16 teams to compete in Neymar Jr’s Five National Final in Oman

16 teams from across the country have been selected to compete at the Neymar Jr’s FiveNational Final this Friday at the Radisson Blue in Sohar. The 16 teams were selected over the past three weekends from five different cities including Muscat, Sohar, Nizwa and Salalah.
Being held in Oman for the first time the Neymar Jr’s Five qualifiers started in Muscat last month before moving to Sohar, Nizwa and Salalah. Five qualifiers were held in total to select the top 16 teams to participate tomorrow (Friday) in the National Final at 1pm at the Radisson Blu in Sohar.
Preparations are now underway in Sohar for thefive-aside football tournament that comes with a twist – it does not include goalkeepers and players have to score a goal and eliminate a player from the opposing team. The game goes on for 10 minutes until the whole team is eliminated. If the time is up, the two teams will go for penalty shootouts which will be made by having two players go one-on-one for 3 seconds.
The Oman national champions will advance to the finals in July in Praia Grande, where Neymar Jr grew up, started his professional career and lately founded “InstitutoProjetoNeymar Jr”.
More than 35 countries from six continents are participating in the global tournament. The world final will be held in July at the InstitutoProjetoNeymar Jr in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil.The institute’s aim is to offer extracurricular educational and sporting activities to the most socially disadvantaged children and families to promote social inclusion and encourage participation in the community. The InstitutoProjetoNeymar Jr was opened in 2014 and is the second 'FutbolNet' program in Brazil in partnership with FC Barcelona Foundation after a first was set up in the favelas in Rio de Janeiro two years earlier.
The winner of the World Final will recieve a trip to Barcelona, accompanied by Neymar Jr. to attend one of the team games.
This Red Bull event is held in partnership with Virgin Megastore, InstitutoNeymar Jr, Hi FM Muscat, Hala FM, Oman Ministry of Tourism and Shop and Ship.
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