For the first time in Sri Lanka, a 5 - a - side Futsal
Championship was conducted by the FFSL at the Reid
Avenue Ground on 6th March 2004, Futsal which is very
popular in the European countries was introduced to
Sri Lanka only recently.
Each team is composed of only five players and the
duration is limited to 2o minutes.
Altogether 16 teams participated in this tournament
and those who qualified for the semifinals were Air
Force SC , Police SC , Javalane SC and Victory SC
Teams.
Java lane emerged winners in the final match played
against Air Force with a score of 4 -2. Mohamed Nasser
scored 3 goals and Chamath Perera scored 1 goal for
Javalane while Chanaka Fernando scored both goals
for Air Force.
DIG Gamini Randeni President
FFSL,Mr. Chrysantha Perera CEO and Mr. M Premadasa
- Director Futsal Project and other officials were
present among the gathering where the winners were
awarded Rs.25,000/= and the runners up were awarded
Rs.15,000/= .
Mr R. Puvanendram of Colombo
Veterans Sports Club, who sponsored the tournament,
was the chief guest at the final.
