Emirates News Agency – Tomorrow… the Professional League will hold the draw for the new football season in the “draw break”

DUBAI, 14th July / WAM / The UAE Professional League will hold the draw for the new season 2022-2023, for the ADNOC Professional Football League and the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup, at the clouds lounge in Khor Fakkan in the Emirate of Sharjah.

The association relies on the application of the smart electronic lottery system “electronic lottery”, which it had previously applied last season in accordance with the initiatives stemming from the association’s strategy 2020-2030, in applying the highest standards and methods of innovation and development in all organizational aspects of professional competitions.

The electronic lottery is applied to the ceremonies of the ADNOC Professional League, similar to the system adopted in major international leagues. The electronic system is based on technical standards in the first place, according to the arrangement of the teams in the last season 2021-2022, by distributing matches with the maximum degree of organization possible, according to various other conditions.

The electronic lottery takes into account the balance of the important matches, with a maximum of two matches in each round, and no team will play more than two consecutive matches inside or outside its stadium, taking into account the dates of the matches in the same city.

The electronic lottery in the first round included that each team played 6 matches at home and 7 matches outside, or vice versa at least, with each team given a break of at least 3 days between each two matches.

In the ADIB Cup, the first round matches will be held in two matches, with a knockout system to advance to the quarter-finals, with Al-Ain and Shabab Al-Ahly teams participating directly in the quarter-finals, as Al-Ain is the title holder in the ADNOC Professional League and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup, and Shabab Al-Ahly He is the runner-up for the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup.

The quarter-finals and semi-finals will be played in two home and away matches as well, while the final will be played in one match.