On 30 June 2012 the team of the Embassy of Ukraine in Jordan occupied the first place in the football championship among the teams of the diplomatic missions of the European countries accredited in the Kingdom, which was held in one of the Amman prestigious sport clubs – “Orthodox Club”.

The championship named “Play with Europe in Jordan”, was dedicated to the final of the Euro-2012 in Ukraine. The teams of the diplomatic missions of Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Spain, Italy, Germany, France and Sweden participated in the championship.

The team of the Ukrainian Embassy won convincingly the first match from the team of the Russian Embassy with a score of 6 goals to 2. In the semifinal of the championship the team of the Embassy of Ukraine won from the strong team of the French diplomatic mission with the score of 3 to 1. In the final of the championship the team of the Embassy of Ukraine won from the team of the Embassy of Spain in the tense competition with the score of 2 to nil.

The second place in the championship was occupied by the team of the Spanish Embassy, the third place – by the Embassy of Italy and the fourth one – by the French diplomatic mission.

After the finish of the championship the Ambassador of Ukraine to Jordan S.Pasko offered the precious prizes and presents to the football players of the Ukrainian and Spanish teams, who occupied the first and the second places.

The organizers of the championship were the Embassy of Ukraine in Jordan as well as the companies “Creative Concepts Industry” and “Barhoum Design & Branding”. The sponsors of the championship were the telephone company “Zain”, Jordan newspaper “Al Arab Al Youm” as well as the five stars Hotel “Kempinski”.

The money accumulated from the holding championship will be spent for supporting the King Hussein Cancer Center. The matches of the championship were covered by the leading mass media of Jordan.