The results of the republican football tournament among school teams "The Leather Ball 2024-2025" were summed up in Bendery. Qualifying competitions were held in all cities and districts of the republic since last autumn. The final games have taken place. It was held at the city stadium of Bendery.
Vadim Krasnoselsky watched the decisive matches. The PMR President has a direct relation to this sporting event. It was on his initiative that the football tournament, founded by the legendary Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin, was revived in Pridnestrovie in 2019.
Addressing the participants, fans and organizers of the competition, Vadim Krasnoselsky called the tournament a football festival, expressing gratitude to everyone who was involved in its implementation. The President emphasized that the emphasis is on the development of mass sports in Pridnestrovie. "We are engaged in high-performance sports, we have an Olympic reserve school, we have our own Olympic champions, world and European champions. But the republic is implementing the idea of developing mass sports in order to involve as many girls and boys as possible in any kind of sport at the same time. Such a beautiful, graceful and dynamic sport as football, and today's event is proof of this," the PMR President emphasized. Vadim Krasnoselsky noted that there were no losers among the participants, since all sportsmen received the most important thing – their result and positive emotions.
"The Leather Ball 2024-2025" tournament was attended by 324 teams (199 boy teams and 125 girl teams) – 3158 schoolchildren in total. 47 teams (456 participants) competed for the winner's title in the decisive matches. The finalists were determined in three age categories. The first place among grades 4-5 was taken by the boy team of the capital's comprehensive school No. 12 and the girl team of the Blizhny Khutor comprehensive school. The best among grades 6-8 were the boys from Butor comprehensive school and schoolgirls from Blizhny Khutor. The leaders among grades 9-11 were the men's team from Bendery Theoretical Lyceum named after Berg and the women's team from Kitskany school No. 2.
The awards to the winners were presented personally by the President Vadim Krasnoselsky.
