The JFA-KIRIN Family Futsal Festival is a fun event for everyone, where you can enjoy a kick-about with your family. The festival is hosted by the JFA and the Prefectural Football Associations and will be held in 10 locations across the country this year. Any team which has more than five players, including women and elementary school students, can participate. A team may also comprise of more than one family.

Approximately 230 family members in 24 teams took part in the event at the Teva Ocean Arena in Aichi on 8 February. At the ‘Kirin Futsal Lesson’ people could get tips on how to enjoy futsal with their family. This lesson was for elementary school students, who have been practicing football very hard and are close to beating their father who doesn’t have enough stamina; or the girl who dreams of becoming a member of Nadeshiko Japan and comes with her mother who has never played football before. KISHIMOTO Takeshi, a former member of the Futsal Japan National Team, joined the lesson as an instructor, and players of Aichi Futsal League assisted Mr. KISHIMOTO.

The ‘Family Award’ was given to the family who enjoyed the day the most; the ‘Futsal Award’ was given to those who played futsal in a serious manner to win; and the ‘Festival Award’ to those who brought uniqueness to the event and enjoyed the day. From the special sponsor Kirin Groups, ‘Kirin Ichiban Award’ was given to the team in which a father tried the hardest, the ‘Kirin Loves Sports Award’ to the one in which a child tried the hardest, and ‘Afternoon Tea Award’ to the team in which a woman tried the hardest.

JFA-KIRIN Family Futsal Festival in Aichi

Venue:
Teva Ocean Arena/Aichi

Date:
Sun. 8 February 2015

Schedule:
Registration 9:00-10:00 Opening ceremony 10:00-10:15 Festival 10:20-16:30

Host Organization:
Japan Football Association and Aichi Football Association

Managing Organization:
Aichi Football Association

Application Period:
Fri. 19 December 2014 – Fri. 9 January 2015, 17:00

Entry Fee:
Free

Qualifying Team:
The team must consist of members of more than one family. Five players on the pitch must always include one man over 20 years old, one woman over 20 years old and two children under the age of 15.

Registration for JFA:
Please make registration at “j-futsal” – enjoy futsal portal website, before the event. 
 https://j-futsal.jfa.jp/ (Japanese version only)
*For application, please access official JFA website. Team representative log on the “j-futsal” web page and easily make an application.

Participants Comments

Mr. KAWASE Masahiro(Team Kawasshi-ma)
Today I joined in this event with my friends from Mie prefecture. Usually we don’t play football or futsal, but we just wanted to try after seeing the event’s website. Most of our team members didn’t have experience in football, but it was still good to play because we could play against teams of the same age group. I will keep enjoying football with my kids.

Ms. IMAI Yuko(Team Enjoy)
I joined the event with my friend’s family. I don’t play football at all so it was my first time to play futsal today. I firstly got to know about this event from the JFA website. For today, we got some T-shirts and futsal shoes! Before this event I never expected that we could work hard together for the same goal, it was a good experience! I want to join in the event again.

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