After the qualifying matches taking place today in the Round of 16, eight teams have managed to get among the best in Europe, and now they only need a step more to grant their place in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2011. At the end of the day, the draw has taken place to set fixtures for this important stage, bringing up really exciting matches for tomorrow.
On one of the most outstanding, Russia is to face Spain, what means that one of the two is going to be, for sure, in the World Cup, but the other is not. So, emotions are granted.
This is the official schedule for the Quarterfinals stage of this FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier:
15:15 Ukraine-Romania
16:30 Switzerland-Hungary
17:45 Poland-Portugal
19:00 Russia-Spain
The winners of these matches, as pointed before, will automatically get their ticket to next FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Besides, semifinal fixtures have also been set, with the winner of the Ukraine-Romania playing against the winner of the Switzerland-Hungary for a place in the final of this Sunday, july 18th. The same way, the winner of the Poland-Portugal is to face the winner of the Russia-Spain in the other semifinal match.
Results of the day
DAY |
TIME |
MATCH N° |
PITCH |
ROUND |
MATCH |
DAY 5 |
10:15 |
40 |
1 |
Round of 16 |
ROU 6-2 EST |
11:30 |
41 |
1 |
Round of 16 |
UKR 6-0 NED |
|
12:45 |
42 |
1 |
Round of 16 |
GRE 4-8 HUN |
|
14:00 |
43 |
1 |
Round of 16 |
FRA 4-6 SUI |
|
15:15 |
44 |
1 |
Round of 16 |
POR 5-2 AZE |
|
16:30 |
45 |
1 |
Round of 16 |
RUS 11-2 TUR |
|
17:45 |
46 |
1 |
Round of 16 |
ITA 3-4 POL |
|
19:00 |
47 |
1 |
Round of 16 |
MOL 1- 5 ESP |