The Branch 1 mini-football championship will begin next Monday, with matches taking place at the Rafik Hariri University Campus sports complex stadium in Hadath.
Eleven faculties will participate in the championship: arts, social sciences, law, public health, medical sciences, dentistry, engineering, sciences, information, economics, and education. The championship will be managed by a committee composed of coaches Mostafa Ismail, Hassan Ayoub, Abdel Karim Fakih, and Dani Naanouh.
The first-round matches will be played on a home-and-away basis, and a knockout system will be adopted from the quarterfinals onwards.
Here is the schedule for the first leg matches:
– First phase
- Monday, November 10: Sciences – Arts
- Tuesday, November 11: Law – Economics
- Wednesday, November 12: Pedagogy – Health
- Thursday, November 13: Medical Sciences – Information
– Second phase
- Monday, November 17: Economics – Social Sciences
- Tuesday, November 18: Engineering – Public Health
- Wednesday, November 19: Information – Dental Medicine
– Third phase
- Monday, November 24: Engineering – Education
- Tuesday, November 25: Law – Social Sciences
- Wednesday, November 26: Medical Sciences – Dental Medicine
In addition, the women’s mini-football team will participate in the American University of Beirut tournament, which will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, November 8. The men’s volleyball team and the women’s basketball team will also participate in the tournament organized by Saint Joseph University in Beirut.