Tue, 30 Nov, -0001
Kuala Lumpur: The draw for the finals of the AFC Futsal Club Championship Japan 2013 will be held on Friday, June 14 and will take place at the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel in Malaysia.
Eight teams are in the fray including host club Nagoya Oceans and defending champions Giti Pasand, who defeated the Oceans 6-3 in the semi-finals of the last AFC Futsal Club Championship.
Ardus’ runners-up finish at Kuwait 2012 earned Uzbekistan an automatic entry to this year’s finals and it will be the Tashkent club again that takes part in the competition.
Other teams that are returning to the finals having successfully navigated the qualifiers are 2010 AFC Futsal Club Championship runners-up Al Sadd of Qatar and Lebanon’s Al Sadaka, who finished third in the following year’s tournament.
Completing the line-up for next month’s draw are Thai champions Chonburi Bluewave, Thai Son Nam of Vietnam and Shenzen Nanling Tielang from China.