Dal 28 giugno al 4 luglio a Montesilvano c’è, per la 12esima edizione di fila, la Montesilvano Futsal Cup. Ormai una tradizione per quanto riguarda il futsal giovanile a livello internazionale. Tra le società iscritte, naturalmente, tante italiane come la FF10 una realtà di Roma nata appena 3 anni fa grazie a un forte legame di amicizia dei suoi fondatori. Fabrizio Ferretti, è uno di questi, e ricopre il ruolo di allenatore della formazione under 17, proprio la categoria che partecipa alla MFC 2025.
Cosa vi ha spinto come società a partecipare?
Abbiamo deciso di portare i ragazzi a questo torneo per cercare di dare degli stimoli diversi rispetto al quotidiano. E poi anche perché è un contesto internazionale che rende l’esperienza decisamente speciale.
Sia dal punto di vista sportivo che umano cosa può dare ai ragazzi un torneo di questo tipo?
L’obiettivo è quello di confrontarsi sportivamente, ma soprattutto aggregarsi e conoscere tanti altri giovani che vengono da varie parti del mondo.
Se ti chiedessimo di raccontare il vostro club con soli tre aggettivi quali sarebbero?
Rispetto (per le regole e per le persone), famiglia e amore per lo sport.
La Montesilvano Futsal Cup torna anche quest’anno. Dal 22 al 28 giugno, il più famoso e internazionale torneo giovanile di calcio a 5 disputato in Italia, organizzato in collaborazione con Opes Italia, animerà la provincia di Pescara con numero di oltre 200 partite disputate in 7 giorni.
La manifestazione nata nel 2012 è diventata, nel corso degli anni, un’occasione unica per godere dell’eccellenza del futsal internazionale a livello giovanile. Quest’anno saranno 78 le squadre iscritte che rappresenteranno ben 45 società partecipanti. Le categorie sono 8 per il maschile under 9, under 11, under 13, under 15 e under 17 e per il femminile under 15, under 17 e under 19. Le nazioni presenti quest’anno sono 15: Belgio, Brasile, Croazia, Finlandia, Francia, Giappone, Inghilterra, Irlanda, Italia, Lituania, Polonia, Spagna, Ucraina, Ungheria e USA. Tra le squadre più prestigiose iscritte ci sono gli spagnoli del Palma Futsal, vincitori negli ultimi due anni della UEFA Futsal Champions League, e la squadra piemontese L84. Nella categoria femminile, club che hanno la prima squadra nel massimo campionato nazionale, sono il Tikitaka Planet Francavilla e le spagnole dell’AD Alcorcón FSF. Menzione d’onore la merita il Sokil Khmelnytskyi, una società dell’Ucraina. Il futsal, in questo caso, è anche strumento per distrarsi vista la delicata situazione che c’è in quella parte di Europa.
L’impianto principale dove si disputa il torneo è quello di Montesilvano, il Palazzetto dello Sport Corrado Roma una struttura storica costruita sul finire degli anni ’90 e che nel tempo ha ospitato partite del massimo campionato di calcio a 5 italiano, i Giochi del Mediterraneo e incontri internazionali valevoli per le qualificazioni ai Mondiali. Tutte le finali verranno proprio giocate in questo campo capace di ospitare quasi 2000 spettatori sugli spalti. In totale, oltre a questo, ci saranno altri 5 campi di gioco coinvolti: il Pala Senna sempre a Montesilvano, il Pala Castagna a Città Sant’Angelo, il Pala D’Amario a Spoltore, il Pala Rigopiano e il Pala Giovanni Paolo II entrambi di Pescara.
Il torneo quest’anno implementerà la copertura mediatica, ogni giorno verranno selezionate due partite che verranno trasmesse in diretta sui canali ufficiali youtube e facebook della manifestazione, per un totale di 87 partite live al termine della manifestazione.
«Siamo arrivati all’undicesima edizione e possiamo definirci un punto fermo del futsal giovanile a livello internazionale – spiega Alessandro Maurizi, organizzatore della MFC – questa è una manifestazione che fa avvicinare i giovani allo sport toccando anche però temi sociali: come può essere la diversità di genere, essendoci categorie sia maschili che femminili, e la salvaguardia dell’ambiente». La Montesilvano Futsal Cup è, infatti, da diverse edizioni un evento “plastic free”. A tutti gli atleti viene regalata una borraccia e sono molteplici gli erogatori di acqua posizionati nei vari palazzetti. L’obiettivo è far risparmiare oltre 10.000 di bottigliette di plastica. È, inoltre, un torneo totalmente digitalizzato non essendoci nessun tipo di documento stampato su carta.
L’undicesima edizione della Montesilvano Futsal Cup si svolgerà sotto l’egida della Presidenza del Consiglio di Ministri e con il patrocinio della Regione Abruzzo, del Comune di Montesilvano e del Comune di Città Sant’Angelo.
La manifestazione ringrazia per il supporto Algida e GTZ Distribution.
The most important international youth soccer tournament in Italy; 6 categories, over 70 teams already registered, 12 nationalities present for 5 continents; Finals on June 29 in the historic PalaRoma of Montesilvano.
It’s the countdown to the tenth edition of the Montesilvano Futsal Cup. The most important international youth futsal tournament in Italy will in fact be played from 24 June to 1 July. There are six categories in this edition: under19, under17, under15, under13, under11 and under 9.
Registrations are still open for some categories. At the moment there are 70 clubs taking part. The venues where the matches will be played are historical places of Italian and international futsal. To the prestigious PalaRoma of Montesilvano, the scene of many championship finals and European cup finals and always the stage for all the finals of each category of the tournament, are added: the PalaSenna (Montesilvano, PE), the PalaCastagna (Città di Sant’Angelo , PE), PalaRigopiano (Pescara), Palasport Giovanni Paolo II (Pescara) and Palasport Santa Filomena (Chieti).
«When the first edition of the MFC took place in June 2013 – declares Luca Copparoni, organizer of the event – I never thought we could grow in so few years. At the time, 26 companies participated. Enrollment has now quadrupled. The tournament was born from the passion of a group of people for a futsal , we wanted to give prestige to this sport which is often little considered in our country. We can say that we have succeeded. We have reached a very high point, but there is still ample room for growth. This year we can formalize a new record, there will be clubs present for all five continents”.
In past editions, the best club in the world have participated. Among the many: the Spanish of Inter Movistar (the most successful club in Europe), the Argentines of Rosario Rowing, the Brazilians of Atletico Paranaense and the Latvians of Nikars. To remark many young people who, by playing this tournament, later became professionals in the discipline. Like the goalkeepers of the Italian national team Germano Montefalcone and Lorenzo Pietrangelo in A1 with Pescara and Naples or like the Polish Michal Katuza registered in the Spanish Primera Division with Pescados Rubén Burela FS.
The tenth edition of the Montesilvano Futsal Cup is sponsored by the municipality of Montesilvano (PE).
Queen of the 9th Edition of the MFC is Palma Futsal, followed by CFS Eixample; the two clubs reach 4 category finals out of the 7 available, winning 3. To Orange Futsal the merit of countering the strength of the Spanish teams and winning the Under 17 category. A pleasant return of Marca Futsal, winner the U9 category. To the two teams from Abruzzo the two victors in the adult category.
An edition conditioned by external events, complicated by the the resurgence of the pandemic, finished brilliantly thanks to the effort and constant commitment of the entire organization.
Despite the great difficulties of the case, the tournament confirmed the expectations of the eve, thanks to the value of the individual teams and the individual qualities of the players.
Many positive notes: adhesions are growing; 6 nations, 32 clubs, 54 teams, about 500 registered athletes, more than 1,000 people present, including technical staff and guests in tow.
A 5 days of sport with a constant commitment with 8 hours of futsal played per day, in the four arenas chosen for the management of the 9th edition of the MFC.
Spain confirms itself as sovereign of this edition: Palma Futsal is the winner of the Under 11 and Under 13 categories; still in the Under 13 category, the Spanish club places its two teams in the final. In the Under 15 competitive categories, Palma is confirmed again by reaching the final, losing against his fellow countrymen of CFS Eixample after an exciting match.
Even more exciting is the Under 17 final between CFS Eixample and Orange Asti Futsal; wins the Italian team of Asti, outstripping the Spaniards.
There is the welcome return of the Marca Futsal, which with its Under 09, wins the category tournament, without losing a match, scoring the beauty of 40 goals in 4 games.
In the Under 19 category, male and female, teams of Abruzzo assert themselves, in particular the selection wanted and organized by the Abruzzo Regional Committee; a competitive team capable of responding to the Hungarian team of Tolna Musz Futsal. A praise also to the boys of the City of Chieti, winner of the Under 19 tournament.
A note of merit for the two French teams of Futsal Academy Antwerpen and Futsal Les Geants; both clash against the Spanish teams, the only real impediment to the very finals of the category. We thank the two Lithuanian clubs of the Vilnius Futsal School and BC Zalgiris for their first participation in the Montesilvano Futsal Cup; for both a positive performance with an excellent ranking.
A few days from the start, the ninth edition of the Montesilvano Futsal Cup is colored with flags; in addition to the home colors, the flags of Spain, Belgium, France and Hungary are also waving to the sky, plus Lithuania with two clubs for the first time ever.
We struggle to defeat the pandemic and we do it, also by restoring confidence in all environments, including sports. The Montesilvano Futsal Cup is a sporting event, with the aim of overcoming our territorial borders, to encourage integration, knowledge and sporting and cultural growth between different countries. Today the commitment is to re-establish old habits and restore confidence in the whole environment, instilling a spirit of optimism, especially among the very young athletes, who have suffered from the restrictions imposed starting from social distancing.
The Montesilvano Futsal Cup maintains its tradition unchanged, managing to organize the tournament again this year, proving to be an important event for all of the world youth futsal.
Many well-known names, like many loyal companies, which every year try to reconfirm their presence, despite the difficulties generated, not only by the pandemic, but also by the very strong increase in prices on services.
In this scenario, there is the extraordinary news for the participation of clubs from Lithuania, we talk about the Vilnus Futsal School, from the city of Vilnus and BC Zalgiris from the city of Kaunas. We are honored to welcome these two new realities that for the first time will compete in this competition.
There is the expected return of Palma Futsal, important name in this sport, even if on the Italian front we register the presence of one of the top-flight clubs, Real San Giuseppe, awaiting another confirmation shortly. illustrious of our championship.
Less than a month after the start of the tournament, the board of the participating clubs is slowly being completed; we are close to 30 companies with about 60 teams ready to give life to the new edition of 2022.
We return to talk about futsal quality, class, entertainment and mostly guaranteed fun.
The Coronavirus affected the normal execution of the tournament; the numbers of the 8th edition are more smaller than in the past, but confidence has grown, as confirmed by the presence of two European companies, which have chosen MFC to get out of this ordeal.
Organizing such an important event in just over two months is a real challenge, faced the disastrous events that have changed the lives of all citizens of the world. It is vital believing that everything can be like before, it takes courage to continue those operational projects before Covid-19.
The MFC (Montesilvano Futsal Cup) is a tradition for all youth futsal movement; considering the timing it was important to follow up, bringing all the young athletes back to the field, desirous to relive the emotions of a top-level sporting competition. The result was surprising due to the adhesions of the 21 participating clubs, including 19 national and 2 foreign (Belgium and France).
Four categories, from Under 11 to Under 17 for a total of 109 games played; a surprising number concentrated in just 4 days.
Pescara Calcio returns to victory in the Under 13 category. A 10-teams category, with the surprising exploit of Futsal Les Geants, which in the qualifying round ends with full points, just like the winning Pescara Calcio B does. Two very strong teams, who in the final play an intense match, full of goals and twists.
As it happened two years ago, when Ariccia Valmontone won the Under 17 category on its first participation, another team from Rome replicates the feat, the Sporting Hornets who have the honor of raising the cup, beating in final the highly accredited Fortitudo Futsal Pomezia; a match with few goals, which confirms the robust structure of the two teams.
In the Under 11 category, nothing is taken for granted; the winner of the Futsal Les Geants, conquers the first place in the group, against fierce coompetitorss; in group B the Elledi Fossano Futsal wins the group with full points, but then it will be Cantera Adriatica to challenge the French in the final. Cantera Adriatica who had beaten Hellas Monteverde in the semifinal, who had won all three matches in Group C.
In the Under 15 category, Sporting Altamarca wins the penalty shoot-out against Sporting Club Marconi. A thrilling final where the coldness of the boys is surprising, all extremely precise from the penalty spot.
MFC 2021 will be remembered as the edition of the rebirth; in these days the organization is already working for the 2022 edition; to date, with a sporting season that has yet to come, there are many expressions of interest from all over the world.
