RED BULL NEYMAR JR’S FIVE 2020: ALLIANZ CUP FINAL FOUR KICK-OFF

The excitement of the world’s biggest five-a-side football tournament returns in 2020, with legend Neymar Jr once again sponsoring a concept he himself created to pay tribute to the magic of street football. In the last edition, Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Five featured a massive participation of over 100,000 players from 40 countries – Portugal included.

The national calendar of the competition started at the beginning of the month and continues on January 18 with a stage integrated in the Allianz CUP official Final Four program. Resulting from an unprecedented partnership with the Portugal League, the tournament thus takes place at FanZone’s mini stadium. Registration is open at www.redbullneymarjrsfive.com.

Braga opens the 2020 calendar, which also has stages in Lisbon, Seixal, Sintra, Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Madeira and Azores. The National Final is scheduled for June 6, when the team that will represent Portugal in the World Final of Brazil – taking place at the Projeto Neymar Institute, located on the outskirts.

Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Five is another way to play football – regardless of gender, the tournament is open to five-member teams (which may have two substitutes), with players aged 16-25 and 2 players who may be over 25 years old. The competition takes place in three distinct phases – qualifications, national final and world final. The rules are innovative, starting with the absence of the traditional goalkeeper. Matches have a maximum duration of ten minutes, the team with the most players on the field beating in the end. Whenever a formation scores a goal, a member of the opposing team is automatically expelled, which may dictate the final whistle even before the 10 minutes.

In the 2019 edition, the men’s cup was lifted by the Hungarian team. Portugal was represented by the “Para Cueca” formation of Vila Nova de Gaia, which first reached the quarterfinals of the competition. The prize for the Red Bull World Final winning team Neymar Jr’s Five is a remarkable experience: watching a football match as special guests of Neymar at the stadium.

Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Five is supported by MiniFootball.co.uk, PlaySports, Portugal League, Braga Town Hall, Vila Nova de Gaia Town Hall, Ribeira Grande Town Hall and Madeira Newspaper.

CLOSED TEAMS FOR THE NACIONAL FINAL:

. PMP CAR 7 DEC. LISBOA/SANTARÉM

NEXT NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

. BRAGA – 18 JANUARY . Allianz CUP Final Four FanZone

. LISBOA – 7 march

. LISBOA – 8 march

. SEIXAL – 14 march

. GRANDE LISBOA – 15 march

. PORTO – 28 march

. PORTO – 29 march

. V.N.GAIA – 5 april

. AÇORES – 18 april

. MADEIRA – 25 april

NATIONAL FINAL: 6 june

WORLD FINAL: BRASIL – june

INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION: www.redbullneymarjrsfive.com | www.redbull.pt

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