At NTK named after V. Bannikova held a charity tournament in support of the children of Chernihiv Oblast who were affected by the war

On Saturday, August 13, to the Day of Youth in Kyiv at the football fields of the NTK named after V. Bannikova, a charity tournament was held in support of the children of Chernihiv Oblast, who suffered from the full-scale Russian military invasion of Ukraine.

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The tournament, which included competitions among children, youth and adult teams, was organized by the Ukrainian Football Association, the Chernihiv Regional Football Association and the public organization "Mentalita". Its purpose was to collect funds for rehabilitation in the Carpathians of young athletes who suffered from the war.

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The participants of charity competitions were greeted by the first vice-president of the national association, Vadym Kostyuchenko, on behalf of the president of UAF Andrii Pavelka. He noted the deed of the head of the Chernihiv Regional Football Association, Gennady Prokopovich, and his team, who at the end of February and the beginning of March took pupils from the local children's and youth academies out of the combat zone in Chernihiv.

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"While the Armed Forces of Ukraine return our territories, we take care of young football players. Ukraine has a great football future. Like Croatia, which at one time also went through the war and managed to become a great football power. Thanks to the efforts of our friends, Dario Srna and Luka Modrych, young students of Chernihiv football got into the football academies of Croatia, left behind the terrible memories of the war and are already able to compete on Ukrainian soil today," said Vadym Kostyuchenko.

"Chernihiv is a hero city and a football city. I want to thank everyone who defended Chernihiv. We did not allow the enemy to reach the capital of our state. And we will never miss it," Gennadiy Prokopovich said during the opening ceremony of the competition.

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Four children's and youth teams took part in the team competition in the age category under 16 years old - Kyiv KDYUSSH "Champion" and SK "Champion" and Chernihiv SDYUSHOR "Yunist" and SDYUSHOR "Desna". Each team received soccer balls and cups as a gift from UAF for their participation.

The tournament among adult teams was held in two groups. Within Quartet "A" representatives of the Main Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv, the Kyiv Bar Council, the separate checkpoint "Kyiv" of the State Border Service and the Kyiv City State Administration met. In group "B", the teams of the chain of Winetime gastromarkets, the National University of Defense of Ukraine and the High Council of Justice and a team of volunteers found out the relationship between themselves. 

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As a result, in the match for the third place, the KMDA national team proved to be stronger than the Winetime gastromarket chain team, and in the golden match, the representatives of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv won the victory, who beat the volunteer national team. And after the end of fierce battles, each team received from the hands of the first vice-president of UAF Oleg Protasov, as well as star veterans of Ukrainian football, Vladyslav Vashchuk and Volodymyr Yezerskyi, diplomas for participation and balls with autographs of football legends.

The apotheosis of the football holiday was the gala match between the national team of the participants of the charity tournament and the national team of Ukraine among veterans, in which Anatoly Demyanenko's team celebrated a victory — 3:0.

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