President’s CupFootsal Championship to Aden Refinery [Archives:2004/789/Sports]

By Yemen Times Staff
Aden Bureau
The first President's Cup footsal tournament was won by Aden Refinery Company Nov. 5 at the stadium of the garden of Aden Hotel. They beat Aden Hotel 4-2.
The concluding game was attended by Fadhl Al-Hilali, General Manager of Aden Hotel, Sami Makkawi, First Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Yemen, Ammar Abdulateef, General Manager of Agriculture Credit Bank, Ahmad Ali Bin Sankar, Administrative and Financial Director at the National Bank of Yemen, and Dr. Ahmad Mosa General Manager of the activities at Aden University.
Aden Refinery won through penalty shots after regulation time ended in a 1-1 tie.
The international referee Ameen Murshid Aqlan ran the meeting.
The winner, after the game was over, received prizes including clocks and merit certificates. The runner-up and third ranking Yemen Mobile's team also received merit certificates and other prizes.
The National Bank of Yemen team was awarded for being the ideal one throughout the championship.
Qais Mohammad Saleh from Adsen Hotel's team was awarded as the championship scorer for having 15 goals in the event.
Nasser Ali Nasser from Yemen Mobile's team won the best player prize and Wajdi Anwar, goalkeeper of the television team.
“The idea of holding the first footsal championship carrying the name of the president is a good initiative,” Said Dr. Ahmad Ali Bin Sankar. He added: “the championship witnesses in its last days distinctive success due to the mild participation of the teams and efforts of the security systems. Additionally, the supervisin committee played a pioneering role reflected in its continuing existence during the championship and in overcoming the obstacles. We should not forget the role of media and sporting analyses that were among the factors behind the success of the championship.
Dr. Bin Sankar also mentioned there are many negative aspects associating with the event that can be specified as deficient lighting of the stadium, misunderstanding among the participants of the game rules, and insufficient security measures.
It is worth-noting the final match between the teams of Aden Hotel and Aden Refineries company was fantastic enough to gratify the supporters in terms of equivalence between both the teams.
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