The president of the Football Association, Marouane Ben Ghalita, confirmed that his federation has started the first steps of the resumption of beach football activity after a four-year hiatus, due to the freezing of clubs for the activity of the game.
"We have sent clubs and sports councils to invite them to participate in the local activities that are being organized. We will also open the door for private companies and institutions to be part of a strong and expanding league to serve the national team," he said.
He added: "We have succeeded in providing a sponsor for the local competition and it is the turn of the clubs to reach out to the Football Federation to revive the activity of the beach, especially as we have the possibilities that help us to organize local competitions at a high level of the presence of high-quality beaches throughout the country, and I am confident that Sports Councils will not be delayed in any work that supports this work, and I would like to thank the Dubai Sports Council for all what it has done in the past years for beach football, especially the organization of a world championship such as the Confederations Cup, which is held annually in the UAE to enhance the culture of spreading the game ".
Ben Ghalita denied that the Football Association was behind the freeze of beach activity in previous years, saying, "Clubs have frozen the activity and we can not organize a competition without the participation of clubs."
The President of the Football Association in his remarks, on the results achieved by the beach team in the Confederations Cup and the bronze medal after beating Russia 2/2
He said: "Before talking about the results, I refuse to put our team in any comparison with the teams that participated in this tournament, because it is one of the first levels in the world, and the tournament was a strong and real preparation for this month's World Cup and I imagine that the team has benefited greatly From playing with the top-ranked teams in the world, and the appearance of white in this tournament was as ambitious and we were close to the final without the bad luck that was not alongside the players in the semi-final but overall we are satisfied with the satisfaction of the appearance of white in the Cup Continents and we will remain supportive of this a For a generation of players who have achieved successes will remain engraved in memory. "