Filming in Vietnam produced the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship for Lagardere Sports.

The 8th edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, last month. Fourteen teams were divided into four groups and participated in the fierce competition at Phu Tho Indoor Stadium. As a long-term partner of Lagardere Sports, Filming in Vietnam was once again awarded the status of host broadcast. The experienced production crew used a flyway kit with five cameras to produce the sports event in 10 consecutive days. 

Filming in Vietnam's flyaway kit used for live production of the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship.

Phang and Tuan, two experienced camera operators who did the live coverage of 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship

Phuong Tuyen, an excellent camera operator, was responsible for the critical position of the ground camera, and Andy Nguyen, the producer of Filming in Vietnam.

The live coverage of the Futsal Championship was slightly different from the Football Championship. The movement speed of the ball in Futsal is faster than that in traditional football. All players always move continuously on the hard surface of the indoor stadium. So, the camera operators had to focus seriously on the players' movements and the ball's pass. Although each period of a futsal game is only 20 minutes, the duration of the whole game would be the same as football. The clock stops every time the ball goes out and is restarted when play resumes.

Filming in Vietnam's reporter was doing pre-match interview with a coach.

Filming in Vietnam's production team and Lagardere Sports team at the end of the competition

Each day, three or four back-to-back games were played inside the indoor stadium from 14.00 to 21.00. The AFC Futsal Club Championship Vietnam 2017 champion was Thailand's Bluewave Chonburi. They defeated narrowly opponent Giti Pasand 3 - 2 in an enthralling final. The third position was with the host team, Thai Son Nam. 

The filming in Vietnam team was fully immersed in the 10-day event in HCMC, capturing every moment of this thrilling sports tournament. We strived to ensure that no memorable moment was missed.