July 18, 2017, Kazan - Today the capital of Tatarstan hosted the grand opening of the 12 Summer Sberbankiade, the main annual sporting event of Sberbank Group.

Around 2,000 of the Group's top sportspeople arrived in Kazan to take part in the events. Grouped into teams, they represent Regional Banks, subsidiary banks from Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Turkey, and affiliated companies.

The sports facilities will accommodate competitions across 12 sports: mini-football, volleyball (including beach volleyball), basketball, tennis and table tennis, swimming, running, chess, and others. Crossfit will debut at this year's Sberbankiade. All events will take place at the sports facilities in the Universiade Village.

Together with the sportspeople and fans, fifteen of the teams that got through to the finals of KVN are also in attendance. You can stay up to date on the sports and meetings of the KVN participants on a special VKontakte page.

'Sberbank is a bank of young, energetic, active people, who choose healthy living and sport. The history of the Sberbankiade stretches back more than two decades - it's great that we have been able to keep this tradition going. It has been possible because we are one team - at work and in sport,' said Herman Gref, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, speaking to the participants of the games.

The Sberbankiade closing ceremony and awards ceremony for winners will be held on July 22.

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