Guatemala, Vietnam and Japan, new tests from Spain on the way to Lithuania

The futsal teams of Spain, Guatemala, Vietnam and Japan will play in Jaén on I Andalusia European Region of Sports Tournament, which was presented this Wednesday in the capital of Jaén and that It will be played between August 28 and 31 as preparation of Lithuania World Cup, which will take place in September.

The competition will be held in the new sports palace Olivo Arena, which has a capacity of 6,500 spectators, but that its access will be restricted by the covid-19 prevention measures.

In the presentation ceremony, the president of the Diputación de Jaén, Francisco Reyes, highlighted the importance of holding the tournament in a facility that was inaugurated on July 1, since when they did, the Olivo Arena Sports Palace “It was a point and followed in a process that we started a few years before to build this great sports infrastructure in the only Andalusian capital that did not have a facility of this level. Since then, the great challenge is for this space to be something alive and I believe that we are on the right track. “

Reyes highlighted the “way of collaboration between the different administrations and the private involvement, in this case, of the Real spanish soccer federation, to get a tournament of this importance for the province “.

Julio Millán, mayor of the city, referred in his speech, that Jaén “is associated with sports values ​​and healthy leisure, and demonstrates, with guarantees and in collaboration with other institutions, its ability to be the scene of large events, a solvency that is key in the municipal objective that Jaén is European Capital of Sport in 2023 and that makes it possible to host this key event in the preparation of the Spanish futsal team, on their way to preparing for the World Cup in Lithuania “.

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Jose Maria Arrabal, Secretary General for Sports of the Junta de Andalucía, was satisfied that the autonomous community “has hosted practically all the preparation matches of the Spanish team with a view to the World Cup in Lithuania and now Jaén takes over from Alhaurín de la Tower”.

Pablo Lozano, president of the National Futsal Committee and head of the Royal Andalusian Football Federation, was pleased that the team he directs Fede Vidal “He based part of his preparation in Andalusia and that he now plays at the Olivo Arena before facing the World Cup in Lithuania.”

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