KIA Al-Jabr Tournament to be held this month
13 Feb 2018
JEDDAH — KIA Al-Jabr Annual Futsal Tournament is set to kick off for the ninth year. The event will be held this year under the slogan of The Road to the 2018 World Cup. Whereby, the winning team will have the chance to attend the World Cup in Russia.
Jeddah City will host the first stage of the tournament on Feb. 16, which will then be followed by Asir, Jazan, Eastern Province and Riyadh respectively, with the final stage being held in Riyadh on March 17.
The participation opportunities has been opened for the teams following the official approval of the tournament by the Saudi Federation for Community Sports, where the applications of those wishing to participate will be received through the accounts of KIA Al-Jabr in social media websites.
Abdul Salam Al Jabr, vice president of Al-Jabbar Trading Company, has thanked the officials of the General Authority for Sport for the cooperation that the company finds for the annual continuation of this tournament. He also stressed that everyone in the company is happy as are the teams to participate in the tournament and their cooperation with the working team to ensure the success of the tournament and accept the results of the matches with utmost magnanimity.
Al-Jabbar pointed out that KIA Al-Jabr Annual Futsal Tournament will be held in conjunction with similar competitions being held by the International KIA Motors Company in most countries of the world in conjunction with the World Cup events to allow the largest possible group of young athletes to attend the largest sporting event in the world which occurs only once every four years. — SG