The inter-university soccer carnival was a novel idea conceived and meticulously organized by a dedicated group of motivated students of Ahlia University aimed at promoting a healthy and harmonious competition amongst the universities in Bahrain. The AU Student Council, encouraged by the President of Ahlia University, Prof. Abdulla Y. Al-Hawaj to organize this event, brought the different universities in the Kingdom of Bahrain on one platform for the first time. Amongst the universities that took part and fielded one or two teams in the tournament, apart from Ahlia University, were an eclectic potpourri of public and private universities in Bahrain including: the University of Bahrain, Arab Open University, BIBF(A), BIBF(B), The Royal Police College(A), The Royal Police College(B), Kingdom University, UCB (A), UCB(B), Gulf University, NYIT(A), NYIT(B) and AMA University.

Providing a high energy venue for exciting football, the stadium brimmed over with spectators who watched nail-biting matches throughout the tournament. Representatives of their respective universities, the players provided a convincing display of their football prowess in a short period of time. Based on a knockout scheme, the tournament format produced the very best from the players. All the universities sported many good players, whose demonstration of expertise made it difficult to single out any one player as the best. Inevitably, one team triumphed over the others and, BIBF, emerged victorious. AMA University and The Royal Police College (B) earned runner-up status as holding second and third place ranking respectively. Providing the spectators with a memorable match, the Ahlia University team went down fighting during the knockout stage. As for other accolades, the UCB(A) was adjudged the best team whereas Sayed Adnan Mohammed of Royal College (B) was recognized as the best player of the tournament.

H.E. Shaikh Fawaz Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, awarded the Ahlia University Soccer Tournament certificates and medals to the winning teams. Many VIPs, including Mr. Ahmed Salloom, Governor, Central Area, Kingdom of Bahrain, and the Presidents of the various universities were present during the course of the tournament and cheered the players. The importance of the tournament could be seen in the keen interest displayed by the players of the different teams and the spirit with which they played the game. Overall, the tournament turned out to be a great success and, for their pivotal role in organizing the event, the Ahlia University Student Council along with student volunteers, deserve commendation and kudos.