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Fortuna Weekend of Champions

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Founded
  
2007

Number of teams
  
6-8

Region
  
Czech Republic (UEFA)

Current champions
  
FC Slovan Liberec

Most successful team(s)
  
Bohemians Prague (2 titles)

Fortuna Weekend of Champions (Czech: Fortuna Víkend šampionů) is an annual winter international football indoor tournament held in Prague, Czech Republic, since 2007. Matches are played at O2 Arena and since 2011 also at Slovnaft Arena in Bratislava. The tournament is held in the month of January and organize by the gambling and sports betting company Fortuna. The tournament involved 4 or 6 teams: two or three from the Czech Republic, and two or three of the Slovakia.

The tournament is played on artificial grass on the pitch and on the playing futsal field. Dimension goals is 2 x 3 m. The teams played 2x15 minute matches. Participants are divided into two four-man (or according to the three-member cast) groups, where everyone plays with each one match. Teams that finished in last place, they play with each other on the final location for the 4th, the winners and their pursuit in the group play each other semifinal. The losers play for the third place and the winners advance to the final. The first three teams awarded to financial bonus.

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Fortuna Weekend of Champions Wikipedia