7th Futsal Tournament organised by Eastern Mediterranean University Sports Affairs Directorate commences on Wednesday, 16 March 2016. Parallel to the increasing popularity of the tournament among students, 30 men’s teams and 10 women’s teams from different countries are participating in this year’s tournament which will host group matches between 16 and 28 March and quarter finals, half finals and final matches on 4 and 6 April 2016.
During the matches which will take place at EMU Lala Mustafa Paşa Sports Complex, men’s teams will be competing in 8 groups and women’s teams will be playing in two groups. Following the completion of the group matches, the top two winning teams in each group will continue to compete against other teams with a cross matching method. Following the half finals, winning teams will compete against each other in the finals. On the final night of the organisation, matches for the third place will also be played.
As for the women’s teams, the first two winning teams will be playing in half finals with a method of cross matching. The winning teams in half-finals will be competing against each other in the finals and the remaining teams will be playing against each other for the third place.
EMU Sports Affairs Director Cemal Konnolu expressed his pleasure in the increasing popularity of International Futsal Cup of Nation Tournament amongst students. Highlighting the importance EMU gives to social and sports related activities along with academic issues, Konnolu invited all EMU staff and students as well as the local community to the tournament.
The official opening of 7th EMU International Futsal Cup of Nation Tournament will be taking place at Lala Mustafa Paşa Sports Center at 5:00 p.m. onWednesday, 16 March 2016.
For Matches and Results please visit http://spor.emu.edu.tr/en/organizations/cup-of-nation-futsal
