Very little separates the four teams with the VI league select team narrowly losing to England recently by one goal to nil, while Spain are ranked third in the World ahead of Englands who are 4th and Ireland who are 5th.

Ireland coach Robert Moore said, "If we can get a result in the first game tonight against England we will do well in this competition. We have played them four times and we have won twice and lost twice so it will be a very even contest. The squad have being playing together and in a full time league for a while now so if we didn't get to the final of this tournament, we would be disappointed. I know the players have the capabilities and have certainly put in the preparation so hopefully it will play off."

Republic of Ireland Squad:

Robert Vaughan (GK)
Adam Behan (GK)
Paddy Coates (C)
Richie Baxter
Ciaran O'Brien
Graham Derham
Ger Prendergast
Ian McLoughlin
Niall Durham

Republic of Ireland fixtures:

Thursday June 3 @ 7.30pm
England v Republic of Ireland

Friday June 4 @ 5.30pm
Republic of Ireland v Spain

Saturday June 5 @ 2.00pm
Republic of Ireland v VI League

Sunday June 6 @ 11.30am
Third Place Play Off

Sunday June 6 @ 1.30pm
Final