Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, July 23rd 2014

The Fourth Ramadan-special Seven-a-side Football tournament of 2014 organized by the Abu Dhabi Civil Defense General Directorate at the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi concluded on Tuesday.  Eight teams took part in the tournament and represented the External Civil Defense stations; the Internal Civil Defense stations; the Civil Defense Academy; as well as the Petroleum Institute team, the Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company, (TAKREER) team, the Ports Security team, Paris Saint-Germaine team, and Al Mafraq Police Department team.

Colonel Juma Salem Al Dahmani, Acting Director of Abu Dhabi Civil Defense crowned the Petroleum Institute team, crowned champion of the tournament, after ranking first and winning the championship trophy. Al Mafraq Police Department team ranked second; followed by the External Civil Defense stations and the Ports Security teams, ranking third and fourth respectively. Player Fayez Saeed from Al Mafraq Police Department team was awarded the Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in the tournament.

Towards the end of the ceremony, the referees of the tournament were also honored, namely: Nabil Al Nomani, Ali Hamdan and Abdurrahman Al Hosani.

The closing ceremony was attended by Colonel Abdullah Rashid Al Zaabi, Head of Strategy and Performance Development at the Abu Dhabi Civil Defense General Directorate; Lieutenant Colonel Rashid Mohammad Hamarain Al Darmaki, Director of Al Ain Civil Defense Department; Major Saeed Salim Al Rashidi, Director of the Western Region Civil Defense Department; Lt. Colonel Hamad Saeed Al Riyami, Director of Abu Dhabi Civil Defense Stations Department; as well as heads of departments, chiefs of sections and a number of officers from the Directorate General of Civil Defense. Also attending was Yaqoub Al Hammadi, Head of Sports Activities Department at the Petroleum Institute.

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