Maldives futsal team to compete in China international tournament next month

The Football Association of Maldives (FAM) has announced that the Maldives futsal team will compete in an international tournament to be held in China next month. FAM said that in addition to Maldives, China, South Korea and Hong Kong will compete in the tournament. The tournament will be held at the Lingwu Sports Center in Yinchuan, China. In the tournament, Maldives' first match will be against South Korea on the fifth of next month. Their next match will be against Hong Kong on the seventh of that month, and they will face China on the ninth of next month. Previously, Maldives competed against China in the AFC Futsal Championship qualification in 2017. That time, Maldives lost to China 9-3. Before that, in 2005, Maldives also competed against China and Hong Kong, and that time lost by a large margin. Maldives also lost against South Korea in the match it played at that time. Since then, big changes have come to Maldives futsal, and last year was the most successful year in Maldives futsal history. Maldives won the first SAFF Futsal Championship trophy by defeating every country in the region. In that tournament, Maldives defeated India and Pakistan, as well as Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh.