The Juniors team secured the country title this year at the Kuwait edition of the wildly popular accelerated football tournament. Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Five took place throughout October 2021, with the final match played on November 4, 2021.
This year the qualifiers rounds were divided into four groups, one for each day of competition. The first group division brought the following results:
Team Red Castle defeated team AFG 5-0. Red Castle went on to lose to Caspion 0-2 in their second match. Caspion were the division leaders that day, also taking a win against AFG by a score of 1-0. Red Castle were the runners-up for their group.
In the second group division, The Juniors took both matches that day to come out on top. First game was against Al-Nashami with a final score of 2-0, and second against Golden Boys with a 5-0 score. Golden Boys also suffered a loss to Al-Nashami by 0-5, who came second place in their group.
The third group saw team Jayeenkom take first place by winning their matches against their scheduled opponents. First match was against Trend, 5-0. Second game they were matched up with Morocco, which they won by a final tally of 4-0. Trend went on to beat Morocco 1-0 to qualify for the runner-up position.
The fourth group saw team Al-Najjar take their division with decisive wins against Yellows Time (4-1), and Abaden (2-0). For second position, Abaden defeated Yellows Time, 3-1. Division champions and runner-ups automatically qualified for the quarterfinals. Quarterfinals first match went to Al-Nashami, who took the win 3-1 over Caspian. Second quarter-final game saw Al-Najjar take a strong win against Trend, 5-0. The third quarter final was a 4-0 win for The Juniors against Red Castle. Fourth and last quarter-final match went to Jayeenkom winning 3-0 over Abadeen. Semi-finals first match went to The Juniors, taking a 1-0 lead over Nashami. Second semi-finals had Al-Najjar squeak by Jayeenkom by 2-1.
At a packed Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Country Finals attendance, The Juniors won with a maximum score of 5-0 over Al-Najjar to close out the tournament with confidence. The worldwide tournament includes over 30 participating countries. For the first time in the history of Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Five, the World Finals will be held in an Arab Gulf country, Qatar. The events were held in cooperation with sports group, Puma, and water company Acqua Eva, who both proudly supported the major event as well as Kuwait Times.
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