TEHRANTIMES - Asian champion Tasisat Daryaei has been scheduled to meet Barcelona in the opening match of the 2016 Futsal Intercontinental Cup.

The competition will be held in Qatar from June 24 to 29.

Vahid Shamsaei’s men have been drawn in Group A of the competition alongside Russia’s Dynamo Moscow, Brazil’s Carlos Barbosa and Spanish giant FC Barcelona Lassa.

“We’ve seen Barcelona’s players vie internet and I have to say it is a powerful team. We have a difficult job against the Spanish team,” Shamsaei said.

“We will participate in the tournament without our five key players but there is no excuse for this and we are going to show a good performance in the tournament,” he added.

Group B consists of Qatar’s Al Rayyan, Portugals’s Benfica, Brazil’s Magnus Futsal and Spain’s Movistar Inter.

In its 15th edition, the Intercontinental Futsal Cup is considered to be one of the best club’s tournaments in the world.

The team with most intercontinental titles is Movistar Inter, with 5 titles achieved consecutively from 2005 to 2011.

The tournament was inaugurated in 1996 and Inter Ulbra won the first title after beating FC Barcelona 4-2 in the final.

The last edition of the tournament took place in 2013 and was won by Russian club Dynamo Moscu FC after it won against Brazilian club Carlos Barbosa 5-1