The High Organising Committee of the 12th Nasser bin Hamad Ramadan Football Tournament (Nasser 12) and fifth Ramadan Games has presented the cash awards to the winning and participating teams in the tournament.
The awards ceremony was held at the Media Office of His Majesty’s representative for Charity Work and Youth Affairs and Supreme Council for Youth and Sports chairman Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the presence tournament director Ali Al Majed and general co-ordinator Mohammed Touq.
On the occasion, Shaikh Nasser said that the success of Nasser 12 comes as a result of the co-ordination between the organising committees. He also praised the participating teams for their outstanding performances in the tournament.
A total of BD61,000 was distributed among the winners and participating teams and players. The champions, Batelco Gunners United, were presented with BD15,000 while the runners-up, Winning Team, received BD10,000. The third and fourth place winners, Victorious and Al Saqr Al Abyadh, received BD3,000 each.
Teams who qualified for the round of 16 received BD2,500 each while those who bowed out of the first round were given BD1,500 each.
Among the winners of individual cash awards were Winning Team’s Yousif Salim (best player) who received BD1,000. The other winners were Shaikh Salman bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa (Batelco Gunners United – best coach), Abdullah Mushaima (Batelco Gunners United – best goalkeeper), Opious (top scorer, Mahmood Riyadh (Victorious Team – best team manager) and Yousif Al Buri (Al Zaeem Team – best team administrator).