Participating teams also included Oracle, 3M and Visa Middle East

Dubai, United Arab Emirates. - Wednesday, September 24th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Dubai Internet City, the Middle East and North Africa’s largest ICT hub, recently hosted its second annual Football League following a successful inaugural league in 2013.

The tournament saw 24 teams take to the field for an exciting 2-day competition, which took place at Ahdaaf Sports Club, Dubai, from 19th – 20th September 2014. Competing teams included industry leaders such as IDC, Western Union, Cisco, HP, General Electric, Visa, Oracle, Hewlett Packard, and 3M.

The league consisted of 5 competitive knock-out rounds, cheered on by more than 500 supporters, with Al Falak, HP, and FEDEX, claiming first, second, and third place respectively. Awards for the winning teams, as well as other awards including Best Goalkeeper and Top Scorer were presented to teams and individuals by Ammar Malik, Director of Business Development, Dubai Internet City and Dubai Outsource Zone at the end of the second day, with prizes generously provided by 3M Futuro (TM), Canon Middle East, and Souq.com.

Commenting on the event, Ammar Malik said:

“Dubai Internet City is committed to providing its employees, business partners, and wider community with opportunities to engage and compete with one another outside the working environment. This year’s tournament was a huge success, and I would like to thank all those who took part and came along to support the participating athletes. I would also like to congratulate the winning teams, who displayed a strong sense of team spirit and athletic excellence. I look forward to many more successful tournaments to come.”

Other key events held annually in line with Dubai Internet City’s ongoing efforts to develop a social culture amongst its members and community include DIC Yogafest every February and Dubai Outsource Zone (DOZ) Cricket Tournament every April.

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About Dubai Internet City

Dubai Internet City (DIC) is the Middle East and North Africa’s largest ICT hub. Since the year 2000, DIC has successfully developed a prosperous ecosystem for technology organisations and today is home to Fortune 500 listed companies and multinationals as well as some of the region’s most dynamic and successful technology SMEs and start-ups from all elements of the ICT value chain.

DIC provides a wide range of facilities including state-of-the-art offices, a robust IT infrastructure, 24-hour security, retail services and hotels, spread across the business park’s unique and tranquil landscape; an environment that helps ICT businesses develop, innovate and grow.

DIC has fronted a bold initiative to support and nurture entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs through the creation of the In5 innovation hub. In5 aims to foster and promote entrepreneurship and innovation in order to further develop the technology start-up ecosystem in Dubai, providing infrastructure, access to funding, and a dynamic and engaging working environment to entrepreneurs.

For more information, please visit: www.dubaiinternetcity.com

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