Johnny Warren Cup

Johnny Warren Champions of Champions Cup

The Johnny Warren Champions Cup is a regional competition which fulfils the second stage of the Football Queensland Futsal Player Pathway. This elite Competition is organised in order to provide for Players, Match and Team Officials who have been identified as being the best in their local competition in which they can further develop their skills.

The JWCC is run under the auspices of Football Queensland Futsal. Football Queensland is a Member of the FFA who is an Affiliated Association under FIFA. The Competition will be conducted to observe FIFA, FFA and FQ Statutes, Regulations, Directives, Decisions, Guidelines, Circulars as well as the current FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game and Rules of Competition. The decisions of FQF are final.

The tournament is aimed at the best club teams from each FFA Futsal Club to compete in this prestigious annual event for the title of “Champion Of Champions”.
This annual event is by invitation only and is not open to all teams.
To qualify for an invitation your team must meet the following criteria;

  • Be registered and competing in an a FFA Futsal Club League.
  • Be either currently at the top of your League or have won the grand final in your local club competition.( in the event that this team is unavailable , the next highest ranked team will be permmitted to enter. If in a combined age group the highest genuine aged team in that League eg U/14s league the highest U/13 aged team will be eligable to compete in the U/13 age group for the JW Cup).
  • Only one team per age group per club is permitted to enter.
  • To satisfy and comply with the competition “rules of the game” will be provided.

Age groups to be competing are 9s,10s,11s,12s,13s,14s,15s
2011 marked the commencement of the Johnny Warrens Futsal Champions Cup which was held on Saturday 10th December at Insports Cornubia. The highest ranked aged club teams from each of the regions from SEQ ‘s many FQ Futsal centres converged on Cornubia for a thrilling day of intense competition.

“The Warren Family are extremely honoured and proud to have Johns name associated with this exciting new initiative for Futsal in Australia and we wish the Queensland Futsal League and Football Queensland every success with the competition,”

Each team are champions within there respective clubs/regions and this day was to see who would be the ultimate winner and take away the Johnny Warrens Champions Cup Trophy.

The event is a enormous success with some incredible skills and talent on display. Stands were packed with hundreds of onlookers present to watch the action with emotions running wild from parents and friends as most of the games were neck and neck with outcomes being decided with literally only seconds to spare.

ABOUT THE JOHNNY WARREN FOUNDATION

Jamie Warren, nephew of our former Socceroo Captain, and deputy Chairman of the Johnny Warren Foundation is delighted with the tournament and its structure; “Johnny Warren ‘discovered’ Futsal on his first trip to Brazil in 1984 and was convinced it was the ‘secret’ behind Brazil’s seemingly never-ending production line of world class and technically adroit players, he has been championing the Futsal cause in Australia ever since. “The Warren Family are extremely honoured and proud to have Johns name associated with this exciting new initiative for Futsal in Australia and we wish the Queensland Futsal League and Football Queensland every success with the competition,” Warren said.

Former Socceroo and Chief Executive Officer of the Johnny Warren Foundation, Francis Awaritefe is pleased with the event; “Personally I think an event like this is long overdue and I congratulate Joe Di Meglio and QFL for their foresight and vision in staging such an event”.

The Johnny Warren Football Foundation creates a pathway to elite football so that young players living anywhere in NSW have the opportunity to have their talent and skills recognised and developed. Has dedicated programs and top level coaches will help keep the “best and brightest” in the game.Will open up avenues for the further development of women’s and girls’ football in NSW.Provides the opportunity to bring the best coaching and technical expertise to NSW.Will raise the bar for football in NSW by providing an integrated athlete pathway from club to elite level.Provides a substantial lift to the game through harnessing the vision of Johnny Warren in developing the Australian style of football.In seeking to achieve its aims, the Foundation will seek the financial support of corporations and individuals.Sponsorship contributions to the Johnny Warren Football Foundation will provide national exposure and recognition of that sponsor’s brand. However, more importantly all sponsorships and donations will help develop youth football in Australia, assisting in the pathway of future generations of Socceroos and Matildas.
Corporations and individuals can also make tax-deductible donations for the benefit of the Foundation by making such donations to the Australian Sports Foundation, nominating the Foundation as a beneficiary. Donation forms can be obtained from the Foundation or downloaded from the website.

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