Strong league confrontations start from the second round … and a separate lot for “Al -Ayf”

The UAE Professional Association conducted the ceremony of the ADNOC Professional League competitions and the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup for the 2025-2026 season, which resulted in calm confrontations in the first round of the league, where Al-Ahly youth “holding the title holder” opens his career in the face of Al Dhafra.

Yesterday, at the Abu Dhabi Energy Center, hosted by the National Petroleum Company (ADNOC), the official sponsor of the ADNOC Professional League Championship, the world leader in the field of energy production of all kinds, the reliable and low -Energy official, and the giant National Corporation that has become a prominent sign in all areas that its distinguished commercial brand faded.

The lot was held using “Artificial Intelligence Technology” through the Open AI program, for the third season, in line with the Emirates AI strategy 2031.

The smart league lottery mechanism took into account a number of criteria, among them the commitment to sports integrity, the distribution of matches based on the ranking of last season 2024-2025, the balance of important and mass matches, taking into account the dates of the matches in the emirate itself, taking into account the external participation of the clubs, and not holding more than two games in the tour in the same city on the same day.

The draw for the “Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup” resulted in strong confrontations in the first round, where he plays in the first track victory with Al -Battah, and the winner plays with Al -Ahly youth, while the winner from Sharjah meets with Dibba with the winner from Al Ain and Kalba, while the second track plays the champions Al -Jazeera with the winner of Al -Wasl and Al -Dhafra, and the winner of Al -Wahda and Ajman meets with the winner from Bani Yas and Khorfakkan.

On the other hand, the ADNOC Professional League draw witnessed the application of an unprecedented system, by conducting a separate draw for each role, as the tour will witness the absence of mass confrontations, where Al -Ahly youth play with Al Dhafra, Ajman with Al -Wahda, Dibba with Sharjah, Al Ain with Al -Battah, Kalba with victory, Khor Fakkan with Al -Jazeera, and Al -Wasl with Bani Yas.

As for the strong confrontations, they will start in the second round with the confrontation of Al -Ahly youth with Al -Wahda and Sharjah with Al -Jazeera, and in the third round, Al -Wasl plays with Al Ain, Al -Jazeera with Al -Nasr, and in the fourth round victory with Al -Ahly youth, while the fifth round witnesses three prominent games, which are Al -Ahly youth with Al Ain, Al -Jazeera with Al -Wahda, Al -Wasl with Sharjah, and at the level of «Derby Dubai» plays Al -Wasl with Al -Nasr in the sixth round.

As for the second round matches, the first round of the second leg will witness confrontations, Al -Wahda with Dibba, Al -Dhafra with Sharjah, Ajman with Al -Ahly youth, Al -Nasr with Bani Yas, the regulations with Al -Jazeera, Kalba with Al Ain, and Al -Wasl with Khorfakkan.