The Tournament
Fixtures
- Date: Sunday, 11th of October
- Time: 9:15am Kick-Off, until 6:30pm
- Venue: Auckland University Recreation Centre
- Entry Fee: $160 per team
- Prize: The prestigious Arabuni Futsal Trophy and $200
- Number of teams: Twelve
- Players per Team: Up to 10 players
- Registration Closure: Tuesday, 6th of October
What's on the day?
Apart from the breath taking action on the court, players and crowd a like will look forward to numerous other activities on the day. Open to all will be a free BBQ hosted by the organising committee. The BBQ will enable you to eat as many sausages as you want without hurting your wallet!
AS A PLAYER
Along side the main prize of $200, cup and individual figurines for the winners, other individual competitions running on the day include:
- MVP - The most valuable player of the tournament as selected by a panel of experts.
- BEST GOAL KEEPER - As selected by the panel of experts
- GOLDEN BOOT - The player with the most number of goals.
- THE MOST MEMORABLE GOAL - As selected by the panel of experts.
- THE JUGGLEOFF CHAMPION - The winner of the best freestyle/juggling skills as selected by you the fans.
- THE OLE KING - The player that puts in as many “Oles” as possible into the opponents. For a definition on what an ole is please contact Bakr Al Saudi or view the YouTube video below.
Attempt at explaining an OLE
AS A SPECTATOR
The Arabuni tournament is renowned for bringing in a crowd atmosphere that is not rivalled anywhere else on the Futsal scene in NZ. Drums and clapping chants will be going left right and centre so the memories you will obtain as a spectator will be lifelong.
During the lunch time period, the Juggle off competition will take place where any member of the crowd is encouraged to take part and show off their freestyle and juggling ability.
The above, as well as many other spot prizes on the day for the players and crowd will ensure that Arabuni Futsal 2009 will be an everlasting memory so come and enjoy the action!
Snapshot of crowd action in 2005
History of Event
The Arabuni Futsal competition began its debut 2002, with no expectations or previous experiences of such an event; simply a one day event jam-packed with practically knockout Futsal from the first whistle. The 1st tournament was a huge success, with many team from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities entering and enjoying the experience.
Over the following 4 years, the tournament began to grow in reputation and became an attraction to elite talent of futsallers. In 2006 members of the NZ Futsal team told the organisers, quote "the crowd atmosphere got to us, the drums were relenting, it was great, something that we didn't even experience at the world cup qualifiers in Australia"!
With more sponsors backing the tournament and a team of faithful volunteers driving the front lines, the 2009 event promises to be a cracker!
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