The Premier Futsal season 2 is just round the corner and this time the city of Dubai would be in line to host the knockout rounds of this event. The semi finals and the final would take place in Dubai, and with this development, the Premier Futsal league becomes the second Indian event after the IPL to go international.
Premier Futsal has tied up with the Dubai sports council to bring the marquee matches of the event to the beautiful city of Dubai, in order to improve and increase the footprint of this event.
Dubai Sports channel will be the official broadcasting partners of the event scheduled in August.
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Premier Futsal President, Luis Figo, spoke about how this move by the Premier Futsal would help build a global ecosystem for Futsal.
“With season two, Premier Futsal continues its quest to not only be instrumental in providing the sport with the much-deserved recognition in India but also set the benchmark for privately organised sporting tournaments in the global futsal ecosystem.”
“We are assertive of the potential the sport holds in the long run and its impact in the Indian market. Our alliance with Dubai Sports Council will only serve as a great platform to establish the league globally.”
Dinesh Raj, the managing director of the Premier Futsal too feels that shifting the semi finals and finals to Dubai would help build the brand of Futsal all over the world.
“The long-term partnership between Premier Futsal and Dubai Sports Council will ensure the growth of this unique format of futsal.”
“Premier Futsal in its inception year recorded over 25 million global viewers and we envision over 100 million viewers to tune into season two, thus making it the biggest sports export from India.”
