Vanadzor vs Tehran
Vanadzor vs Tehran, Pan-Armenian Games, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia for EurasiaNet 2007
Although I had been told by those responsible for the Pan-Armenian Games in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the mini-football listed in the official schedule distributed to journalists was not taking place near Hrazdan Stadium, as I found myself in the area earlier I thought I’d at least check. Surprise, surprise — the mini-football was taking place there after all, and I can’t say I’m surprised at the conflicting information coming from those actually responsible for the Games.
Anyway, the match between Tehran and Vanadzor appeared to be won by the former if the scoreboard was anything to go by — with Tehran winning 10 out of 15 of the sets in the game — so I’m guessing that it’s tournament style event with accrued points determining who will play in the final. On that, according to one of the referees, the final will be between Yerevan and Vanadzor with an earlier game determining the third and fourth places. Tehran are due to play one of the teams from Russia.
Incidentally, a film crew from Public TV H1 turned up during the last ten minutes of the game which was the first time I’ve seen any TV station at the events I’ve attended. Hopefully this means that the semi-finals and finals will be covered and broadcast live today and tomorrow on H1. I can’t say for sure as I don’t watch television here, but for those of you out there in the Diaspora, tune in and see. Meanwhile, I’ve created a Pan-Armenian Games set on my Flickr page.
This means that images can be viewed via thumbnail previews or as a slide show. The set will be updated with images from the final day of the Pan-Armenian Games tomorrow.
Vanadzor vs Tehran, Pan-Armenian Games, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia for EurasiaNet 2007
Hey there,
Scenes of the panarmenian games were shown on C1 ( including the game mentionned in this post ) . It was at around 8.30 my time so 11.30 yerevan time .
Just thought u might like to know .
There were also interviews with coaches and referees etc.
Comment by chantal — August 25, 2007 @ 11:44 pm