At Al Ain Palace Museum Conferring Honor with the taste of originality and heritage upon the participants of Hazza Bin Zayed U17 International Tournament
The heads of delegations emphasize that the “international” tournament was successfully organized and highly laud the festive atmosphere.
The ceremony of the Organizing Committee of Hazza Bin Zayed U17 International Tournament 2017 was held in an atmosphere which features the heritage, originality and history of our beloved country at Al Ain Palace Museum, where the delegations competing for the title of the ninth edition of the International tournament along with the sponsors, were honored in the presence of Humaid Al Mazrouei, Vice Chairman of Al Ain Football Club, Captain Sultan Rashid, Board Member of Al Ain Football Club and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Abdullah Ali, the administrative supervisor of the Football Academy, heads of delegations, the organizing committees of the tournament and a number of media figures.
The ceremony was expressive and various, and involved a short movie which included the stages of the success of the “International” tournament, since its launch in 2008 through all the stages that preceded the current edition highlighting the champion of each edition, before reviewing the goals of the ninth edition games of the “International” tournament, amid a remarkable interaction of the players who reacted strongly to the goals scored by all teams.
The players of the teams competing for the title of the ninth edition reacted with the shows of the folk military band, through active participation and continuous applause as a admiring and appreciating greeting to those heritage shows in a wonderful scene, as well as offering a spirit of competition among themselves for mastering military art performance.
Success Criteria
The heads of delegations of the teams participating in Hazza Bin Zayed U17 International Tournament described the tournament as successful, that their teams have came out of it with the benefits desired from participation and emphasized their desire to continue participation in the coming years.
Cake of 2017
The organizing committee of the tournament prepared a large cake whose design was wonderful and elegant, as it took on the color of violet, and bore Hazza Bin Zayed U17 International Tournament’s logo and the logos of the clubs competing for the title of the ninth edition of the tournament. The Vice Chairman of Al Ain Football Club, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, the Tournament Director and the captains of all participating teams have cut the cake.
Schedule of the season
The Vice Chairman of Al Ain Football Club expressed his great happiness of all the outcomes of Hazza Bin Zayed U17 International Tournament which was concluded yesterday evening, considering that the tournament, whose first edition dates back to the year 2008 has recorded a distinctive presence on the map of the international tournament, “the International” For high-quality U17 football tournaments.
In press statements on the sidelines of the honoring ceremony, Al Mazroui explained that there are obstacles in respect of coinciding the football season schedule in the UAE with the seasons of the countries from which the clubs participating in the tournament came. Those obstacles hindered the increase in the number of participating countries. he added “endeavors being exerted in order to increase the number of the teams participating in the coming editions aiming to achieve its lofty purposes of bringing together these various football and human cultures and interacting with different , new and international cultures in the world of football. It also contributes to building relations with other international clubs as the best of friendly and brotherly relations. ”
Future Stars
Al Mazroui added “Hazza Bin Zayed U17 International Tournament has contributed to construct and discover future new developed generation of Al Ain club who have high mental and cultural capacity to accept others and to benefit from them in terms of behaviors and football skills”.
Vice Chairman of Al Ain Football Club praised the efforts of teamwork who supervised the tournament organization and honoring ceremony, explaining: ” the efforts exerted by the clubs’ work teams are honorable and valuable, we did not contract with a company to organize occasions, instead everyone has worked as one man to prove, day after day, that Al Ain club is the club of the city which is developing by its youth who who made great efforts before and during the tournament”.
Al Marzouai completed:” I am happy to have future stars in the six clubs who came from Africa and Europe to combine their cultures with our authentic Arab culture, their presence in the courtyard of Al Ain Palace is heartening. One day, when one or some of the stars remember that they have spent wonderful moments during their presence and participation in the tournament”.
Thank you! Hazza bin Zayed
In his speech, Sultan Rashid, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Championship, expressed his deep gratitude and appreciation for His Higness Hazaa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, First Vice President of the Club and Honorary Council of Al Ain, Chairman of Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club, sponsor of the “International” tournament, which emphasizes in every edition, that it is coping with development and creativity signs, organizationally, technically, and at marketing and media levels.
Sultan Rashid praised all delegations participating in the ninth edition for their contribution to the continued success of one of the most prominent international tournaments for football youth.
The Chairman of the Organizing Committee Head expressed deeply his appreciation of strategic partners, stressing his pride of this wonderful partnership with the sponsors of the tournament, praising the efforts of the working committees that strengthened the success of the tournament and congratulating, at the same time, the teams that qualified for the final of ninth edition, which are Athletic Bilbao and FK Partizan of Serbia, hoping that all the participating teams have achieved the desired gains.
100 Pages
For his part, Zoran Bonovic, head of the delegation of FK Partizan U17 team, expressed his pride to participating in one of the best organizational tournaments, expressing his appreciation to the Organizing Committee for the generous hospitality and the provision of all the needs for the teams participating in the tournament including the good accommodation at the top-level stadiums.
Zoran praised the handbook prepared by the organizing committee of the tournament, and assured “We were surprised by the information provided by the Media Committee about the teams competing in the championship, its academies and history. We moved through 100 pages about the history of the city hosting this event and the great club, which has recently contracted with the talented coach Zoran Mamic, who had an influential role in the participation of FK Partizan in this tournament and word of thanks are very few for Al Ain Club. I would also like to announce our desire to participate in the tenth edition of the Hazza Bin Zayed U17 International Tournament 2018.
Tournament Box
At the ceremony, commemorative shields were exchanged between the organizing committee and the participating teams, as HE Ahmed Humaid Al Mazroui, the tournament box which contained valuable gifts, which have been selected from the most luxurious brands, and carried the logo of Al Ain Club and a handbook on the tournament as well as the official shirt of the club. The Organizing Committee also granted all participants and sponsors the tournament shield and certificates of appreciation as well as Al Ain gifts.
Workshop
Prior to the ceremony, the technical committee of the tournament, headed by Ali Khamis Al Junaibi, has organized a workshop in which the coaches of the participating teams and sports experts participated, along with a number of coaches of age-group teams in schools and academies of football in the country. During the workshop, each coach reviewed the mechanism of work adopted in the football academy as well as the communication mechanism adopted with the academy teams and up to the first football team.
Poetry and Feelings
Shama al Neyadi, a staff member at the Al-Ain Palace Museum, insisted to recite a poem she composed on the occasion of the museum’s hosting of the tournament’s guests. She said in her poem entitled “Hazza Bin Zayed youth tournament”:
million hellos and welcomes ** of the guests of the violet, the sponsor of competitions
you achieved victory in all fields ** and deserved honoring and titles
Ainawi at the top and best of all ** who won pride and won titles
We all love you and love Al Ain ** as much we Love the violet, the twin of soul and self
In Hazza Bin Zayed youth tournament ** and under the sponsorship of our Sheikhs, the men of missions
In Zayed House you have a logo and addresses ** God bless you in my UAE
In an academy based in Al Ain Club ** We wish success and your determination to raise morale
God bless you at the Museum of Al Ain Palace ** God bless your guests in the land of the Emirates
Greetings to you from the management of Al Ain Palace Museum ** For Ainaween, we offer you the sweetest words
