Nike JOGA3
JOGA3, in full: Nike JOGA3, was a futsal tournament created in 2006 by American multinational corporation Nike for two main reasons. Firstly, it was for the run-up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany, and also, it was to help promote the "Joga Bonito" campaign and its five principles. JOGA3 was hosted in 39 different nations, with each nation having multiple cities/towns that hosted it, in which there were multiple locations in the cities/towns that hosted it. There was a National Finals for every country, and the winners earned a place at the World finals. on Nike News, May 10, 2006
Overview
There were four categories: Under-20 male, Under-20 female, U-16 male, U-16 female. For the whole Under-20 category, players qualifying to play in it must not have turned 21 by 31 August, 2006. For the whole of the Under-16 category, players qualifying to play in it must not have turned 17 by 31 August, 2006. The minimum age for this category was to be at least 13 years old.Each JOGA3 game lasted for three minutes. It is winner-stays-on, and the losers have to officially get themselves in the JOGA3 order again. If it is a draw, both teams leave the field.
For every win, 1,000 points were awarded. No points were awarded for a draw and a loss. Knock-out games in regional tournaments commenced at the end of the night, and the teams that went through were decided on a league system of the teams with the most point gained on the night advancing to the knock-out phase. All points gained at any time always went on the overall record as well.