The 2nd Mir Corporate Football Fiesta, powered by Sailor, will kick off tomorrow at the International Turkish Hope School (ITHS) premises in Uttara. The six-a-side tournament has been organised by Leo Entertainment.
16 teams will participate in the second edition which will be held according to the group-stage format. US Bangla Airlines and Wills Events are the associate partners in the nine-day event.
Apart from defending champions Bando Design Ltd the other participants are Comfit Composite Knit Ltd, Accenture, Therap, Mir Group, ITHS, Qubee, Magnito Digital, Gemcon Group, MTB, IDLC, Computer Source, Grey, Madchef, Vizrt and Asiatic.
Following the round-robin stage, the teams will qualify for three categories - Cup, Plate and Bowl. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Cup quarter-finals, the third team from each group will play in the Plate semi-finals while the last team from every group will face off in the Bowl semi-finals.
US Bangla Airlines will award the Cup champions with air tickets to Cox’s Bazar while Sailor will present its apparel to the winners. Wills will gift Smartphones to the Best Goalkeeper, Highest Scorer and Player of the Tournament.
Dhaka Tribune is the print media partner of the coveted event while Radio ABC FM89.2 and Asian TV are the associate media partners.
Naba-e-Zaheer, managing director Mir Group, Junaid Abu Salay Musa, director Epyllion Group and ITHS senior section head Zubeyir Beyram were present as guests in the press conference and draw ceremony yesterday.
