On February the 16th at the Igor Sikorsky KPI Sports Complex was held the first mini-football tournament in the memory of the many-year chairman of the University trade union committee Vitaliy Ivanovich Molchanov. The competition was organized by the sports-mass commission of the Igor Sikorsky KPI trade union, headed by Sergey Zhuravlev and lecturers of the Department of Sport Improvement and Physical Education.
Vitaliy Molchanov, who passed away six months ago, was well known and respected at the university and beyond for the significant contribution to the development of Kyiv Polytechnic and constant care for people.
The first pro-rector of the KPI to them. Igor Sikorsky Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Yuriy Yakimenko opened the tournament. The hall of the sports complex was attended by the wife of Vitaliy Molchanov Galina Stepanovna, his son Yevgeny, representatives of the Kiev city organization of the trade union of education and science of Ukraine, employees of the Igor Sikorsky KPI, over two hundred spectators.
The tournament was attended by 6 teams: "Polytechnic", "Veterans of the KPI", "Student trade union", "ISZZI", "TEF", "IEE". From the very first minutes of the race, the uncompromising struggle for the final came out. The players demonstrated high-quality football, so the podium repeatedly burst into applause.
The real decoration of the tournament was the final. It met "KPI veterans" and "Student trade union". As a result, with a score of 2: 0 wins "KPI Veterans". The winners of the tournament were awarded a cup, and all players received memorable characters.
We remind you that this mini-football tournament was held for the first time. From now on it will be held annually.