The tournament will run from the 29^th September to the 6^th of October and Australia is in a group with Italy and Paraguay group,with the top two progressing to the quarter - final. The World Cup will be attended by 12 teams that qualified last month, Australia is going as the top team in Asia. The countries involved are: Argentina, Australia, Brasil, Colombia, Eslovakia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Paraguay, Czech Republic, Russia and Venezuela.

The players representing Australia are:

Melissa Barbieri – GK – VIC( in photo at right)      Sarah Hasted – GK – QLD      April Mann – QLD

Sarah Garven- QLD     Lailey Tanson-QLD     Jo Burgess – QLD

Jodie Hammond – QLD     Jade Banks-QLD     Greta Kennedy-SA

Seyma Enrely – VIC      Kate Lutkins- QLD    Jasmine Kent- QLD

Coach: Gui Costa – QLD

Assistant Coach: Jeff Hawkins – VIC     Manager: Jennifer Vanderstam – QLD

The team will have a camp from the 22^nd to the 25^th of September at Acacia Ridge (Brisbane). All are welcome to come and watch or say hello, with players available for photos and autographs after sessions (around 10.30am after the morning sessions or after the afternoon sessions around 4.30pm) .

Coach Gui Costa is happy with the progress of trainings and hopes the team will be ready for their 1^st game on the 30^th of September in Reus when they face Italy.

“We have a good bunch of players that have been playing the game for a long time. It won’t be an easy task playing against the powerhouse of Futsal in Europe, but I think that we can surprise a lot of people”

Results will be posted on www.vikingsfutsal.com and also announced during National School Titles