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By Laman Ismayilova

AZFAR Business League - ABL Cup 2017/18 among Azerbaijani companies is taking place 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, Trend Life reported.

The tournament is organized by ASEP (AZFAR SPORT EVENT & PROMOTION).

The first day of the play-off stage took place on November 25. Football teams continued their struggle to 17th-32nd places.

The game between "Azergold" and "GT Solutions" was very tense. Opponents were not going to concede to each other, everyone fought for victory. Footballers of "GT Solutions" got two yellow and one red cards. Despite this, the team won over the opponent with a score 4-3.

The game between "Timsport" and "TreMiDa" also took place in an intense struggle, the teams equally fought for the victory. As a result, "Timsport" team won with a score 4-3.

Team "Bakcell" gained victory over "Deloitte with a score 5-3.

An interesting match took place between "VTB" and "DDLAR Group". Team "VTB" won with the score 5-1.

The most spectacular was the game betweenn "Gesco" and "Pullman". Team "Gesco" showed a confident game, but because of violations of the rules, players were shown 3 yellow cards. "Pullman" was awarded a victory with a score 7-5.

"Kapital Bank" and "Smart Systems Technology" was also spectacular.The team "Kapital Bank" won the opponent with a score 11-0.

The game between "Gate Baku" and "Amrahbank" ended with the awarding of a technical victory to the "Gate Baku" team with a score 3-0. The game between "Norm Sement" and the Ministry of Youth and Sports ended with a technical victory of the "Norm Sement" team with a score of 3-0.

A detailed report on each match is 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.

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ablcup/

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