Registration for Neymar Jr.’s Five in Brazil is now open

 

The third edition of Red Bull’s Neymar Jr’s Five is coming up, and registration is now open in Brazil. The competition will once again bring together amateur athletes in various cities across Brazil to compete in head-to-head matches to determine who will advance to the grand final of the global tournament. Interested teams can register at website of the competition.

The qualifying rounds will begin in São Paulo on March 10 and 11 and will continue in nine other cities through May. The winners of the qualifiers in each city—in both the mixed category and the new women’s category—will represent their region in the national finals, which will also be held in São Paulo in late June.

The big winners of the Brazilian final will wear their country’s jersey in the world final this July and face off against countries such as Japan, France, Spain, and many others, competing for a chance to travel to Paris and watch a game featuring Neymar Jr.

Santos (SP), São Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Campinas (SP), Curitiba (PR), Belo Horizonte (MG), Manaus (AM), Brasília (DF), Porto Alegre (RS), and Recife (PE) will host women’s and mixed qualifiers for the competition. In 2017, Brazil was represented by Bronk’s Futsal, the winner of the qualifying tournament in Campinas (SP). They were eliminated in the tournament’s knockout stage, and the title went to the Romanian team Tao United.

Brazilian Qualifiers:

São Paulo: March 10 and 11

Rio de Janeiro: March 17 and 18

Campinas: March 24 and 25

Curitiba: April 7 and 8

Belo Horizonte: April 14 and 15

Brasília: April 21 and 22

Manaus: April 28 and 29

Santos: May 12 and 13

Porto Alegre: May 12 and 13

Recife: May 19 and 20

Participating Countries:

South Africa

Albania

Germany

Algeria

Argentina

Angola

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belgium

Bosnia

Brazil

Canada

Qatar

Kazakhstan

Chile

Cyprus

Colombia

South Korea

Denmark

Egypt

United Arab Emirates

Slovakia

Spain

United States

Philippines

France

Georgia

Greece

Hong Kong

Hungary

Mauritius

India

Ireland

Northern Ireland

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Kuwait

Malaysia

Maldives

Morocco

Mexico

Moldova

Namibia

Pakistan

Panama

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Kenya

United Kingdom

Romania

Russia

Singapore

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Tunisia

Ukraine