Saudi Youth Take Home Gillette Future Championship

Dubai, UAE, February 215 - Gillette, the world's leading male grooming brand, ended its Gillette Future Championship (GFC) football tournament at the grand finale held At Dubai Ice Rink on Friday 6th February. For the third year in a row teams from the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia faced each other to claim the sought after title. 

The semi-finals took place in Dubai Mall at the Ice Rink with UAE teams Motorlegs and Ahdaaf Santos and KSA teams Obada City and Colombia facing off. Winners of the semi-finals, Motorlegs and Obada City, competed for the coveted opportunity to represent their country and attend Fundación Real Madrid training camp, part of Real Madrid’s Football Club for two weeks and experience a once in a life-time chance to be trained under the guidance of some of the best football coaches in the world. Obada City took home the title of Gillette Future Champs with a final score of 6-0.

Prior to the grand finale the tournament commenced with a number of football matches and knock out tournaments held across Dubai, Riyadh and Jeddah. The tournament attracted 3,296 players from all over the UAE and KSA. Launched in October 2013 the Gillette Future Champs Academy aimed to bring together UAE and KSA youth’s need to look and perform like champions. Gillette provided young Emirati and Saudi talent an exclusive opportunity to develop their football skills whilst motivating and educating them on important grooming methods and techniques.

Habib Azar, Gillette Brand Manager, Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan stated, "Yet again it has been another successful year for Gillette Future Championship. We have seen an immense increase in interest from both Emirati and Saudi youth who are keen to participate and compete at GFC. Young, local football talent has been on full display this year, with all teams fighting hard to win the prize to Spain. It has been our privilege to watch these youths grow and enhance their skills throughout the year and we are very excited to give Obada City their 1st real football training experience. We believe, in order to reach success it is important that these football champs look and feel their best on an off the pitch and we aim to provide them with the means to do so.”