SATUC 3rd Place | Bulgarian Team | Bulgaria Sofia

Metodi Zdravkov led Bulgaria Team and got 3rd place in the SATUC World Cup 2018 Sofia. 1st selection of the Bulgarian team was from “Team of Hope”. Bulgaria player was from the football club “Concordia”, who are children placed in residential services or living in poor conditions. The Bulgarian team selected by “Sports Management Bulgaria” participated in the competition.

SATUC Thankfull the Bulgarian Football Union for this opportunity and capacity to organize such a wonderful event. Also, SATUC thanks Mr. Mihailov for taking this event so much to heart and responding immediately. Viktor Kirkov, executive director of “Sports Management Bulgaria” said That things worked out in the best possible way for Bulgaria to host an extremely prestigious, life-changing event for nearly 200 children. Also highlighted the support and assistance of Mihail Kasabov, vice president of the BFS, Pavel Kolev, deputy executive director of the BFS, and Valentin Mihov, a member of the Executive Committee of the BFS.

Sheikha Al Thani The Chairperson of SATUC and Borislav Mihailov, president of the Bulgarian Football Union, had signed a Memorandum of Agreement for holding the SATUC World Cup in Bulgaria. Pavel Kolev, deputy executive director of the BFS, and Viktor Kirkov, executive director of Sports Management Bulgaria, Joined them.
The SATUC World Cup was held at the Boyana National Football Base. About 200 children under the age of 17 from 12 teams from different parts of the world participated in it. All participants were disadvantaged. About 200 children from different parts of the world participated in the SATUC World Cup, which was taken place on August 12

Statistics
12 August: The Group Stage begins
In Group 1:
The hosts Bulgaria played Iraq, winning 4-0
Peru and Cambodia were 4-4
Mexico won 1-0 against Cameroon
Syria won 1-3 against Morocco
In Group 2
Liberia lost 2-0 to Bulgaria
Bosnia beat Peru 6-3
Indonesia won Mexico 0-10
Nigeria won Syria 7:1
In Group 3
Iraq and Liberia 1:6
Cambodia beat Bosnia 5-0
Cameroon won Indonesia 10-1
Nigeria won Morocco 4:2

13 August Match Day2 | ¼ Final
In Group 1
BULGARIA ran out as 5-2 winners against BOSNIA.
In Group 2
LIBERIA also beat CAMBODIA 3-2
In Group 3
MOROCCO beat MEXICO 3-2
In Group 4
NIGERIA beat CAMEROON 7:0

14 August Match Day2 | ½ FINALS
NIGERIA won BULGARIA 0:1
LIBERIA beat MOROCCO 5:1

15 AUGUST 2018 | FINALS
Nigeria’s team won, which had a clear 4-0 lead over Liberia in the final match.
Bulgarian beat the 4: 2 Morocco team.

After the final
Everyone involved in the tournament came together to shake hands and congratulate each other on their joint achievement.

Match Schedule and Results
12 AUGUST 2018
15:00 Opening Ceremony and Group stage results
16:00 Bulgaria vs Iraq 4:0
16:00 Peru vs Cambodia 1:1
16:00 Mexico vs Cameroon 1:0
16:00 Syria vs Morocco 1:3
17:30 Liberia vs Bulgaria 0:2
17:30 Bosnia vs Peru 6:3
17:30 Indonesia vs Mexico 0:10
18:10 Nigeria vs Syria 7:11
9:00 Iraq vs Liberia 1:6
19:00 Cambodia vs Bosnia 5:0
19:00 Cameroon vs Indonesia 10:1
20:00 Morocco vs Nigeria 2:4

13 AUGUST 2018 | ¼ FINALS
16:00h BULGARIA vs. BOSNIA 5:2
17:00h CAMBODIA vs. LIBERIA 2:3
18:00h MEXICO vs. MOROCCO 2:3
19:00h NIGERIA vs. CAMEROON 7:0

14 AUGUST 2018 | ½ FINALS
18:00h BULGARIA vs. NIGERIA 0:1
19:00h LIBERIA vs. MOROCCO 5:1

15 AUGUST 2018 | FINALS & Ambassadors’ Friendly match @18:00h
17:00h BULGARIA vs. MOROCCO 4:2
Match for the 3rd place
19:00h NIGERIA vs. LIBERIA 4:0 | FINAL MATCH

FINAL STANDINGS
Champions | Gold Medal
Nigeria
Nigeria SATUC team walloped Liberia 4-0 in the final of the competition to win the trophy. The Nigerian U-16 side scored 26 goals in five matches and conceded only three throughout the competition. Nigeria’s red-hot striker, Arafat Hussain scored a brace against Liberia to increase his overall goals to nine to become the most valuable/highest goal scorer of the tournament.

2nd Place | Silver Medal
Liberia
Liberia was invited through the Ministry of Youth and Sports to participate in the tournament. The tournament is aimed at giving disadvantaged children and orphans space to excel, making them the center of attention, and, through encouragement and mentoring, encouraging their successful self-realization and putting a smile on their faces.

3rd place / Bronze Medal
Bulgaria
SATUC Bulgarian team beat 4: 2 SATUC Morocco team, they also recorded four victories and only one defeat – in the highly c

The closing ceremony
The closing ceremony was a thunderous finale to the tournament. The highlights included the awards ceremony, as well as more dazzling visual and audio delights.

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