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Dear Victor, Daniel and all,

Thank you for your e-mails. I was totally worried about the cancellation of the KL5 event for good. But I now understand the situations and have been relieved to hear that this is just a postponement, not cancellation.

As the importance of KL5 itself, especially KL5 this year has another meaning that we'll have the World Championship. We should watch the highest performance of world futsal in Taipei. Every participating countries to the Taipei should do their preparation work to confirm their standards, also the referees should do the same.

Also, this event has a quite big influence to Asian Futsal development as everyone in Asia feels. I hope the sponsorship issue be solved soon to hold the tournament at the earliest basis.

Warmest Regards,


Zak

"Metcalfe, Daniel" <Metcalfe@...> 2004/05/14 09:19

宛先:        "'Victor Beceiro'" <victor_beceiro@...>, marticm@...         cc:        guedavid@..., tjvanderhulst@..., lucaranocchiari@..., joao.rocha@..., jrocha@..., il_ponti@..., timsheldon99@..., y-matsuzaki@..., "Metcalfe, Daniel" <Metcalfe@...>, sadr_moosavi@..., jaygk@..., iqbal@..., t.kawai@..., domeka13@..., adisak@..., fabrybo@..., chanwei1@..., vicentedeluise@..., "Dharmawan, Sandra" <DharS@...>, agarzon@...         件名:        RE: Kl World 5: deleted? - Article on futsalplanet

Thank  you Victor.
 
Dear  Mico and all listed below.
 
Victor  is quite correct in his summation of the current situation. There is no need to  panic. As you all know, since 1997 we have continually staged and improved the  Tiger 5s/KL World 5s to reflect what we feel is one of the world's most exciting  sports.
 
Our  commitment and dedication to the sport has not wavered and has only deepened  over the years. As with any tournament, we are dependent upon our commercial  sponsors to allow us to stage the event at the level and stature that the futsal  fraternity has come to expect - the free flights and accommodation, the highest  prize money and the first class live television production. Without our sponsors  it would not be possible to deliver this flagship event.
 
We did  not make an official statement on the postponement of the tournament as it is  just that - a postponement. We are not talking about cancellation - after 7  years we feel as though we are only just beginning in terms of developing and  expanding the event. We certainly do not plan to see it  disappear.
 
Please  bear with us - I hope that we have exhibited enough credibility over the past 7  years that you believe me when I say that we are in this for the long term. We  believe in futsal, we believe in the KL World 5s, we were able to stage the  event last year in the midst of the SARS crisis and we will continue to stage  the event as soon as we have finalised sponsorship.
 
If  anyone needs any further information or wants to contact me directly please do  so.
 
My  best wishes to you all & I look forward to welcoming you back to the 5s very  soon.
 
Daniel
 

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Subject: RE: Kl World 5: deleted? - Article on  futsalplanet



Dear Mico and dear all,

Just I brief note. I have talked about this issue with Daniel Metcalfe. We  have to be careful with the way we put things in writing and always let the  original source explain the situation as it is. It is not of any help for our  sport to throw news like that. We must be responsible and careful about our  sport.

KL 5s has been so far postponed as a consequence of the new arrival of a  Minister who legitimate needs to understand what is going on around her area  and the financial commitmentments engaged by her predecesor.

KL 5s will keep having all the support of our community so that the current  Malaysian authorities fully understand the positive impact of this  tournament for their country in the sporting, social (youth), tuirstic  and financial fields.

Even if that was not the case, I would remind you that this tournament  was staged for several years in Singapore. Once it moved to Malaysia, it  did not only keep its values and interest but improved them.

My  friends, please do not panic and make other people panic when there is no  reason. Futsal is stronger that ever and ESPNStar Sports officials and  Futsal deserve all our support rather than our groundless alarm.

I will be stating officially which is my position and view on the future of  futsal and it will be done through futsalplanet. In the meantime, I would like  to ask you to prove our respect and gratitude to Richard Young and Daniel  Metcalfe for their constant efforts for Futsal. We all have so many  international projects to develop together that we need to stick to each other  without any hesitation.

Best regards,

Víctor



 
>From: Miguel David <guedavid@...>  
>To: Tom van der Hulst  <tjvanderhulst@...>,  Luca Ranocchiari  <lucaranocchiari@...>,  Joao Rocha  <joao.rocha@...>, Joao Rocha  <jrocha@...>,  Vince Santos <il_ponti@...>, Tim  Sheldon <timsheldon99@...>,  Mico Martic  <marticm@...>, Zak Matsuzaki  <y-matsuzaki@...>,  Daniel Metcalfe  <Metcalfe@...>,  Sanreddin Moosavi  <sadr_moosavi@...>,  Jeysing Muthiah  <jaygk@...>,  mohamed Maricar Iqbal  <iqbal@...>,  Taku Kawai  <t.kawai@...>, Domeka Garamendi  <domeka13@...>,  Victor Beceiro  <victor_beceiro@...>,  Adisak Benjasiriwan  <adisak@...>,  Fabrizio Bombelli  <fabrybo@...>, chanwei1@...,  Vicente de  Luise <vicentedeluise@...>,  Sandra Dharmawan  <DharS@...>, agarzon@...  
>Subject: Kl World 5: deleted? - Article on futsalplanet  
>Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 10:19:15 -0700 (PDT)  
>  
>Dear All,  
>  
>  
>Is this so? If it is, I believe there is still an optimistic  outlook for Futsal and that there are other opportunities abound, especially  among the countries that participated in the AFC Championship (Japan, Korea,  China, Iran, Taiwan...). I honor the KL World 5's as "the" premiere  invitational tournament in the Futsal World, in a truly showcase format,  available to all Asia. The KL World 5's (Tiger 5's/Malaysia 5's) broadcast on  Espnstar, was one of the main reasons why my Country, and myself took an  interest to Futsal!  
>  
>I am optimistic that if this does or does not push through,  there is room for smaller tournaments in larger quantities, but with greater  effect because the cumulative effort tying them up together with a greater  objective that can actually amount to more, creating a more sustained program  with a clear long-term vision.  
>  
>Whether it be Sport-tourism Asia, grass-roots development  through the trickle down of technical resources, an East Asian Super League,  there are bundles if the resources are found and bound together. The first  resource I think we must always find in dark times are Spirit/Will and  Knowledge/Intellect (Finances will always follow as Lee Iacocca of Chrysler,  now GM said, a great business always starts with a good product to offer!),  Futsal can make us do it as Football has...  
>  
>These are just my personal views, sharing the optimisim I have  for the sport, what it gives, and honoring the effort that was started by  ESPNStar and other countries/individuals that believed... This can only happen  if the neighbors work together in harmony and confidence among one another, we  must share the burden if we are to share the benefits...  
>  
>  
>Sincerely,  
>  
>- Miguel G. David  
>Philippines  
>  
>  
>http://www.futsalplanet.com/news/news-01.asp?id=3015  
>13/05/2004  
>Kl World 5: deleted?  
>  
>  According to some recent voices the second edition  of the international tournament KL World 5 will not be organized. This edition  was supposed to start in the beginning of June. A change in the Malaysian  government, with the substitution of the Sports Minister, should be the cause  of this bad news for International Futsal. We'll keep you updated on the next  news about the KL World 5.  
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