State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has become one of the sponsors of the European Football Championship 2106, reads SOCAR's web site.
"We are happy to join the project and we are proud to establish cooperation with the world sport," said Elshad Nasirov, SOCAR Vice President for Investments and Marketing.
He said in 2012 Azerbaijan sponsored the Women's World Football Championship. "As the main sponsor of the Azerbaijan Football Federation Association (AFFA), SOCAR provides supports to football in the republic. We believe that sponsorship is among the rare opportunities for SOCAR to improve its image at the international arena," Nasirov added.
"We are happy to see SOCAR among the sponsors of the European Championship 2016. This is a rare opportunity for the company to represent its brand and expand its principal audience," said Gee-Loran Epstein, Marketing Director UEFA Events SA.
24 teams will play at the XV European Championship final. European Football Championship 2016 will take place in France. The final matches will be held in summer 2016 at the 10 stadiums in Bordeaux, Lance, Lille, Lion, Marseilles, Nice, Paris, Saint Deniz, Saint Etienne and Toulouse. The selective tournament of Euro-2016 will begin in September 2014 and sortition will take place in spring 2014.
The final sortition will take place at the end of 2015. According to the preliminary information, the final tournament will take place from June 10 to July 10, 2016.-0-
Economics
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The third meeting of the auction commission was held to evaluate the proposals submitted by participants in the auction for the Gobustan Solar Power Plant project, supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The meeting focused primarily on determining qualification eligibility and selecting the auction winner, according to the State Agency for Renewable Energy Sources.
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