Russian 8×8 Mini-Football: 112 Teams Compete in Sochi

15 teams from SFF Center regions will take part in the tournament

The Russian Football Union will hold the Russian 8×8 mini-football championship, in which 112 of the strongest teams from 82 regions will play. The tournament will be held in Sochi from the second to the ninth of November on the fields of the Sports Territory sports complex.

This is one of the largest RFU competitions in terms of the number and geography of participants – more than 2.5 thousand athletes will be present at the championship at the same time. For the first time, qualifying tournaments were held in all 89 regions of the country. In total, over 1.3 thousand teams and more than 26 thousand football players played in them. The championship will begin with the group stage, after which the participants in the playoffs will be determined.

The tournament will be attended by 15 teams representing the regions of SFF “Center”: “Hermes”, “Madison”, “Oka Moloko” (all in the Ryazan region), BRO “Dynamo” (Bryansk region), “Premix Plant No. 1”, “Stroygarant” (both in the Belgorod region), “Lada”, “Perfograd” (both in the Voronezh region), “Tekhnika” 68 – Tatanovo” (Tambov region), “Kikvidze” (Volgograd region), “SpetsKhimAgro” (Oryol region), “Express Office” (Tula region), “TK Avangard” (Smolensk region), “Fakel-Gazprom” (Kursk region), KIIK (Kaluga region).

All matches will be broadcast live in the “Russian Grassroots Football” community VKontakte. In the VK community and on digital platform grassroots football you will find all the information about the tournament, calendar, schedule, photo and video content from matches.

On November 7, a gala match will be held with the participation of famous Russian football players, media football players and tournament organizers against a national team of the best players of the championship. The tournament program includes activities, competitions and challenges for participants, and an entertainment program.

Egor Taradin, head of the adult grassroots football department of the RFU:
– The Russian 8×8 Championship is a key tournament in adult grassroots football, the final of which always becomes the most anticipated event of the year for teams and organizers. We see great interest from the regions in this tournament – this year selections were held in each of them. We note the growth in the level of the teams that will take part in the final and are now actively preparing for it. The matches will be held on the excellent fields of the “Territory of Sports”, well known to us from last year’s Russian 8×8 Championship, there will be activity zones, and an educational seminar will be held for the first time at the 2018 World Cup “Fisht” stadium. We want all participants to enjoy the tournament and remember its unique atmosphere.

From November 3 to 5, as part of the Russian 8×8 Championship, an in-person educational seminar of the RFU Academy will be held for leaders of amateur leagues. The structure of the RFU futsal competitions will be discussed, including the areas of futsal and women’s football, digital services for grassroots football, a presentation of guidelines for the development of amateur football leagues, a practical lesson on organizing broadcasts of amateur league matches and other topics.

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