PREMIER FUTSAL LEAGUE-2nd SEASON
Date: 15th September 2017-1st October 2017
Venue: Mumbai, Bengaluru, Dubai
Description: After the huge success of the inaugural season that took place in July 2016, the Premier Futsal 2017 is back in India. With 6 teams and marque players like Ronaldinho, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Hernan Crespo, Michael Salgado and Deco, the event is ready to enthrall its fans.
Futsal is a 5-a-side indoor version of football, combined with the rules of basketball, water polo and handball. It is played on wood or artificial flooring based court of the size 40m x 20m. Due to it’s end-to-end and quick-transition game play and flair and technique-based skill set requirement, Futsal has traditionally been the fundamental of great footballers, like Pele, Maradona, Zidane, Ronaldo, Figo, Ronaldinho, and more recently, Cristiano Ronaldo, Leo Messi and Neymar.
The 1st edition was launched in 2016 to great fanfare in India, and grossed over 100mn in viewership globally, with an overall reach of close to 750mn. It was won by the Mumbai franchise.