DOHA: Fans attending the upcoming Emir Cup football matches are in with a chance to win prizes that are worth QR3m, Qatar Football Association (QFA) announced here yesterday.
Spectators will have the chance to win new mega prizes including cars from Toyota, motorbikes, iPhones, ipads, Blackberry phones and coupons from Sony – Fifty One East and Al Nahdi Group.
The raffle draws will take place in the upcoming matches in Rounds two, three, four (quarterfinals), five (semi finals) and six (final) of the tournament.
Fans have to buy tickets to be eligible to enter the raffle draw which will take place in the stadia before match kick-off.
Fans can buy their tickets from the stadia for rounds two-five, and for the final match, fans can buy their tickets from the seven ticket outlets.
Final match tickets will be sold in Villaggio, The Mall, Landmark Mall, Lagoona Mall, Souq Waqif, Fifty One East in City Centre, and Al Khor Mall.
Tickets for the final match will only be sold in the evening, except on weekends, where they will be sold in the morning and in the evening hours.
Ahmed Abdulaziz Al Buainain, Member of the Executive Committee and President of the Supervising Committee of the tournament said: “QFA is keen on attracting a large number of spectators for the Emir Cup and allocating a huge amount of prizes is a demonstration of QFA’s commitment in ensuring that the most important tournament of the year is organised to the highest f standards.”
“We have had numerous meetings during the last period in order to organise another successful tournament this year,” he added.
The Emir Cup is the last tournament of the season and is one of the most popular tournaments in the country.
The final match will take place on May 17 at Khalifa International Stadium.
The Emir Cup 2014 runs from April 21 to May 17 and matches are played at four stadia, Al Arabi Stadium, Qatar Sports Club, Al Sadd Stadium and Khalifa International Stadium.
The Peninsula