“Derbiyat” and the summits are absent from the end of the final

Yesterday, the Emirates Football Association conducted the draw for the final of the final of the President’s Cup of State in the Saadiyat Lighthouse in the capital, Abu Dhabi, for the sports season 2025-2026, which resulted in quiet confrontations, as it was devoid of summits.

The defending champions, Al -Ahly, will open his career in the championship outside his stadium in front of Al -Battah, while Khorfakkan plays at home with Kalba, and Al -Jazeera will meet with Ajman, and Al -Nasr will play a final match at his stadium in front of Bani Yas, and Al -Wahda plays at home with Al Dhafra, and he is playing a difficult confrontation at his stadium with Al Wasl, and he meets the first qualifying for the first division with Al Ain. The second of the first division will meet at home with Sharjah.

The matches will be held with the defeated system from one match in the round of 16 until qualifying for the final of the tournament, while the matches stadiums are determined according to the lottery that will take place in each round separately until the semi -final, while the final match was decided to hold them at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Al -Jazira Club in Abu Dhabi.

For his part, the Secretary -General of the Football Association, Muhammad Abdullah bin Hazam Al -Dhaheri, said: “From here we start the starting point towards the final championship final, where the clubs that qualify for the final of the final aimed at competing for the championship title.”

He added in a speech on the sidelines of the lottery: “The national team is preparing for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, as the Football Association launched a campaign to support (Al -Abyad) in this challenge, which we hope will witness the qualification of the team to the World Cup.”

Regarding the final holding of the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium for the second time, he said: “The stadium bears the name of His Highness the President of the State, and the stadium embraced many international matches and various championships, so it was chosen to host the final match this season.”

On the other hand, the second deputy president of the Football Association, Obaid Salem Al Shamsi, said: “The President’s Cup competition is the most expensive tournament, which clubs view a major goal in every season.”

He added: «The tournament is an inherent part of our legacy and our ancient sports history, as it is the most expensive championship in our local competitions, and a national occasion through which we express our loyalty and loyalty to our wise leadership, which supports and concerns sports and athletes in various activities. Its continuous cooperation with us, in order to remain the President of the State Cup, is a prominent title of Emirati football, and an important source of its power.

The President of the State Cup competition was launched with first-class introductory matches, as Arabism beat the Emirates 2-0, and Al Dhaid qualified at the expense of its guest, Gall United 2-1, and United defeated the agreement with two goals without a response, and Majd defeated the Safut 6-5 on the penalty shootout after the negative tie over the official time of the match, to meet the Dibba Al-Hosn clubs with Al-Arabi, Al-Hamriya with Hatta, Arabism and United with Al Dhaid in the preliminary round, as two teams of the eight clubs qualify to complete the teams of the 16th round, along with 14 clubs of ADNOC Professional League.