Looking back onto the thrilling matches of last Saturday (11^th August 2018), teams from Clique College and FHS from women’s division showed an impressive play at 04:00pm in the evening, with an incredible outcome of 6 – 0 Clique College as the winner. “Queen of the Match” was awarded to player no. 6 Farah Ahmed from Clique College, acknowledging her effort.

Player attempting to score a goal | Photo by: MNUSU

While at this same time, a second match from women’s division was played between the teams from Maps College and Avid College with a score of 0 – 2 Avid College as the winner. With an exceptional performance, “Queen of the Match” was awarded to Asma Ali who played as no. 6 of Avid College.

The grounds were then reserved for the teams from men’s division. Starting at 05:00 pm, FHS and Maps College played against each other and ended with a score of 0 – 2 Maps College as the winner. “Man of the Match” was awarded to Maps College’s outstanding player no. 10 Samah Shareef.

The two finalist of last year’s tournament, FHTS and MI College seems to be one of the interesting quarter final matches played that night. With a draw of 1 – 1, the teams were given chance to shoot 5 penalties and the outcome happened to be 4 – 3 FHTS scoring the most penalties. With a total score of this match 5 – 4, FHTS defeated last year’s champion team. Helping his team drive towards the semi-finals, player no. 9 Ahmed Hunaif of FHTS was also awarded “Man of the Match.”

After taking a break in between, quarter final matches were resumed that night at 09:00 pm starting with the match against MNUBS and Cyryx College from women’s division. It was interesting to note that this match was also tied with a 1 – 1, giving the teams chances to shoot penalties as well. With a score of 3 – 1 MNUBS as the winner. Player no. 1 Nudhuha Ahmed from MNUBS was awarded “Queen of the Match” for her remarkable performance shown during the match.

Villa College and FLIS were also quarter finalist from the women’s division. They played against each other coming to a result of 4 – 0 Villa College as the winner. Talented player who showed her potential throughout this tournament, Firushana Naseer (player no. 11) from Villa College was awarded “Queen of the Match.”

The teams from men’s division started to play at 10:00 pm that night starting with the match between FEST and Cyryx College 1 – 4 Cyryx College as the winner. “Man of the Match” was awarded to player no. 10 Ahmed Samih from Cyryx College for his splendid job taking his team to the next level.

As a final match of the night, MNUBS and IUM came to a hold of a draw result 2 – 2. Shooting penalties against either sides 7 – 8 was the total score giving another hope for IUM to play better on their next match. Talented player of IUM, Ibrahim Shazin (player no. 1) was awarded “Man of the Match.”

Semi-final matches of women’s division will be held on Thursday night (16^th August 2018) at 09:00 pm, first match against Clique College and MNUBS and the second match between Avid College and Villa College.

Semi-final matches of men’s division will play at 10:00 pm, first match against Maps College and Cyryx College and the second match between FHTS and IUM.

MNUSU Futsal Fiesta is a tournament organized by Maldives National University Students’ Union (MNUSU). This tournament is the biggest futsal tournament being held for the “higher education” sector of Maldives. This is the 6^th edition of this tournament, which was held for the past 5 years. This year’s edition will start on 02^nd August 2018 and will end on 18^th. All matches of the tournament will be played at the grounds at Ekuveni Sports Complex, in front of Traffic Police, Ameenee Magu, Male’.

The title of this year’s edition of the tournament, which has been held every year after the founding of MNUSU, is sponsored by Dhiraagu. The official media partner of the tournament is “Sun Media Group”, the official media partner of MNUSU. Co-sponsors are “Housing Development Cooperation (HDC)”, “Maldives Ports Limited (MPL)” and “Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL)”. Partners of the tournament are “Litus Automobiles”, “Maldives Sports Cooperation”, “Fuel Supply Maldives (FSM)”, “Maldive Gas”, “MTCC”, “Allied Insurance Company”, “MWSC”, “WAMCO” and “Maldivian”. Printing partner of the tournament is “Print Lab.”