Latvian national futsal team took one of the available berths in next month's UEFA European Futsal Championship qualifying main round after the conclusion of the preliminary round on Sunday, February 22th.

Latvia needed a draw against Bulgaria to deny the Group B hosts first place in Varna, and won 3-2 thanks to Sergejs Nagibins's second-half winner to progress through a round for the first time with a record of three consecutive wins in the group.

Latvia will now go to Ostrava in March to play the host Czech Republic, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina with a hope of making a dream come true of qualifying to the European futsal final tournament in Hungary in January 2010.

Information used from uefa.com

FOTO - Latvian futsal team (A.F.I. Press foto)

2010 UEFA European Futsal Championship qualifying
preliminary round group B tournament (Varna, Bulgaria)

Matches

19/02 Latvia 5-0 Estonia | Bulgaria 2-2 Armenia
20/02 Armenia 0-7 Latvia | Bulgaria 4-0 Estonia
22/02 Estonia 5-8 Armenia | Latvia 3-2 Bulgaria

Tournament table

	Teams	Pld	Win	Draw	Lost	GF	GA	Pts
	LATVIA	3	3	0	0	15	2	9
	BULGARIA	3	1	1	1	8	5	4
	ARMENIA	3	1	1	1	10	14	4
	ESTONIA	3	0	0	3	5	17	0

	Latvian Futsal national team in the UEFA European futsal championship preliminary round
	Goalkeepers:
	Aigars Bondars	RABA (Riga)
	Dmitrijs Dobrovoļskis	FC Raita (Riga)
	Players:
	Vadims Ļašenko	Nikars (Riga)
	Aleksejs Baranovs	Nikars (Riga)
	Sergejs Nagibins	RABA (Riga)
	Andrejs Aleksejevs	RABA (Riga)
	Maksims Seņs	RABA (Riga)
	Dmitrijs Zabarovskis	RABA (Riga)
	Artjoms Koļesņikovs	RABA (Riga)
	Andrejs Šustrovs	RABA (Riga)
	Igors Avanesovs	RABA (Riga)
	Igors Lapkovskis	JFC Kauguri (Riga/Jurmala)
	Oļegs Matvejevs	Ararat (Cyprus)
	Igors Dacko	Omonia (Cyprus)
	Aleksandrs Žukovs	Omonia (Cyprus)

Head coach - Artūrs Šketovs

FOTO - Latvian futsal team triumph in Varna, Bulgaria

Viktors Sopirins
LFF Press department
viktor.sopirin@gmail.com