Registration opens for NAS futsal and volleyball qualifiers

DUBAI (Pakistan Point News - 15th Jan, 2019 ) The organising committee of the Nad Al Sheba sports Tournament has announced the opening of registration for teams wishing to participate in the futsal and volleyball qualifiers for the seventh edition of the tournament, which is held during the holy month of Ramadan under the guidance and patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Sports Council.

The registration for teams, which opens on January 16, will continue
until Tuesday, February 5, while the deadline for registration of
players is Tuesday, February 12. The futsal qualifiers will start on
February 26 Al Manara, while the volleyball qualifiers will starts on
March 4 at Nad Al Sheba Sports Complex.

FUTSAL REGISTRATION

For teams interested in participating in the futsal qualifiers, their
team manager should first decide on a name for his team and then visit
the tournament website, to open an account for his team
under that name. In case they want to participate in the name of a
government entity or company, they will have to provide a letter from
the organisation’s relevant department approving their participation
in the NAS Sports Tournament.

To get in touch with the technical committee of the tournament, futsal
teams can send an email to nasfutsal@dubaisc.ae or call +971565759967.

The technical regulations of the futsal qualifiers stipulate teams can
register not more than 16 and not less than 12. Holders of UAE and
Comoros Island passports, with valid resident visa in the case of the
second, will be considered as local players along with players whose
mothers are Emiratis. Teams can also register two players who are born
in the UAE as local players and two who are residing in the UAE.

Further stipulations state that a futsal team can have only four
players who are registered with the UAE Football Association, and only
three of them can be on the pitch at the same time. The rest of the
players should not have been registered with the UAE Football
Association as football, beach soccer or futsal players in the last
three seasons – 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19.

Teams who qualify for the main stage of the NAS Sports Tournament are
entitled to recruit no more than three foreign players, but only two
of them can be on the pitch at the same time. The foreign players can
be registered up to 48 hours before the start of the tournament.

All the required forms for the futsal player registration are
available on the tournament’s official website.

VOLLEYBALL REGISTRATION

The process of registration for the volleyball team is the same as
futsal. After choosing a name for his team, the team manager should
visit the tournament website, to open an account. In
case they wish to participate using the name of a government entity or
company, they will have to provide a letter from the organisation’s
relevant department approving their participation.

Teams taking part in the volleyball qualifiers can register a maximum
of 14 players and a minimum of seven. Players who hold UAE passport or
Comoros Island passport with a valid resident visa will be considered
as local players along with those whose mothers are nationals.

Each team is allowed only four players who are registered with the UAE
Volleyball Federation, and only two of them can participate in the
match at the same time.

All the players need to aged 18 and above and the documents required
for player registration are the same as the futsal players.