paraguay for Under 15 World Cup)
Under 14s Girls – Thomastown Stadium (All-Australians invited to Spain or Brazil)
Under 16s – Thomastown Stadium (All-Australians invited to Uruguay for Under 17 World Cup)
Under 16s Girls – Thomastown Stadium (All-Australians invited to Spain or Brazil)
Under 19s – Thomastown Stadium (All-Australians invited to Brazil for Under 20 World Futsal Clubs Cup)
Under 21s – Thomastown Stadium (All-Australians invited to Spain)
Please note: whilst the Under 14s, Under 16s and Under 19s teams have officially been accepted into the competitions abroad, all other age groups are planned to begin the new Futsal Oz Accelerated Development Programs and may be subject to changes depending on teams and travel circumstances.
For further information or if you haven’t yet registered your team online, the Futsal Oz website has it covered at http://futsaloz.com.au/state-and-nationals/junior-nationals/