Artists’WC draw to be held in Moscow on April 16
13.04.2015 17:59
The draw of the Vth Artists’World Championship – “Art-football” festival and the press conference will take place on April 16 in Moscow.
The press conference will be attended by Pavel Kolobkov, Russian deputy sports minister, Alexei Vorobyev, head of Moscow sports and physical culture department, Nikolai Tolstykh, president of the Russian football union, Yuri Davydov, “Art-football” organizer, Natalia Davydova, head of the “Under the flag of Kindness!” charity foundation and Ilya Averbukh, figure skating legend.
The speakers will answer questions concerning “Art-football” music and football festival, Artists’World Cup and “Under the flag of Kindness!” charity campaign.
Also representatives of the 16 teams taking part in the Championship will be present at the draw: Gimmy Garber (Great Britain), Joseph Fettig (Germany), Manuela Bresciani (Italy), Yuri Davydov (Russia), Rudi Lima and Clyde Pinas (the Netherlands), Hiroe Takahasi (Japan), Adrian Enache and Tiberius Calinos (Romania), Albert Skorokhod and Vasily Konovalov (Bielorussia), Oved Kraus and Yakov Gershenzon (Israel), Stano Galis and Ivo Hlavacek (Slovakia), Tomaz Strgar (Slovenia), Deniz Cem (Turkey), Allan Muuk (Estonia), Kim Von Il (Korea), Brazil and Kazakhstan.
The draw will consist of 2 rounds. At the first round top 4 teams of the WC-2014 will be seeded in groups A, B, C and D. At the second round other 12 teams will be divided into 4 groups by blind draw.