The second annual mini-football tournament among the teams of computer companies, COMPUTERBALL '99, began in Moscow on March 15, 1999. The event is held by ComputerAge company and will last until June 30, 1999. This year the number of participants is twice greater than in 1998 tournament, which took place in Moscow last July and August and turned out to be far more popular than expected. IT, Dealine, Rosko, Compaq, CompuLink, Hewlett-Packard, Xerox, Techmarket, Elst, Samsung and a number of other companies are among 32 participants of the present competition.

The tournament will be arranged in two stages. The qualification stage will take place indoors and will last for 10 weeks. The top 16 teams will go forward to the final stage in June, which will be arranged in olympic system. The games will be judged by professional referees from CSKA football club. The winners, silver and bronze medalists and the best players will be awarded with prizes from ComputerAge, CSKA and sponsors of the event.

Source: InfoArt News Agency

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