Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 8 / Trend M.Aliyev /
A mini-football tournament will be held in memory of Azerbaijani national hero Mubariz Ibrahimov, the Azerbaijani Youth and Sport Ministry reported today.
The Azerbaijani Student Youth Organizations Union will hold the mini-football tournament devoted to Ibrahimov among students of higher educational institutions from Dec. 9 under the framework of the Let's Know and Introduce Our National Heroes Project.
Teams from 24 various higher educational institutions will participate in the tournament.
Azerbaijani armed forces ensign Mubariz Ibrahimov showed heroism in an armed incident at the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops on June 18, killing four and wounding four Armenian servicemen.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree conferring the posthumous title of "National Hero" upon Ibrahimov on July 22.