Mes Sungun is in Group C of the event along with the reigning champion Magnus Futsal of Brazil and ElPozo Murcia. In the opening match of the event, Magnus managed to win the Iranian team 3-1.

Failing to advance to the next round, Mes Sungun should compete on Thursday for the rank of 7th.

Iran’s representative, Mes Sungun booked a place at the event as the champion of 2018 Asian Futsal Club competition.

The 2019 edition of World Intercontinental Futsal Cup kicked off in Bangkok on Monday with nine best club teams from five continents in participation. Nine teams are divided into three groups with three teams each. The three group winners and the second best team among the groups will advance to the semi-finals.

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In the opening match on Monday, Mes Sengun conceded a defeat to Magnus Futsal despite displaying an eye-catching futsal quality.

“We didn’t deserve defeat in this match and we should have won. Two or three of our shots hit the post and their keeper also saved many of our good opportunities. We had worked on our shots but we didn’t find the net. Although we lost the match, we thank God for being able to show our quality and be a worthy representative for Iran and Asia,” Farhad Fakhim, the Iranian team’s captain, said after the match against Magnus.

Iran’s representative, Mes Sungun booked a place at the event as the champion of 2018 Asian Futsal Club competition.

Mes has been seeded in Group C of the event along with Brazil’s Magnus Futsal, and Spain’s ElPozo Murcia. Iranian team’s next match will be held tomorrow against the Spanish team.

The World Intercontinental Futsal Cup Thailand 2019 is the 19th showing of the competition, which launched in 1997. The annual tournament is organized under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and returns to Thailand after it was first held in the Kingdom in 2018.

Nine teams are divided into three groups with three teams each. The three group winners and the second best team among the groups will advance to the semi-finals with games arranged so as to preserve as many continents in the play as possible.

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Mes Sungun Varseqan head coach Esmaeil Taghipour said after the game that “From the start of the competition we played well. We lost to Nagoya Oceans but I’m proud of players for their efforts.”

The Iranian team took home the fairplay award while Tomoki Yoshikawa (Nagoya Oceans) named as the Most Valuable Player and Kazuya Shimizu (Thai Son Nam) as top scorer with 10 goals.

Vietnam’s Thai Son Nam defeated Uzbekistan’s AGMK FC 6-4 in the third place playoff to receive the bronze medal of the event.

The Iranian team overpowered Kuwait’s Kazma Sc 8-2 in its first match at the Group D of the event. It then gained a 5-0 victory over UAE’s Al-Dhafra Sports & Cultural Club before suffering a narrow 3-2 defeat to Nagoya Oceans. Mes Sungun finished the group runner-up with six points. Taghipour’s men then defeated Lebanon’s Bank of Beirut 3-2 in the quarterfinals before defeating the Uzbek representative 7-3 in the semifinal.

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