November 19, on the occasion of Radio, Television and Communication Workers' Day, a mini-football tournament WhiteBIT Media Cup took place at NTI named after V. Bannikov.

Six teams participated in the tournament: the team of journalists of Ukraine, the team of comedians of Ukraine, the teams of channels "Direct", "Espresso TV", the team of UAF and the team of "The Tribune".

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Before the start of the competition, the first vice-president of UAF Vadim Kostyuchenko addressed the participants, congratulating them on their professional holiday and thanking them for celebrating it with football matches. In addition, Kostyuchenko thanked media workers for their courage in defending our country at the forefront.

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The participants of the tournament were greeted by the first vice-president of UAF, acting president of AVFU Anatoliy Demianenko.

Group "A"

1. Team of UAF.

2. Direct channel.

3. Team of comedians of Ukraine.

Match results:

Team of UAF — team of comedians of Ukraine — 5:1

Team of comedians of Ukraine — Direct channel — 1:1

Team of UAF — Direct channel — 0:0

Group "B"

1. Espresso TV.

2. Team of journalists of Ukraine.

3. Tribune.

Match results:

Espresso TV — team of journalists of Ukraine — 4:1

Tribune — team of journalists of Ukraine — 0:8

Tribune — Espresso TV — 0:4

Final

Team of UAF — Espresso TV — 0:1

Semifinal for 3rd and 4th place

Team of journalists of Ukraine — Direct channel — 3:1

According to the tournament results, the best in nominations were:

best goalkeeper — Andriy Mayorov (team of UAF);

best defender — Yurii Kandakov (team of journalists of Ukraine);

best halfback — Vladyslav Galovanov (Direct channel);

best forward — Yurii Karagodin (team of comedians of Ukraine);

top scorer — Andriy Senkiv (Tribune);

best player — Yevheniy Sliusar (Espresso TV).