Australia’s national men’s Futsal team, the Futsalroos, have begun their preparations for the 2019 AFF Futsal Championship in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in late October.
The Solomon Islands National Futsal team (Kurukuru) are in Brisbane, Australia for a camp to prepare for the 2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup which is also a qualification tournament for the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Oman’s first official national women’s team for futsal is to be set up by the end of this year, according to the governing body. The team, when it is formed, will represent the Sultanate at all major competitions, and will have its own dedicated coaching staff.
Vietnam has been drawn in a difficult group for the AFF Futsal Championship in Ho Chi Minh City on October 21-27. Following a draw in Malaysia, Vietnam are set to face Australia, Indonesia, and Malaysia in Group B.
The three nations bid to host UEFA Futsal Euro 2022, France, the Netherlands, and Portugal. All the nations have made bids based on staging the tournament across two cities, with France aiming to host in Lille and Orchies.
South African Indoor Football Association (Saifa) and the South African Futsal Federation (Saff) met and announced that they have agreed in principle to integrate their two structures.
FIFA's Women's Football Development includes the creation of a FIFA Women's Futsal competition in their strategy. It, unfortunately, doesn't provide a specific time frame to achieve this goal.
The Royal Netherlands Football Association has put forward a bid to host the 2022 UEFA Futsal Championship. Whether the Dutch bid will be successful will be clear by the end of September.