Myanmar builds teams for Asian futsul tournaments

The Myanmar Football Federation has formed a women's national futsal team to compete in the 24th South East Asian (SEA) Games in Bangkok, Thailand in December. It will comprise of 19 players from the national and U-19 women football teams and will be trained by two local coaches. The two-year old Myanmar men futsal team has trained under a Japanese coach since February and will compete in the 5th ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Futsal Tournament this month. The Myanmar men took part in the 2006 AFF futsal competition and secured third place.