Dubai: The stadium at Dubai Sports City (DSC)will witness the 4th FIFCO World Corporate Champions Cup launch on November 4.
The International Federation of Corporate Football (FIFCO) and DSC are working together to organize the 3-day Championship, which will be held in Dubai for the 2nd year in a row and will end on November 6th
The Championship will be held in accordance with the rules for 5-a-side football matches where 16 teams from different continents will compete. Major representations at the event include 3 teams from the United Arab Emirates, 2 teams from Monaco, Bangladesh, Switzerland, India, Lebanon, Mali, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Oman, and the Congo. Teams that are taking part will be divided into 4 groups.
Teams competing in this Championship qualified for this event after winning the corporate qualifying stage contested by each nation. The championship’s 2 most recent iterations, which were hosted in Dubai in 2021 and Monaco in 2019, respectively, were won by the Iranian Team, while the 2018 competition, conducted in Montreal, Canada, was won by the Mexico Team.
The Emirate of Dubai has been named to host the 4th edition of the FIFCO World Corporate Champions Cup as per a unanimous request from the members of the General Assembly of the International Federation of Corporate Football, thanks to the well-based infrastructure & developed facilities of the city besides its ability to host top world championships in addition to the availability of malls & entertainment centres and easy access to the city through airports. All members have insisted that the General Assembly meetings be convened in Dubai. The current edition of the Championship is expected to attain remarkable success.
Mr Albert Zbily, the President of the International Federation of Corporate Football, remarked.