RI bids to host Asian futsal c'ship

RI bids to host Asian futsal c'ship

JAKARTA (JP): The McDonald's futsal team is visiting the Asian
Football Confederation (AFC) headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on
Thursday to lobby the soccer body to appoint Indonesia as the
host for the 2002 Asian futsal championships.

"We want to follow up on the request from AFC Secretary-
General Peter Velappan who has listed Indonesia as a contender
for the AFC futsal championships next year," Secretary General of
the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) Tri Goestoro, who also
joined the trip to Kuala Lumpur, said on Wednesday.

Should the lobbying work, Indonesia will be the fourth country
to host the event after Malaysia (1999), Thailand (2000) and
Iran, who will stage the event in July.

During the three-days visit, the team will meet the AFC futsal
committee chairman Worawi Makudi and the honorary secretary of
the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Paul Mony Samuel. The team
will also study the organizing of the 2001 ASEAN futsal
championships. (ivy)