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By Laman Ismayilova

Azerbaijani national futsal team have qualified for quarterfinal of FIFA Futsal World Cup.

The Azerbaijani team got a convincing 13-8 victory over Thailand in Medellin, Colombia, Azertac reported

The national team will next face Portugal in quarterfinal. The match will be held on September 25, at 18:00 in Baku.

National futsal team is controlled by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan.

It represents Azerbaijan in international competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships. The mean ranks 10th in the world, the highest-ranking team from Caucasus in the World Rankings.

Azerbaijan's first appearance at big level came during the 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship. They finished second after Portugal in their group, and only then after conceding a late equalizer against the 2007 semi-finalists.

The team which consist of such local talents as Vitaliy Borisov and the Brazilian coach is involved with champion club Araz Naxçivan, who won through to this spring's four-team UEFA Futsal Cup finals in November.

Despite fourth place, Azerbaijan's finals run was the best showing by debutants since the inaugural UEFA European Futsal Championship 1996 tournament. Azerbaijan's Biro Jade won Golden Boot award as join top scorer with five goals.

National team also qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup in 2016, but they have participated in the last four editions of the European Championship.

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