After a long day of competition we had whittled the 24 teams at the start down to just 2. We were just one game away from knowing who would be crowned as The 2012 Valencia Fives champions.

The two teams lining up for the Final were Mestallaban of Ireland and FC Miracle of Hungary. Mestallaban had already equaled the best performance by an Irish team in eurofootballfives.com competition – by reaching the Cup Final they emulated Saipan FC who narrowly lost 1-0 via Golden Goal to Spain's Black Sheep at the 2012 Barcelona Fives. If they could go one step further they would create history.

FC Miracle's appearance in the Cup Final represented a fourth Cup Final for a Hungarian team but as yet no winner. The list reads;

2011 Budapest Fives: Lost 2-1 on penalties to Olympic Phil Babb

2011 Barca Fives: FC Miracle lost 2-1 to Midshires FC

2012 Budapest Fives: Budapest Celtic Tigers lost 5-1 to ABC United (Rom)

Could it be fourth time lucky for FC Miracle? The two teams had already met today in the group phase where Mestallaban pulled off a stunning 3-0 victory. Whilst that would have no bearing on this match it must surely boost the Irish team's confidence and would it put doubt in the minds of the Hungarian team?

FC Miracle started like a house on fire and looked determined to put that previous defeat firmly behind them. They raced into a 3-0 lead and effectively claimed the title in the opening half. Janos Molnar (8 for the tournament) and Csaba Balogh (9 for the tournament get the ball rolling before Laszlo Zsolt's 11th of the tournament made it 3-0. This goal was important as his haul of 11 made him the tournament top goalscorer outright (moving clear of The Maverick's Manish Madhvani). Only his two aforementioned team-mates could stop him now.

In the second half Zsolt made it 4-0 and took his tally to 12 goals. It was a great individual performance within a great team performance and he would later collect the tournament Top Goalscorer award.

We offer our consolations to Mestallaban who had a great tournament and the Cup Final was a game too far. If we had an award for the most improved team they would certainly get it.

A big congratulations to FC Miracle – they were superb on the day and were worthy winners. They did their home nation of Hungary proud!

We would like to thank everyone for attending the tournament and ensuring the day was a massive success. We hope to see you all again at a tournament very soon.