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ISSN 2324-3813
THE MAGAZINE OF NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL FUTSAL
ISSUE 10 MARCH 2014
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2013
SEASON
REVIEW
DANIEL BURNS INTERVIEW
w Zealand Football| FUTSAL “The Power of Five” Black & White
ASB GIRLS & WOMENS
ASB NATIONAL LEAGUE WRAP
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Stephen Heron (Capital) and Dylan Manickum (Auckland) battle for the
ball in the 2013 ASB Futsal National League Grand Final in Napier.
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WELCOME...
New Zealand Football| FUTSAL “The Power of Five” Black & White
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Welcome to the first edition of the
Power of Five for 2014.
In this issue we reflect on the good work
across the nation in 2013, the final
review of the ASB Futsal National League
season and the ASB Girls and Women’s
Tournament.
Futsal has continued to grow at a rapid
rate with 43,441 people participating in
league, programmes and festivals in the
last year. The numbers have far exceeded
our target figure of 30,000 for 2013.
During 2014 we will continue to create
awareness of, and provide opportunities
in, futsal at all levels, while simultaneously
continuing to improve the service and
delivery of existing activities to ensure our
participant levels remain high.
From March onwards, two new exciting
programmes, the NZF Futsal Level
One Coaching Course, and the much
anticipated NCEA aligned College Futsal
Programme will come online. The
NZF Futsal Level One will provide the
required knowledge for futsal coaches to
effectively lead teams in the federation
futsal leagues and the dedicated futsal
season. Meanwhile, our NCEA-aligned
College Futsal Programme will develop
our next generation of players, coaches,
referees and administrators. For the first
time, college students will be upskilled on
programme delivery and will link up with
their local primary schools to deliver the
successful Ministry of Education-aligned
Futsal in Schools Programme. Best of all,
they earn credits in all four areas as they
play, coach, referee and organise futsal.
Happy reading and I look forward to
updating you in the next quarterly issue of
the Power of Five.
Dave Payne
NZ Football Futsal Development
Manager
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FUTSAL REVIEW 2013
JANUARY - MARCH
NORTHERN GO FROM
WOODEN SPOON TO
CHAMPIONSHIP IN
TWELVE MONTHS
Northern claimed the 2012/13 ASB Futsal
National League in dramatic fashion in
Wellington in March with a 2-1 extra time
win over Capital Futsal in the final.
The win completed a meteoric rise for
Northern after their bottom place finish in
their debut 2011/12 season.
Northern only scraped into the semi finals
in fourth place after a 5-1 final round win
over Mainland Futsal edged them into the
knockout phase on goal difference.
From there, they despatched cross-town
rivals and 2011/12 champions Auckland
2-0 in the semi-final, before saving
their best until last, with ex-Morrocan
international Hicham Kamri’s late winner
securing the title for the triumphant
Northern team.
Futsal South’s Brazilian pivot Carlos
Hermann scooped the golden boot award
with 14 goals across the three series,
while his countryman and teammate
Daniel Bocatios won the golden glove
award for best goalkeeper. Meanwhile,
Capital’s newly capped Futsal White
Kareem Osman finished an excellent
season by picking the award for most
valuable player in the league.
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EXPANDED SCHOOLS
CHAMPIONSHIP A GREAT
SUCCESS
41 teams across three competitions took
part in the two day ASB New Zealand
Secondary Schools National Futsal
Championships in Wellington in March.
Hawke’s Bay’s Havelock North High School
emerged as champions in the 20 team Senior
Boys tournament, beating St Paul’s Collegiate
in a pulsating final.
Mount Albert Grammar, coached by Paul
Marshall were too strong in the Open Girls’
Grade, demolishing Wellington High School
10-0 in the final, while Lincoln High School
proved too strong for Burnside High School
in the Junior Boys Grade Final, winning
5-1.
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FUTSAL
REVIEW
2013
APRIL - JUNE
FUTSAL WHITES
STRUGGLE IN HEAT OF
TAHITI
A red hot Tahiti completed a 3-0 clean
sweep of New Zealand’s Futsal Whites in
the first international futsal series to be
held in French Polynesia recording 3-1, 4-2
and 2-0 victories.
With only four Futsal Whites in the
twelve man squad having prior overseas
experience, Scott Gilligan had an eye on
the future when New Zealand embarked on
the tour.
The Oceania second-ranked Tahiti
continued their rise in the five-a-side game,
taking full advantage of the concrete-based
home court and vocal home support at a
jam-packed Napoleon Spitz Stadium in
Papeete. The Aito Arii employed a resolute,
compact defence throughout the series,
and counter attacked quickly, with star
playmaker Mote Tino a constant threat.
New Zealand would later get their chance
for ‘revenge’ of the series whitewash in
the third place playoff of the OFC Futsal
Championship Invitational in July.
FUTSAL WHITES ON THE
ROAD
NZ Football Futsal and the Futsal Whites
hit the road over the winter with a series
of futsal roadshows in each of the seven
football federations of New Zealand.
Designed to launch NZF Futsal’s new
dedicated futsal season - ‘Kicking it All Year
Round’, where club and school football
players of all levels and ages are invited
to extend their season with futsal, the
roadshows featured exhibtion matches with
the Futsal Whites taking on local federation
representative teams.
Excellent crowd numbers around the
country enjoyed their first taste of top-notch
futsal, with a number of teams proving
great competition for the star-studded
Futsal Whites line-ups.
Also on the menu was the ‘Introduction fo
Futsal’ Courses for those new to the game,
as well as fun, festival styled activities for
players new to the game.
NZF FUTSAL AND
DUNEDIN SCHOOL
TEAM UP TO PILOT NEW
PROGRAMME
The winter months saw the launch of a new
futsal schools programme, with girls-only
Queen’s High School in Dunedin the first to roll
out an innovative Sport in Education project.
The College Futsal Programme, led by
Karen Palmer, saw students being able to
pick up credits towards NCEA Level One
through developing and organising futsal
activities within the school and also at a
local primary school.
The programme will be rolled out
nationwide in 2014.
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FUTSAL REVIEW 2013
JULY - SEPTEMBER
FUTSALROOS
OVERPOWER FUTSAL
WHITES IN WELLINGTON
The second annual TransTasman Cup
between the Futsal Whites and Futsalroos
was played in July and finished in an
emphatic 3-0 series victory to Stephen
Knight’s experienced Australian team.
The series was run in parallel with the ASB
National Junior and Youth Festival and
played over three consecutive evenings at
Wellington’s ASB Sports Centre in Kilbirnie.
After taking out the first game 3-0,
Australia hammered the Futsal Whites
7-0, before easing past the hosts in the
third game 4-0. The final game had to be
stopped for several minutes following a
large earthquake which rocked the capital
and sent spectators and players fleeing
from the court area.
ASB JUNIOR & YOUTH
YOUTH NATIONALS
BIGGEST & BEST EVER
36 teams across five competitions took
part in an expanded three day ASB
National Junior & Youth Championships in
Wellington in July.
Teams from six of the seven federations
in the youth grade enjoyed a highly
competitive event with Capital, Mainland
and Central in particular showing excellent
depth throughout all age groups.
Once again the 10s and 12s grades
featured the innovative festival format, with
a combination of 18 minute games and a
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FUTSAL
REVIEW
2013
JULY - SEPTEMBER
by Dylan Manickum, New Zealand
comprehensively beat Kurukuru, a
watershed moment for futsal in the host
country and a result that sent shockwaves
through the Pacific futsal community.
Manickum’s five goal haul set the tone
for a solid tournament for Scott GIlligan’s
side, who qualified for the knockout phase
after a 7-2 victory over New Caledonia on
Match Day 3.
FUTSALROOS WIN OFC
INVITATIONAL BUT
FUTSAL WHITES FINISH
TOP OCEANIA TEAM
Australia beat Malaysia 5-1 in the all-AFC
final of the OFC Futsal Championship but
New Zealand claimed the unofficial ‘Kings
of Oceania’ title with a dogged 1-0 win over
Tahiti in the tournament’s third-place playoff.
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series of skills challenges determining the
outcome in both grades.
FUTSALWHITES STUN
SOLOMONS FOR SEVEN
In the Junior Festival, Capital took out the
10s, while Auckland narrowly pipped Central
to capture the 12s. Mainland prevailed in
both the 14s and 19s sections of the youth
competition, while Capital topped off a great
weekend by taking out the 16s title.
The Futsal Whites won their first
international since 2011, hammering
two time FIFA Futsal World Cup finalists
Solomon Islands 7-3 in their opening
fixture of 2014 OFC Futsal Invitational, in
Auckland in late July.
Propelled by a well-organised defence,
decisive counter-attacking and an
outstanding individual performance
New Zealand went into the match
with everything to prove following four
consecutive losses to the Tahitians since
2011 and a narrow semi-final loss to
Australia on the previous evening. They
were rewarded early for their endeavours
with the only goal of the game by the
excellent Daniel Burns. A hurculean
defensive effort followed and despite the
Tahitians peppering the New Zealand goal
with a mammoth fifty shots over forty
minutes, the Futsal Whites were not to be
denied their moment of glory.
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FUTSAL REVIEW 2013
OCTOBER - DECEMBER
AUCKLAND ON TOP
AFTER SERIES ONE OF
ASB FUTSAL NATIONAL
LEAGUE
Auckland entered Series Two of the ASB
National Futsal League as the top side
after finishing the opening weekend of the
competition unbeaten on their home court
at the ASB Stadium in Auckland.
Futsal South also enjoyed an excellent
series by finishing the weekend unbeaten,
while last season’s champions Northern,
and a much-improved Central-Manawatu
got themselves on track for a top four
playoff spot.
NZF LAUNCH NEW
COACHING PROGRAMME
Wellington’s ASB Indoor Sports Centre
continued to live up to its name as the
‘Home of Futsal’ by hosting the launch of
the pilot of New Zealand Football Futsal’s
Level 1 Coaching Award in November.
The new Coaching Award was designed
as the second step on the New Zealand
futsal coaching pathway following the
successful implementation of the twohour ‘Introduction to Futsal Course’ on the
NZF Futsal Roadshows earlier in 2013.
Futsal Development Officers from the
North Island, along with coaches, players
and volunteers from Capital Futsal
gathered for the four-hour pilot course
under instruction from New Zealand
Football’s Grassroots Development
Manager Owain Prosser and Futsal Whites
coach Scott Gilligan.
FUTSAL SOUTH ON
TOP, WHILE AUCKLAND
PLUMMET IN SERIES
TWO
Despite losing two of their five games
over the weekend, Futsal South found
themselves sitting on top of the ASB
Futsal National League after Series Two
in Wellington in November. Auckland
- leaders after Series One, endured a
dismal weekend, with a draw against
Mainland delivering their only point from
five games.
Meanwhile, hosts Capial and Central
Hawke’s Bay catapulted themselves into
playoff contention, picking up 11 and 10
points respectively from their five games.
Northern also put in a solid display with
three wins and a draw to keep their postseason aspirations on track.
WaiBOP were the other team of note,
enjoying their best ever series, the
highlight being a first time win over
Auckland, 3-2 in their final game of the
weekend.
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ASB NATIONAL LEAGUE
AUCKLAND RECLAIM TITLE, CAPITAL LOSE THIRD
FINAL IN FOUR SEASONS
Auckland reclaimed the title of ASB
Futsal National League in December,
taking a 3-1 win over Capital in the
Grand Final at Pettigrew Arena in
Napier.
Two goals from player/coach Nathan
Robertson secured the title for the
Auckland side, while goalkeeper Elias
Billeh also netted as his side defended
against Capital’s use of the flying keeper
in the closing period of the game.
Capital got on the board during the
second half courtesy of an Auckland own
goal. Auckland and Futsal White skipper
Marvin Eakins – who was named as the
New Zealand Futsal Player of the Year
after the final said the playoffs saw the
team get the results they needed by
playing in a variety of ways.
“The final was a good game and Capital
were definitely up for it,” Eakins said.
“They controlled big parts of the game with
a lot of possession and we defended a lot.
“In the semi-final win over Central
Hawke’s Bay we were in control and it was
probably the best we’ve played. It was a
complete performance.”
After dominating the 2011-2012
competition by winning every match,
Eakins said it was satisfying for the
Auckland side – which began Series
Three outside the top four, to triumph by
following a new path this time around.
Beginning the weekend outside the top
four, Auckland stormed to the head of the
table, winning all four of their matches,
starting with Friday’s key 5-4 victory
over Northern. This was followed by wins
over Futsal South, Central Manawatu and
Waikato Bay of Plenty.
Meanwhile, competition leaders after
Series Two, Futsal South fell out of the
“This one is almost better because the
teams have lifted the standard so much,”
Eakins said.
“There were no easy beats so to win this
one with all the teams playing at their best
is a pretty awesome feeling.”
Earlier on Sunday, Auckland advanced to
the Grand Final following a 3-1 win over
Central Futsal Hawke’s Bay with Myron
Manickum, Gerome Powell and Stephen
Ashby-Peckham all on target for the victors.
Capital progressed courtesy of their 7-5
victory over defending champions Northern.
Capital’s Futsal White Miroslav Malivuk
netted three times, boosting his leaguebest golden boot tally to 21 in the process.
Above: Auckland player/coach Nathan Robertson with the shot that put Auckland
ahead 1-0 in the Grand Final.
Opposite page: Central Hawke’s Bay flanker Cameron Emerson was one of the
exciting crop of youngsters to emerge from this year’s competition.
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playoff race in Napier, losing all four
matches on Friday and Saturday while
neither Mainland nor Central Manawatu
could mount a charge into the top four.
NZF Futsal Development Manager Dave
Payne was delighted with the latest edition
of the country’s premier men’s futsal
competition and attributed the rise in the
quality across the league to a number of
key areas.
“The season has been a fantastic success
overall. Not only are we seeing continued
improvement in the technical and tactical
level of players and teams thanks to the
work of the Technical Study Group, we
are also benefitting from the large quota
Northern skipper Ouadhah Ragued tussles
with Olly Tilley of Central - Manawatu.
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of talented young players on display in all
teams. This is sure to benefit the Futsal
Whites in future times.
“In addition, the introduction of the stop
clock has been a major factor in our
continued attempt to bring the league in
line with world standards for futsal.”
Stephen Ashby Peckham (Auckland) looks to avoid the attendtion of Capital’s
Marcos Junior in the Grand Final. Photo: WWW.ALPHAPIX.CO.NZ
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ASB NATIONAL FUTSAL LEAGUE Results 2013
Series 1 | ASB Stadium, Auckland
Series 2 | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington
Series 3 | Pettigrew Arena, Napier
Mainland 4 Central Manawatu 4
WaiBOP 1 Capital 2
Mainland 3 Auckland 6
WaiBOP 3 Central Manawatu 8
Central Hawke’s Bay 4 Northern 8
Auckland 1 Futsal South 1
Mainland 6 WaiBOP 4
Futsal South 7 Central Manawatu 3
Central Hawke’s Bay 4 Auckland 7
Northern 6 Capital 3
Mainland 2 Futsal South 5
Central Hawke’s Bay 7 Central Manawatu 5
Northern 2 Auckland 4
Futsal South 3 Capital 3
WaiBOP 5 Northern 5
Futsal South 5 Central Hawke’s Bay 2
Mainland 4 Capital 3
WaiBOP 1 Central Hawke’s Bay 5
Central Manawatu 3 Northern 2
Capital 3 Auckland 4
Capital 3 Northern 3
Central Manawatu 5 Auckland 1
Mainland 2 Northern 4
Central Hawke’s Bay 3 Waikato/BOP 1
Auckland 1 Capital 2
Futsal South 4 Mainland 2
Central Manawatu 1 Waikato/BOP 4
Central Hawke’s Bay 3 Futsal South 0 Auckland 3 Mainland 3
Northern 2 Waikato/BOP 1
Capital 7 Central Manawatu 2 Auckland 5 Central Hawke’s Bay 6 Northern 5 Futsal South 3
Capital 4 Mainland 3
Central Manawatu 5 Futsal South 5
Capital 2 Central Hawke’s Bay 2
Waikato/BOP 3 Futsal South 4
Mainland 4 Central Hawke’s Bay 3
Waikato/BOP 3 Auckland 2 Northern 4 Central Manawatu 5
Central Manawatu 2 Central Hawke’s Bay 4
Capital 7 WaiBOP 4
AFF 5 Northern 4
Central Manawatu 0 Mainland 6
Futsal South 1 WaiBOP 8
Central Hawke’s Bay 3 Capital 3
Northern 3 Mainland 2
AFF 3 Futsal South 2
WaiBOP 1 Mainland 3
AFF 2 Central Manawatu 1
Futsal South 0 Northern 3
Central Hawke’s Bay 9 Mainland 3
Capital 4 Futsal South 1
AFF 6 WaiBOP 1
Central 1 Capital 7
Northern 4 Central Hawke’s Bay 4
P W D L F A GDPts
Auckland
541021138
13
Futsal South
5 3 2 021111011
Northern
5212231947
Central Manawatu 5212232307
Mainland
52121921-27
Central Hawke’s Bay52032226-46
Capital 51131418-44
WaiBOP
50141426
-121
P W D L F A GDPts
Futsal South 1053237298
18
Northern
10 5 2 3 41 33 8 17
Central Hawke’s Bay10 5 1 4 39 38 1 16
Capital 10 4 3 3 32 29 3 15
Auckland 10 4 2 4 33 32 1 14
Central Manawatu 10 4 2 4 41 44 -3 14
Mainland
10 3 2 5 33 39 -6 11
Waikato/BOP
10 2 1 7 26 38 -12 7
P W D L F A GDPts
Auckland
1482449409
26
Capital
14 7 4 353381525
Northern
14 7 3 455441124
Central Hawke’s Bay
1473459509
24
Futsal South 145364147-6
18
Mainland
145274752-5
17
Central Manawatu144284563
-18
14
WaiBOP
14 3 1104055-1510
Semi-Final 1
Auckland 3 (Myron Manickum, Gerome Powell, Stephen Ashby-Peckham) Central Hawke’s Bay 1 (Josh Stevenson)
Semi-Final 2
Capital 7 (Miroslav Malivuk 3, Lucas da Silva 2, Stephen Heron, Marcos Antonia Gomes Jnr)
Northern 5 (Bakr Al-Saudi 2, Charl Compaan, Nikola Velkovski, Ouadhah Ragued
Grand Final
Auckland 3 (Nathan Robertson 2, Elias Billeh)
Capital 1 (OG)
Golden Boot
21 Miroslav Malivuk (Capital)
15 Bakr Al-Saudi (Northern), Cameron Emerson (Central HB)
14 Nathan Cooksley (Central Manawatu), Lucas da Silva (Capital)
13 Carlos Herrmann (Futsal South)
12 Marvin Eakins (Auckland), Josh Stevenson (Central HB)
11 Hicham Kamri (Northern)
10 Daniel Burns (Mainland), Kaiea Karrenang (Mainland)
Most Valuable Player: Daniel Burns (Mainland)
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Golden Boot:
Miroslav Malivuk (Capital)
Golden Glove:
Jacques Cuccurullo (Capital)
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ASB GIRLS & WOMEN’S
Championships 2013
EXPANDED FORMAT GREAT SUCCESS
Mainland were crowned Women’s
champions for the third successive year
in an expanded ASB Nationals Women’s
championship in Wellington in December.
The Cantabrians overcame a rapidlyimproved Northern side in a tense final
after a weekend of hard fought futsal
between teams from six New Zealand
federations and a regional selection from
New Caledonia.
In the Under 15 Girls Tournament, Capital
were too strong for Mainland in the final,
prevailing 9-2 on aggregate in a twolegged affair.
RESULTS/AWARDS
ASB NATIONAL WOMENS TOURNAMENT
GROUP A
Valeron Wanderers 4Auckland Belles 3
Rotorua Futsal 1 Capital Futsal 2
Valeron Wanderers 3 M
ainland Futsal Snr 4
Auckland Belles 4 Rotorua Futsal1
Mainland Futsal 1 C
apital Futsal 0
Rotorua Futsal 0 Valeron Wanderers 2
Capital Futsal 0 Auckland Belles 4
Mainland Futsal 5 Rotorua Futsal0
Capital Futsal 0 aleron Wanderers3
Auckland Belles 0 Mainland Futsal Snr5
P W D L F A GDPTS
Northern Futsal
440032626
12
Seatoun AFC
4301196139
Port Hill United
4202717
-106
Mainland Futsal U194103618
-123
Nouvelle Calédonie 4004421
-170
GROUP B
Valeron Wanderers 4 Auckland Belles 3
Rotorua Futsal 1 Capital Futsal 2
Valeron Wanderers 3 Mainland Futsal Snr 4
Auckland Belles 4 Rotorua Futsal1
Mainland Futsal 1 Capital Futsal 0
Rotorua Futsal 0 Valeron Wanderers 2
Mainland Futsal 5 Rotorua Futsal0
Capital Futsal 0 Valeron Wanderers 3
Auckland Belles 0 Mainland Futsal Snr 5
P W D L F A GDPTS
Mainland Futsal Snr440015312
12
Valeron Wanderers 430112759
Auckland Belles 4202111016
Capital Futsal
410329-73
Rotorua Futsal
4004213
-110
Plate Semi-Finals
Port Hill United 0 Capital Futsal 1
Auckland Belles 7 Mainland Futsal U19s 1
Championship Semi-Finals
Northern Futsal 4 Valeron Wanderers 1
Mainland Futsal 2 Seatoun AFC 1
9th Place Playoffs
New Caledonia NPS 1 Rotorua Futsal 3
Rotorua Futsal 6 New Caledonia NPS 3
7th Place Playoff
Port Hill United 5 Mainland Futsal U19s
3rd Place Playoff
Valeron Wanderers 2 Seatoun AFC 4
Plate Final
Championship Final
Northern Futsal 2 Mainland Futsal 0
Overall National Placing-Open Womens:
1. Mainland Futsal 2. Northern Futsal 3. Seatoun AFC 4.
Valeron Wanderers 5. Auckland Belles 6. Capital Futsal 7.
Port Hill United 8. Mainland Futsal U19s 9. Rotorua Futsal
10. New Caledonia NPS
Golden Boot: Katie Rood (Northern Futsal) 15 goals
Golden Glove: Noran Abaza (Mainland Futsal)
MVP: Aimee Phillips (Mainland Futsal)
ASB NATIONAL U15 GIRLS TOURNAMENT
Mainland Futsal U15 9 Capital Football Yellow 4
Upper Hutt U15 0 C
apital Football Black14
Waterside Karori AFC 0 Mainland Futsal U15 15
Capital Football Black 12 Capital Football Yellow 1
Upper Hutt U15 3 Mainland Futsal U158
Capital Football Black 11 Waterside Karori AFC 0
Capital Football Yellow4 Upper Hutt U 15 5
Mainland Futsal U15 1 Capital Football Black8
Capital Football Yellow 6 Waterside Karori AFC 3
P W D L F A GDPTS
Capital Football Black440045243
12
Mainland Futsal U15 4 3 0 1331518 9
Upper Hutt U15
42021427
-136
Capital Football Yellow
41031529
-143
Waterside Karori AFC4004438
-340
3rd Place Playoff
Waterside Karori 9 Capital Futsal Yellow 7
Upper Hutt City 3 Waterside Karori 4
Capital Futsal Yellow 7 Upper Hutt City 1
Final
Mainland Futsal 0 Capital Futsal Black 3
Capital Futsal Black 6 Mainland Futsal 2
Overall National Placing-U15 Girls:
1. Capital Futsal Black 2. Mainland Futsal 3. Waterside
Karori 4. Capital Futsal Yellow 5. Upper Hutt City
Golden Boot: Katya Tarasoff (Capital Futsal) 16 goals
Golden Glove: Denise Gumabay (Capital Futsal Black)
MVP: Brooke Jarvis (Capital Futsal Yellow)
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DANIEL BURNS
INTERVIEW
2013 has been a watershed year for
Daniel Burns. The Canterbury-based
utility capped a series of excellent
performances for the Futsal Whites
in the OFC Futsal Championship
Invitational in July, with a stunning
solo goal against New Caledonia
followed by the only goal of the game
in the third-place playoff with Tahiti.
His terrific form continued into the
domestic season, where, despite an
indifferent campaign by Mainland in
the ASB Futsal National League, he
still managed to pick up the Most
Valuable Player award for the league.
Power of Five recently caught up with
the likeable Cantabrian to discuss his
eventful Futsal Whites season and his
plans for 2014 and beyond.
Tell us about your early days in futsal –
when did you first begin playing? How did
you get started?
I begin playing futsal back in 2006/07
when I was about 19. My futsal career
started when my mates and I had been
playing indoor soccer for a while and
decided to give futsal a go. So we entered
our team into one of the local futsal
competitions and ever since then we
haven’t stopped playing!
What do you like about futsal?
Well it’s fun, enjoyable and challenging.
You get to see more of the ball, it’s a
faster game, and you have to work harder
and think faster, always be switched on
when you’re on the court, and you can
express yourself as much as you like.
What about football – do you still play or
are you a futsal specialist?
Of course I still play!! Football is in the
blood just like futsal is now, and I still
enjoy both forms of the game. I feel both
forms of the sport benefits the other. So
you could say I’m a futsal and football
specialist.
2013 was a great year for you, both in
the ASB Futsal National League and in the
Futsal Whites internationals. Your form
was very consistent. Were you happy with
your year in futsal? If so, what do you put
your good form down to?
Yes, I was very pleased with my
performance for 2013. It was definitely a
good year for me and the Futsal Whites. It
is hard to be consistent all year round, I’m
guessing I just got a bit of luck. For me, I
definitely have to put my good form down
to having such a good support team back
in Christchurch. I really have to take my
hat off to the coaching staff and my Futsal
Whites team mates as well, I believe that
the coaching staff and players played a
big part in helping my form in 2013. The
team gel well together and grew strong
as a team with every game we played
which helped me to relax and just play my
natural game.
If you look back on the Futsal Whites year
– it was a tough beginning with the trip
to Tahiti and then the TransTasman Cup,
where the Futsalroos were to too strong
for New Zealand. Do you feel the side
learned a lot from those experiences? In
what ways did those tough games help
the team achieve their eventual third place
placing at the OFC Futsal Championships?
Yes, it was a really tough start to the year.
It was definitely a huge learning curve for
us as Futsal Whites losing these games.
It not only gave us experience on the
international stage, but we learned a lot
about what we need to work on as a team
and as individuals. These games also
helped us as players to gain international
competition which is hard to come by, and
before a big competition like OFC playing
against the likes of the Futsalroos was
definitely another step up and helped us
achieve the next level of performance that
we needed to gain third place at the OFC
tournament.
The OFC Futsal Championship was very
much a landmark tournament for the
Futsal Whites. Were you surprised by the
result in the Solomon Islands game?
Yes - when the final whistle blew at
the end of the game it took a while
to sink in that we had just beaten the
OFC champions. It was a was huge
achievement for us as a team and to beat
them by 7-3 was incredible. I always
believed that we could beat the Solomon
Islands but 7-3 - wow!
The New Caledonia game and then the
Tahiti games were also very important,
especially after the loss to Malaysia.
Were you happy with the way the team
responded to the pressure of those
games?
After the loss to Malaysia, there was
definitely a lot more pressure on us to
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ONE OF THE QUALITIES I BRING TO THE TEAM
IS MY ‘NEVER-DIE’ ATTITUDE, PLUS I’M ALWAYS
POSITIVE AND TRY TO SUPPORT MY TEAM
MATES ON AND OF THE COURT.
win these games. I believe that the boys
handled the pressure professionally and
that was due to the coaching staff who
helped take a lot of that pressure away
from us as players. This made us focus on
taking it one game at a time.
You had a lot of court time during the
tournament. Obviously you scored your
fair share of goals but Scott Gilligan
clearly sees you as an important ‘cog’ in
the Futsal Whites machine? What qualities
do you feel you bring to the team?
One of the qualities I bring to the team is
my ‘never-die’ attitude, plus I’m always
positive and try to support my team mates
on and of the court. That, and having a
professional attitude.
What about Scott Gilligan’s influence on
the team? What has he brought into the
environment that has made a difference?
Scott’s influence has been massive on the
team. He has brought a lot of knowledge
and experience into the environment
which has created a massive change in
the way we all think and play futsal.
It’s another big year in futsal for the Futsal
Whites, starting with another TransTasman
Cup in July. What does New Zealand
have to do - or change - in order to beat
Australia’s Futsalroos.
I don’t really think that we need to change
too much. Scott is doing a great job - if
anything I believe we just need to fine
tune a few areas and just keep doing what
we are doing.
Do you think the Futsal Whites have the
players to topple the 20th ranked side in
the world?
Of course we do. We have some great
players here in New Zealand, I believe the
only thing we are lacking is that our ability
is not as quite as good as the Futsalroos
yet. But where are getting there.
”
PHOTO: PHOTOTEK
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Mainland had a very disappointing ASB
Futsal National League in 2013 – the
team was very inconsistent and finished
well outside the playoffs. What do you feel
is required to improve in 2014?
Yep - we sure did! There is definitely a
lot we can improve on as a team - to
start with - player discipline, defensive
structure and transition when we lose the
ball.
What about the ASB Futsal National
League overall. Do you think the
competition is getting tougher every year?
For sure the competition is growing
each and every year which is good to
see. Teams are getting stronger with
new players coming through, young and
old. I believe this makes for a closer
competition and any team can beat any
other team on their day!
Looking back on the past few years, what
have been the highlights for you in your
Futsal career so far?
Going to the AMF Futsal World Cup in
Colombia was a big highlight. It was a
great experience and I learned a lot. Plus
definitely coming third at last year’s OFC
Futsal Invitational to become ‘kings’ of
Oceania.
What about the future for futsal in New
Zealand. Have you seen some young
players who can one day make the step
up to international level? Anyone in
particular?
The future looks very bright as there are a
lot of very promising players out there with
the potential to step up to international
level one day. Some players to watch
out for would be Sam Mitchell, Dominic
O’Sullivan, Aaron Ball and Michael
Freeman.
What about your future? What are your
plans for 2014?
At the moment my future is an open
book. My plans for 2014 would be just to
continue on with the good form from 2013
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and see where it takes me.
Beyond that, would you like to achieve in
futsal?
My ambition for futsal would be to try and
push my futsal ability as far as it can take
me. I would like to gain more experience
by playing overseas somewhere, and
getting paid to do it would be a dream
come true.
Outside futsal – what do you do? Are you
working? Any other hobbies?
I work full time for a printing
company as a bindery manager.
My other hobbies (if I’m not playing futsal),
are playing football or getting out on the
mountain bike. I also enjoy watching
movies and I play a lot of Xbox!
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2014*
Calendar
22nd March
Capital Football College Futsal Regional Champs
Wellington
27th -28th March
New Zealand Secondary School Champs Wellington
7th May
Football South College Futsal Regional Champs
Dunedin
9th-11th May Football South Futsal Road Show
Dunedin
4th-6th July
Central Futsal Road Show
Central Region
7th-8th July Special Olympic Futsal Festival TBC Wellington
9th-10thJuly ASB Junior Festival and Youth Champs-Girls
Wellington
11th-13th July ASB Junior Festival and Youth Champs-Boys
11th-13th July ASB Trans Tasman Cup- NZ vs. AUS
Wellington
8th-10th August Auckland Futsal Road Show Auckland
11th-17th August
OFC Futsal Invitational Tournament New Caledonia
29th-31st August Northern Futsal Road Show
Auckland
1st-4th September Mainland National Coach Workshops
Christchurch
5th- 7th September Mainland Futsal Road Show
Christchurch
8th-11th September WaiBOP National Coach Workshops
Waikato/Bay of Plenty
12th-14th September WaiBOP Futsal Road Show
29th-Sep-5th October
Capital National Coach Workshops
Wellington
6th-8th October Capital Futsal Road Show
Wellington
9th-12th October Commonwealth Nations Futsal Cup (Eng,NZ,Aus,Malaysia)
Wellington
13th-16th October Central National Coach Workshops Central Region
17th-19th October ASB Futsal National League-Series 1
Napier
1st-6th November
Northern National Coach Workshops
Auckland/Northland
7th-9th November ASB Futsal National League-Series 2
Wellington
10th-16th November Football South Futsal National Coach Workshops
Dunedin
29th Nov-4th December
Auckland National Coach Workshops
Auckland
5th-7th December ASB Futsal National League-Series 3
Auckland
December date TBC
Futsal National Talent Centre 17-19years Auckland
TBC EID Muslim Festival Auckland
TBC ASB National Women’s Tournament (senior only)
TBC
TBC
National Futsal Talent Centre
TBC
*EVENTS AND DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
ith and Jarrod Basger.
Wellington
05
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ROUND-UP
FEDERATION
Northern
Futsal is starting again at Northern and we
anticipate another great year. Below a few
things we are offering this term:
•
Harbour and Waitakare Futsal League
starts again in early February
•
Futsal in Whangarei and Warkworth
growing with new leagues starting soon
•
Introduction to Futsal Course in
Warkworth in March
•
Women’s and men’s futsal leagues kick
off 5 March at Massey University
•
Waitakere and Harbour Futsal College
Programme taking place
For further information visit
www.nff.org.nz
Auckland
East City Futsal
For details of the summer season please
visit: www.eastcityfutsal.org.nz
work with the diverse community.
Central Auckland Futsal Centre
Term 4 2013 had the first women’s only
Futsal League. The Auckland Belles went
through the competition undefeated and
were deservedly crowned champions.
Women’s and junior leagues will also
be available for various ages, starting in
February.
venue for the Auckland Secondary
Schools Futsal Championships. The round
robin competition was expected to be
dominated by the highly fancied Auckland
Grammar School and Glendowie College
teams. In the end, consistency prevailed,
with underdogs Selwyn College claiming
the title for 2013. Selwyn College have
been heavily involved with the College
Futsal Programme and this played a part
in the team claiming bragging rights.
Papakura Futsal League
Once again Papakura ran a futsal
competition for youth in Term Four with
three grades. All Blues, A.S. Roma and
Rewa were the winners in their respective
competitions.
Avondale Fun Futsal Centre
Sunday afternoons was when you would
find twenty-three juniors of various ages
enjoying the Avondale Fun Futsal Centre.
This will be starting up again soon.
South Auckland Futsal Centre
With the venue moving to a more
convenient location in Papatoetoe more
growth is expected for this futsal centre.
Junior leagues will be offered as well as
the senior competition.The excitement will
be kicking off in February also.
Papatoetoe Sports Centre Futsal
League
Junior futsal was played on the turf with
players and parents enjoying the futsal
and the sun (photo, above). This is the
second year of running the junior league
and the futsal always leaves the kids
wanting more!
Mt Wellington Tennis Club Fun Futsal
Centre
Twenty-six girls and boys took part in the
fun on the tennis courts at the Mount
Wellington Tennis Club. The coaches made
sure there was a lot of fun had on the
great surface. Term One will be underway
very soon.
Lynfield Futsal Centre
This Connect2Sport programme will
continue into 2014 with a real effort to
Auckland Secondary Schools Junior
Futsal Championships
Auckland Grammar School was the
Thanks
Many milestones were achieved in 2013.
This could not have happened without all
Roskill Futsal Centre
Defending Term 3 Champs RYAN 1
successfully won the final 7-4 against
the Amazing Stars in a highly competitive
final. Both teams played attractive futsal
and fully deserved to be in the final. The
new season will be starting in February.
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those that gave up their time and effort
in making 2013 a big success. Bring on
2014!
Registrations
If you require any information or wish
to register for any of these leagues or
programmes please do not hesitate to
contact Marvin at Auckland Football
Federation through the following details.
www.aucklandfootball.org.nz
2014 promises to be another great
year for WaiBOP Futsal with the game
continually growing around the region.
Futsal is now being played in all six
WaiBOP regions.
The focus for 2014 will be to continue
growing the futsal club season for junior,
youth and senior teams, getting more
clubs playing the game and by launching
federation wide tournaments to broaden
the opportunities and level of competition
across the six centres.
2014 will also see more opportunities for
girls and women to play the game with
the launch being the WaiBOP Girls and
Women’s Tournament at the ASB Arena in
Tauranga on Saturday 12 April.
With the young national league side
leading the way by showing periods of
just what they are capable of towards
the end of last year, 2014 is sure to be a
successful one for futsal in the WaiBOP
region.
www.waibopfootball.co.nz
Top: Selwyn College, winners of Auckland Secondary Schools Junior Futsal Championships
Bottom: Auckland Belles, winner of Central Auckland Futsal Centre Women’s League
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Above left: The four Hawke’s Bay players who featured in the OFC Futsal Championship in July 2013 - NathanielWright, Daniel Ball, Mitch Webber (NZ Invitation)
and Tai Barham (New Zealand). Top right: Rapido - Term 4 Intermediate Champions. Right, below: HN Girls - Term 4 Girls League B Champions.
Central
Currently in Central we have leagues
running in Manawatu and Hawke’s Bay.
Overall we have 106 teams playing. We
started an interschool and club league in
Palmerston North running out of Arena
Manawatu. These were started on the back
of the school programmes run by the new
Futsal Development Coach Josh Margetts.
Josh will now grow what he has
established in Palmerston North and also
look to establish activities in Wanganui.
He has been a great addition to the
Central team and we know he will be very
successful in the Manawatu region.
The Term Four leagues were a great
success. We changed the format for the
Under 8s to half-court four-a-side with
smaller goals. Instantly you could see the
difference, the younger kids had to adapt
very quickly to the smaller court and you
could see the difference in skill at the end
of the programme. This was run by Futsal
Whites squad member Mitch Webber
and at the end of each game he would
introduce the kids to a new skill.
Winners of the leagues were:
Primary 1 - Stingrays
Primary 2 - Code Blue
Intermediate 1- Rapido
Intermediate 2- Taradale Titans
Girls League A - Port Hill Womens
Girls League B - HNHS Girls
Youth 2 - SJC Saints
Youth 1 - SJC Eagles
Youth Premier - NBHS Sportworx
Interschool (HB) - Havelock North Stallions
Interschool (PN) - Palmerston North Boys
Men’s Social - THS Senior Team
Men’s Club League (HB) - Taradale AFC
Men’s Club League (PN) - Marist FC
We are currently preparing for the Term
One futsal leagues and are looking
forward to the ASB National Secondary
Schools Championships that will be held
in Wellington. Many Hawke’s Bay teams
will be making the trip and we will also
be looking to send a few teams from the
Palmerston North Interschool League
down to compete. Hopefully we can bring
the Senior Boys Championship back to
Central again.
After some good improvement from both
Central ASB Futsal National League sides,
some of the high performers from the
squads are waiting to hear if they made
the next Futsal Whites training squad. We
are expecting good representation from
the region, there are definitely some boys
from the Hawke’s Bay and Manawatu
squad that can add to the ever-improving
Futsal Whites team.
People’s passion for the game of futsal
just keeps growing and this sport is far
from hitting its peak. It is exciting to be
a part of it and we want to commend
everyone in the futsal community on
making this game what it is today.
www.centralfootball.org.nz
www.hbfutsal.org.nz
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Capital
Futsal continued to show why it is one of
the fastest growing sports in the world
with player numbers climbing in the capital
throughout 2013.
Our college leagues are the perfect
example of this, increasing to the point
that we had to split the age groups and run
them over two nights at the ASB Centre.
We envisage futsal’s popularity will
continue soaring next year with an
estimated 100 college teams playing in
Term One in 2014.
One of the highlights from 2013 had to be
the ASB Junior and Youth Nationals which
were held in July during the day, with
the TransTasman Cup taking place in the
evening.
It was great to see Wellington transformed
into ‘The Capital of Futsal’, as teams from
all over New Zealand turned out for the
chance to be crowned national champions,
as well as being treated to the games
between the Futsal Whites and Futsalroos
in the evening.
In true Wellington style, we even managed
to coordinate a magnitude 6.5 earthquake
to scare our neighbours from across the
Tasman!
There were plenty of results to be proud of
last year, with the Capital boys making it
through to the finals of the National Futsal
League on the back of some great support
from local fans.
Christmas came early for Wellington in
December with the arrival of the ASB Girls
and Womens Nationals at the ASB Centre.
Our teams did us proud and produced
the best present you could ask for, with
the Under 15 Girls’ team taking home the
national trophy.
Futsal continued to grow at an
extraordinary rate in 2013 and with all
the exciting things we have planned for
2014, we will continue to be ‘The Capital of
Futsal’.
www.capitalfootball.org.nz
www.facebook.com/capitalfutsal
Mainland
Mainland Futsal look forward to
welcoming back all our players for the
new season when our leagues begin in
the next few weeks.
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Our recreational leagues will continue
at Bishopdale YMCA on Sundays and
Wednesdays with competitions for junior,
youth, men, women, social and mixed
being offered. Currently, all our leagues
(with the exception of Nelson) are based
in Christchurch and we hope to expand
and begin leagues in the wider Mainland
region in the coming year.
Our school leagues will continue at
CPIT and Cashmere High School on
Wednesdays and Mainland will be
holding its Regional Secondary Schools
Tournament on the 22/23 March at the
Pioneer Sport and Recreation Centre.
This will be a great opportunity for
school teams to compete against others
from the region and offers excellent
preparation for ‘nationals’ at the end of
March. Getting ‘Futsal in Schools’ up and
running will also be a big objective for us
in the coming year.
In our continued search for potential
multi-court venues, we held a pilot futsal
tournament at ASB Park at the end of
Term Four. Teams competing in our
school leagues were invited to attend
the tournament, free of charge, and
play up to three rounds of games. Ten
teams competed in the tournament and
feedback from the players, teachers and
parents were positive, making ASB park
a viable option in the short term.
In order to upskill our futsal community,
we will be running the Level One Futsal
Referee and Introduction to Futsal
Coaching courses in February/March.
This will provide an opportunity for those
involved to learn other aspects of the game.
Special congratulations must be reserved
for our womens team who won an
unprecedented third consecutive national
title in December. Their continued
dominance of the sport is remarkable and
a credit to themselves. Well done girls!
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We would also like to congratulate Chris
Sinclair for his excellent performances
and achievements as a top level referee.
Chris has been selected as an official
FIFA futsal referee and has just returned
from refereeing at the Football Federation
Australia National Futsal Championships
in Canberra. This is just reward for the
hard work he has put in over the years.
Well done Chris!
www.mainlandfootball.org.nz
Futsal South
Futsal South has had a great year in
2013. The results have surpassed all our
expectations, especially with our rapid
growth over the last four years. In Term
Four we followed up with our biggest
number of teams participating throughout
our adult and school competitions with
176 primary school teams playing in our
Wednesday competition.
There were 88 games in three and a half
hours on sixteen courts. Logistically, with
the number of teams and followers this
was one of our greatest achievements!
In Term Four 2013 we had 332 teams
playing in Futsal South competitions.
Overall for the year we recorded 706
teams that entered and played in a wide
range of age-group competitions.
Our Futsal in Schools programmes ran
right through to December with 5500
students receiving on average five to eight
sessions each during the year.
In August we ran our first ever Year 7 and
8 intermediate school competition with 21
teams.
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The Futsal South ASB Futsal National
League team performed well in the 2013
competition and was sharing the lead
after two rounds. Unfortunately they found
the final round a bit more competitive and
after a couple of losses ended up in fifth
position, just missing the playoffs.
In 2014, Futsal South is off again,
beginning with our Coaching in Schools
programme. We started coaching on 3
February and we are booked out for all of
Term One.
The adults have started with a quick
four-week warm up, following this with a
twelve-week competitive competition.
The school age competitions begin 25
February.
Futsal South also ran a men’s and
women’s competition on 8/9 February for
Dunedin’s New Zealand Masters Games.
Queenstown teams (pictured right) both
ran out the winners in both competitions.
www.footballsouth.org.nz
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