Northern Ireland’s women’s futsal team produced some excellent performances in the first stage of qualifiers for the next edition of the Women’s Futsal Euros.
Northern Ireland’s women’s futsal team are in Serbia this week to compete in the first stage of qualifiers for the next edition of the Women’s Futsal Euros.
Senior women’s futsal team prepare for Euro qualifiers in Lithuania
Northern Ireland’s senior women’s futsal team are gearing up for three Euro qualifiers in Lithuania next month.
Team boss Keith Gibson has put together an 18-strong training squad ahead of the three matches which will be whittled down to 12 before his team travel to eastern Europe.
The matches from 5-8 May against Lithuania, Slovakia and top seeds Serbia are in Group A of the preliminary round of the UEFA European Women’s Futsal Championship 2022.
The winners of three Women’s Futsal Euro preliminary rounds next month (postponed from May 2020) will advance to a main round in October, joining 13 teams given byes. From the main round four teams will emerge for a four-team knockout final tournament in March next year.