Embassies of Central Asian countries in Italy hold football tournament in Rome

13 November 2022., Rome. The tournament was organised by the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Italy and took place on its football pitch. Teams from the embassies of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, as well as the national team of the Central Asian embassies participated in the competition.

Kazakh Ambassador to Italy Yerbolat Sembayev, who opened the tournament noted that the football tournament aimed at strengthening friendship between our diplomatic missions. After all, the important thing is not to win, but the atmosphere, an informal meeting of our diplomats.  

The tournament was held in a round robin format with the teams first playing each other and then, based on the results of their matches, the first two teams with the highest number of points played in the final.

First place in the tournament was won by the team of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Italy, which beat the team of the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in the final with a score of 2-1. Third place went to the Uzbekistan Embassy team, which beat the Central Asia team 2-0.

In turn, Kyrgyz and Uzbek diplomats thanked the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Italy for organising the tournament and expressed hope that such an event in the future would become a good tradition and would help to strengthen friendship between our diplomatic missions in Italy.

At the end of the tournament, the participants were offered food of Central Asian cuisine.