Orsha's "Viten" debuts in the UEFA Futsal Cup with a match against Slovenia's "Puntar"

September 29, Minsk / Igor Khadassevich - BELTA /. Belarusian mini-football champion Vitebsk "Viten" has left for Slovenia, where it will participate in the UEFA Cup qualifying round for the first time, reports BELTA correspondent. Viktor Tarchilo's team will play their opening match in this prestigious continental tournament on October 1 in Tolmin against the local club "Puntar". The next day, our team will play against Portuguese "Benfica" (Lisbon), and on October 4, it will complete the group stage with a match against the Montenegrin team "Montenegro Stars". According to the competition regulations, the two best teams will advance to the next, elite round. Then, 16 teams will be divided into 4 groups, the winners of which will advance to the "Final Four". The UEFA Cup winner will be determined in April 2010. Before leaving for Slovenia, "Viten" players played a match of the 3rd round of the national championship against "Borisov-900" at home. Borisov unexpectedly managed to beat the champion with a minimum score of 1-0. By the way, before that, "Viten" had not lost on their home court in 38 consecutive games. Currently, the Orsha team is only in 7th place in the national championship standings, having scored 4 points in three matches played. And ahead are three teams that have won three victories each: "Borisov-900", the capital's MAPID and "Medpreparaty-Veras" (Nesvizh). Nesvizh team player Ruslan Lazyuk leads the scorers' race with 8 goals scored. -0-