The “TAV CUP” has begun with a Football Tournament

The TAV Sports Club, which aims to develop social interaction among TAV employees outside their working lives, will be launched with tournaments to be organized from October onwards. Teams will be formed within TAV for tournaments in football, basketball, volleyball and bowling. RAMAZAN USTA TAV Sports Club Chairman

The TAV Sports Club, which aims to bring together all employees of the TAV Group--that is to say, of TAV Airports Holding affiliates and of TAV Construction--in a different social environment, developing social interaction outside working life, has launched the first TAV Cup activity in the field of football. Organized in order to select the TAV Group’s 2009 Football Champion, the Tournament will be held separately in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. 16 teams from TAV Istanbul participated in the Istanbul leg of the Football Tournament and four groups were selected for match play.

The 1st and 2nd qualifiers of each group will play in the semi finals.
In the matches, to be presided over by referees from the Referee Committee of the Turkish Federation of Football, the first three qualifiers will be awarded gifts and two “Top Goal Scorers” will be elected at the end of the Tournament. The team that will qualify as 1st at the end of matches held in Istanbul will play against the winners of matches held at TAV Ankara and TAV Izmir and the TAV 2009 Football Champion will thus be crowned champion.
TAV Sports Club Chairman Ramazan Usta, who has performed as a professional football player and a referee, said that after having launched TAV Cup activities with this Football Tournament, they intend to continue with activities such as bowling, volleyball, basketball, table tennis and chess tournaments.

Teams that are winners in each field of sports within the TAV Cup will represent the TAV Group in tournaments among companies, to be held in June 2010. TAV Teams to participate in the Corporate Games will be formed of sports players from each field of sports, to be selected by observation teams in each tournament.

The Istanbul matches of the TAV Cup Football Tournament, to be played at the Yenibosna Sena Sports Center, will begin with a match between BTA and Repairs and Maintenance and continue with the participation of surprise guests and a variety of activities throughout the tournament, ending with a final match on 15 October.

Below are the total numbers of players who have applied to participate in tournaments taking place in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara: • Football: 26 teams – 390 players • Bowling: 26 teams – 130 players • Volleyball: 5 teams – 30 players • Table tennis: 35 players • Chess: 15 players • Basketball: 3 teams – 12 players