Pune FC presents Urzza Cup 2014: Vodafone Shared Services crowned champions

Vodafone Shared Services emerged winners in the inaugural Pune FC presents Urzza Cup 2014 Inter-Corporate Football Tournament held at the Score Turfs in Seasons Mall Hadapsar.

The city-based corporate side came out top among 24 teams and clinched the Urzza Gold Cup overcoming Gallagher Services 2-0 in the grand final on Sunday.

On their way to the championship, Vodafone beat Cognizant Technology Solutions 4-0 in the quarterfinals before overpowering Homeward Residential in a thrilling penalty shootout in the semis.

Meanwhile, Amdocs emerged champions of the Urzza Sliver Cup hammering Automated Data Processing 4-0 in the other final on the day.

In other fun activities taking place at the venue, it was Cognizant Technology Solutions who came out on top in the Urzza Penalty Cup.

The Grand Finale of this four-weekend-long event, was attended by an audience of close to three hundred people. Moreover, young kids from the Pune FC Soccer Schools too participated in a 6-team Soccer School tournament which was clinched by Anish-Utd.

The finalists in the Urzza Gold Cup clinched all the individual awards with Vodafone dominating the proceedings with three awards – Best Player, Rahul Mehta; Best Forward, Michael Vaz and Best Goalkeeper Sameer Shetty. On the other hand, Gallagher Services’ Santosh Ghorpade emerged as the Best Defender.

RESULTS

Urzza Gold Cup

Final

Vodafone: 2 (Micheal Vaz 2’, Aditya Iyer 20’) b Gallagher Services: 0

Semifinals

Vodafone: 2 (4) (Aditya Iyer 19’, 21’) b Homeward Residential: 2 (3) (Vignesh Kharade 14’, 22’) via tie breaker

Gallagher Services: 2 (3) (Vishal Polkam 19’, Amalan Dass 20’) b Cybage: 2 (2) (Charudatta Chauhan 1’, 12’) via tie-breaker

Quarterfinals

Homeward  Residential: 3 (Faizal Razak 2’,4’,8’) b L&T Infotech: 0

Vodafone: 4 (Micheal Vaz 4’,7’, 19’, Aditya Iyer 14’) b Cognizant: 2 (Ninan Kurunthottical 8’,21’)

Cybage: 2 (Arif Chitterun 3’,9’) b Accenture: 0

Gallagher Services: 5 (Ishan Panjwani 6’,13’,19’, Fabian Mollan 8’,21’) b iNautix: 3 (Harisharan 2’,20’, Kaushik 14’)

Urzza Silver Cup

Final

Amdocs: 4 (Saresh 17’, 19’, Deepesh Nair 22’, Chetan 24’) b ADP: 0

Semifinals

Amdocs: 4 (Saresh 4’, 6’, 22’, Ambar 8’) b Divine Multiproducts: 1 (Abhijeet 20’)

ADP: 2 (Lawrence 6’, Nadeem Shaikh 14’) b Gallagher Services: 0

Individual Awards:

1. Best Player of the Tournament: Rahul Mehta (Vodafone)
2. Best Forward of the Tournament: Micheal Vaz (Vodafone)
3. Best Defender of the Tournament: Santosh Ghorpade (Gallagher Services)
4. Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Sameer Shetty (Vodafone)

Participating teams in the knockout stage

Bisleri Urzza Gold Cup

1. L&T Infotech
2. Homeward Residential
3. Vodafone Shared Services
4. Cognizant Technology Solution
5. iNautix Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.
6. Gallagher Services
7. Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
8. Cybage Pvt. Ltd.

Bisleri Urzza Silver Cup

1. Amdocs Development Centre India Pvt. Ltd.
2. Gallagher Services
3. Automated Data Processing
4. Divine Multiproducts Pvt. Ltd.