At the end of August of this year, the first world championship in walking football took place in the national football training center of the English Football Association in Birmingham. The Czech team of players in the 50+ category finished second, the team in the 60+ category finished in fifth place.
The Czech Republic sent two teams to the premier walking football championship thanks to the cooperation of FAČR, Senior Fitness zs, CFPA (Association of former professional football players of the Czech Republic zs) and the teams’ marketing partner PC FOX Sports sro
In the 50+ category, sixteen countries from all over the world took part in the tournament. Our team played a total of seven games (2 x 20 minutes) with a score of 29:8. The only defeat for our team was prepared by the home English national team. The Czech team advanced from second place to the quarterfinals.
Full and original source article: https://www.fotbal.cz/facr/cesky-uspech-na-premierovem-svetovem-sampionatu-ve-walking-fotbalu/a18832
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Author: The Walking Football
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