Red Bull Neymar’s Five is back for another season. This year again in UAE there will be two categories of qualifiers Mixed and Female only which means two teams will be representing UAE at the world finals. Female teams from Schools, University and around the country have the chance to compete in high intensity five-a-side football matches for the opportunity to travel to Qatar to represent UAE in the world Finals.
There will be 3 Female qualifiers in UAE between Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
The tournament is open to players from 16 to 35. Teams can register 5-6 players with rolling substitutions during the game. Each match lasts 10-minutes with no goalkeeper. Whenever a team scores, the opposing team lost a player from number 1 to the 5th player. At the end of 10 minutes the team with highest number of players on the team wins the game or if a team scores 5 goals before the end of 10 minutes.
The winning team from the UAE will go on to compete in the World Finals usually at the Insitutio Projecto Neymar Jr. in Praia Grande which is an academy set up in Brazil by Neymar Jr, helping give opportunities to impoverished youths across the country but this year all ROADS LEAD TO QATAR in partnership with Qatar Foundation. You can check out the timings and register at www.redbullneymarjrsfive.com.
