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ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO]

8 November 2017 12:30 (UTC+04:00)
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO]

By Laman Ismayilova

The second round of the group stage AZFAR Business League - ABL Cup 2017/18 on mini-football has been held in Baku.

The mini-football championship Azfar Business League of such format and scale is held for the first time in Azerbaijan and takes place on the professional pitches of the AZFAR company.

ABL Cup 2017/18 is organized by ASEP (AZFAR SPORT EVENT & PROMOTION).

The football tournament was followed by a very tight fight.

There were two draws in the game of Group G on November 4, Trend Life reported.

The matches between ended "Gate Baku" - "M Group Production" and "Muğanbank" - "DDLAR Group" ended with the same score 2-2.

Subsequent matches in the group are expected to be very tense, because the output to the play-off will depend on each point. At the moment, the leader of the group is "Muğanbank", which was awarded a technical victory after playing with "Gate Baku".

Tense was also the match "Silk Way" - "Iteca". Both teams showed an excellent game, but "Silk Way" was a little better, having won with a score of 2-0.

The team "Azersun" again pleased their fans by beating the "VTB" team with a score of 10-1. Therefore it is not surprising that after the second round the table of favorites is headed by the players of "Azersun".

The team "ATL Tech" won another victory over the team of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

The match ended with a score of 8-3, ensuring the team the advance to playoffs.

Team "Universal" confidently goes out for every match.

This time, 13-1 in a match with "Deloitte" again showed the strength of the team.

The next day football battles continued.

The opposition of several teams ended in tie results, and there were a lot of yellow and even red cards in some games.

Of particular interest was the game of the leaders of Group B, a match between "Amrahbank" and "Azecolab". Despite a rough game and a draw 1-1, this match can be called one of the most interesting in the second round of the group stage. Another fighting draw with a score of 2-2 was recorded in the match "Norm sement" and "KTV1". Not less interesting was the game "Timsport" and "City Taxi". "Timsport" recovered after the defeat from "Amrahbank" and joined to the match with a fighting spirit.

Now in the third round in the game with the "Amrahbank" team he received a disqualification. Another player, but from "Kapital Bank" team Rashad Shukurov was disqualified for three games because of insulting the judge. The game between "Polatyol" and "Kapital Bank" also took place in a tense struggle and ended 4-3.

"Təmiz şəhər" scored another confident victory, this time beating "GESKO" with a score of 11-2. "Embawood" beat "GTSoluthions" with a score of 6-1. A very interesting match was held between "Pullman Baku" and "Gilan Holding". Despite the big difference in the score 9-3, the young team "Pullman Baku" did not let to relax the experienced team "Gilan Holding" until the end of the match.

We are waiting for the third round, after which teams will be determined who will continue to fight in the championship in accordance with the occupied place in the group.

Recall that during the "blind" draw, participating in the tournament 32 teams were divided into 8 groups. In the group stage, each team will play 3 matches. Based on the results of the group matches, another draw will be organized, according to which the teams will continue the games on the Olympic system. Teams that do not qualify for the playoff series will continue to play for a place in the overall table of the championship and determine their personal ranking.

Richard Almeida, a football midfielder currently playing for Azerbaijan’s FC Qarabag became the face of ABL Cup.

A detailed report on each match will be posted on the website: www.abl.az

Here you can get acquainted with the participants of the championship, groups and time of the games, get a lot of useful information.

Media partners of the event are Trend.az, Day.az, Milli.az, Azernews.az, Dsport.az, ATV

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
ABL Cup 2017/18 underway in Baku [PHOTO/VIDEO] - Gallery Image
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