Press release Al-Badran praises the achievements of the Kuwaiti youth team & promises to support them in the Asian Cup Finals

Press release

Published October 7th, 2011 - 05:00 GMT

Al Bawaba

Kuwait Telecommunications Company VIVA held a ceremony to honor the members of the Kuwaiti Youth National team (under 16 years old) who qualified to the Asian Cup Finals that will take place next year, following the great results the team has achieved in the qualifying stage, during which they managed to qualify from the second group that Kuwait hosted its competitions lately.

The president of the Kuwaiti Football Association Sheikh Talal Al-Fahad and the management of the National team were present in the ceremony in addition to the team members, their families & VIVA key executives.

This ceremony comes on line of VIVA's support for the National team, as the company is always keen to honor & support all the youth sport achievements that raises the name of Kuwait high in all forums. It also comes as a part of the continuous support that VIVA provides for the sport in general & particularly to the National team that is currently playing in the group stage of World Cup qualifying rounds.

Mr. Salman Abdulaziz Al-Badran, VIVA's Chief Executive, took this opportunity to praise the accomplishments of the Kuwaiti youth team & the players who made everyone proud of this great achievement. Al-Badran added that the qualifying of the Youth National team to the Asian Cup Finals next year is an opportunity everyone should take to support them. He also thanked all the people who participated in reaching this stage that was crowned by qualifying of the National team.

It is noteworthy to mention that on the 23rd of September of this year, the Kuwaiti National team was able to reserve a place in the finals by coming second in the second group of Asian Cup qualifying round, behind Yemen who topped the group by goal difference.

VIVA will continue to support the Kuwait National Team throughout their journey and wishes them all the best and more of success.

Background Information

Viva

Kuwait Telecommunications Company (VIVA) is Kuwaiti Shareholding Company incorporated pursuant to Amiri Decree No. 187 on 22 July 2008 to operate and manage the third GSM mobile network in Kuwait as per Law no. 2 of 2007. Accordingly, VIVA was launched in December 2008 and was listed on Kuwait Stock Exchange during December 2014.

VIVA is the newest, most advanced mobile telecommunications service provider in the country. VIVA has rapidly established itself in the market through its customer and employee-centric approach.