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Italy, Slovenia and Czech Republic, Spain's rivals in the 2024 World Cup qualifiers

Fede Vidal's team will play for a place in six matches between September and December.

The Spanish national futsal team already knows its rivals in the Elite Round of the qualifying phase for the 2024 World Cup. Fede Vidal's team has been drawn in group D with Italy, Slovenia and Czech Republic. The six matches will be played in a round-robin format between September and December. The first two rounds will be played between September 11 and 20, the second between October 2 and 11 and the third between December 11 and 20.

This Elite Round is made up of five groups of four teams each. Each of the winners will qualify for the 2024 World Cup, while the four best runners-up will have to play a round-robin playoff in April to decide the last two tickets.

The coach, Fede Vidal, assessed the draw: "It's a complicated group like all the others that could be drawn. The level in recent years has risen a lot and we know it will be complicated. We have to work hard and go out to win every match to be first, which is the goal".

Spain's schedule in this group will be as follows:

September 15, 2023 - Czech Republic-Spain.

September 20, 2023 - Spain-Italy

October 6, 2023 - Spain-Slovenia

October 10, 2023 - Slovenia-Spain

December 15, 2023 - Spain-Czech Republic

December 20, 2023 - Italy-Spain