The Karakalpakstan Team Wins the “Mufti’s Cup – 2025” Tournament!

The final match of the “Mufti’s Cup – 2025” mini-football tournament took place today.

In the decisive game, the Karakalpakstan Regional Directorate of Muslims faced the Namangan Regional Office. Both teams demonstrated excellent preparation and determination — unsurprising, as they had successfully advanced through all the qualifying stages to reach the final.

Tournament results:

• 1st place: Karakalpakstan Regional Directorate of Muslims

• 2nd place: Namangan Regional Office

• 3rd place: Samarkand Regional Office

The final match was intense and captivating, drawing enthusiastic applause from the spectators. The regular time ended in a 4–4 draw, and the winner was decided in a dramatic penalty shootout, where the Karakalpakstan team triumphed 4–2, becoming the absolute champion of the tournament.

A solemn award ceremony followed the match.
The championship trophy was presented to the Karakalpakstan team by Sheikh Nuriddin Kholiqnazar, Chairman of the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan and Mufti, Sodiqjon Toshboyev, Chairman of the Committee on Religious Affairs, Ravshan Ermatov, First Vice President of the Uzbekistan Football Association, Temur Kapadze, Head Coach of the National Football Team, Mirjalol Qosimov, football legend, and other distinguished guests.

Each member of the winning team received a gold medal and a laptop.

Special awards and valuable gifts were also presented to the tournament’s best players in the following categories:

• Best Goalkeeper

• Top Scorer

• Best Player

All prize-winning teams additionally received cash prizes and commemorative gifts.