Team “Jayenkom” managed to secure the title of the Kuwait National Champions at the Red Bull Neymar Junior’s Five National Final. After managing to knock out one team after the other, Jayenkom are headed for the World Final of Red Bull Neymar Junior’s Five in Brazil on July 20 to battle it out against 50 other countries, and try their best to outplay them all.

It will be held at Neymar’s Instituto Projeto Neymar Jr. in Praia Grande, an organization aimed at providing extracurricular educational and sporting activities to the most socially disadvantaged children and their families in the area.

Neymar Jr’s Five is the Brazilian star’s signature five-a-side tournament bringing players from all corners of the world together to celebrate their shared passion for football. It is a fast, technical and fun competition, played in more than 60 countries around the world, including Neymar Jr’s home country Brazil, and France, where he plays with the city’s football club, Paris Saint- Germain.

The rules are simple, each match lasts for ten intense minutes, there’s no goalkeeper and whenever a team scores the opposition loses a player. You’ll eventually need to power through and outplay them all! The tournament is open to teams of five to seven players aged 16 to 25. In each team, two players over 25 are allowed in the squad as well.

Following action – packed qualifiers held between May 14th and May 21st, twelve teams qualified for the National Final with finesse and admirable sportsmanship. The final kicked off with four groups of three teams, each playing against the two other teams in their group. Only two teams made it to the knockout phase. In this phase, each game was allocated ten minutes for a team to clinch the win and move on to the semi-final.

Spectators waited anxiously as the final four FCB Remuntada, Al Najjar, One Family, and Jayenkom went head to head during the semi-final. In the final gameJayenkom faced off One Family. Newcomers Jayenkom surprised participants and spectators alike as they secured the winning goal, crowning them the national champions. The 2019 World Champions will win the experience of a lifetime, with the chance to play against Neymar Jr himself in Brazil.

Neymar Junior’s Five Kuwait Final was held on May 23rd at Marina Crescent. In partnership with with Honda, Snapple, Acqua Eva Kuwait, Li3ib, and X-cite by Alghanim Electronics.

In 2018, over 125,000 players from 60 countries battled it out to be crowned World Champions with Mexico coming out victorious. Neymar Jr’s Five 2019 is set to be even bigger and more players than ever will get the chance to experience this beautiful game, as there’ll also be women’s competitions in addition to the mixed competition in some countries.

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