Azerbaijan places 10th in Futsal World Ranking
By Laman Ismayilova
Azerbaijan national futsal team has placed 10th in the latest edition of the world ranking, getting 1,440 points.
Brazil top the ranking with 1,935 points, followed by Spain and Russia with 1,807 and 1,700 points respectively.
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 Naxchivan, 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.
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