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Tournament Participants:

— Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Military Institute;

— «Friends and Brothers»;

— «Vovkulaks»;

— National Academy of Internal Affairs;

— National University of Defense of Ukraine;

— Military Institute of Telecommunications and Informationization named after Heroes of Kalush;

— Special Communication and Information Protection Institute;

— military unit 2260.

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According to the rules, participants were divided into two groups of four teams each. The winners of the quartets met in the final, second-place finishers played for third place, those who finished third in their groups competed for fifth-sixth places, and fourth-placed teams — seventh-eighth.

Play-off

Semifinal 7th Place Match

«Friends and Brothers» — Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Military Institute — 8:9

Semifinal 5th Place Match

Special Communication and Information Protection Institute — Military Institute of Telecommunications and Informationization named after Heroes of Kalush — 0:1

Match for Third Place

«Vovkulaks» — National University of Defense of Ukraine — 6:3

Final

National Academy of Internal Affairs — military unit 2260 — 4:1

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At the award ceremony, Deputy Director of Kyiv Military Hub (Center for Comprehensive Support of Participants in Combat Operations) Lyudmila Cherkashyna greeted the participants of the tournament: «I sincerely congratulate the winners and participants of the tournament! We thank you for your service, take care of yourselves, we love you, and let's go together to victory!»

The football development department manager at the Ukrainian Football Association, Mariyan Yasikiv, also addressed the participants: «We in the Ukrainian Football Association are always ready to help the military because we understand that participation in sports events is not only a rest but also part of their rehabilitation.»

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Individual Awards

Best Goalkeeper — Illia Yanuta (National Academy of Internal Affairs).

Best Defender — Oleksandr Hedlyun (National University of Defense of Ukraine).

Best Forward — Oleksiy Dudnik («Vovkulaks»).

Best Player — Roman Slaboshovskyi (military unit 2260).