A common view of the Pakistan Soccer Federation headquarters. — PFF web site/File
KARACHI: Pakistan have withdrawn from the AFC Ladies’s Futsal Asian Cup qualifying rounds scheduled for subsequent month on account of monetary constraints, sources stated on Tuesday.
The Group B matches, which included Pakistan, have been set to be held in Indonesia. Nonetheless, the Pakistan Soccer Federation (PFF) determined to tug out of the occasion after failing to safe the mandatory funds.
Pakistan have been scheduled to play in opposition to hosts Indonesia, India, Kyrgyzstan and Hong Kong from January 15, 2025. Nonetheless, they’re now faraway from the official draw.
Earlier, in June 2024, the PFF had introduced the participation of the Pakistan Ladies’s Futsal workforce within the AFC Ladies’s Futsal Asian Cup 2025.
This may’ve been the primary ever high futsal competitors for Pakistan girls’s workforce.
Nonetheless, the dearth of response from FIFA on PFF’s request for funds has disadvantaged Pakistani gamers of this expertise of taking part in at high stage.
Based on the sources, the PFF had requested monetary help from FIFA to take part within the match however didn’t obtain a response.
The dearth of funding has additionally raised issues about Pakistan’s participation within the AFC Males’s Asian Cup qualifying rounds.
If monetary help just isn’t secured by January 20, the workforce might face difficulties in competing within the qualifiers set to start in March subsequent yr, the sources added.
The PFF has but to remark publicly on the matter.
