Rajshahi Division take on Rangpur Division in national phase grand final of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman National Gold Cup Football tournament (U-17) schedule to be held today at Bangabandhu National Stadium here. President M Abdul Hamid is expected to witness the final as the chief guest and later distribute the prizes.
The match kicks off at 3 pm. In this regards, a press conference was held on Saturday at conference room of Bangabandhu National Stadium to provide all the details of the meet.
The press release stated that the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman National Gold Cup Football tournament (U-17) formally inaugurated through fabulous ceremony with a match between Baushi Union of Barhatta team and Barhatta Sadar Union team at Sheikh Russel Mini Stadium at Barhatta Upazila in Netrokona district.
In order to bring back the golden days of the country’s football, the Youth and Sports Ministry decided to arrange the tournament, named after the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, across the country.
The tournament was held in knock out basis at upazilas, districts, division s phase and finally it was rolled into Dhaka where eight divisional teams took part in the national phase matches.
The upazila, district and division phase matches of the tournament was completed in September. The champions of upazila, district and division teams will receive cash prize along with trophy while the highest scorer and best player will also be awarded with medal.
To successfully host the tournament, a committee was formed in upazila, district and divisional phases. Executive officer for upazila, Deputy Commissioner for District and divisional commissioner for division acted their respective duty of committee’s president.
It’s a historical initiative by the Youth and Sports Ministry to arrange such kind of tournament in the name of Father of the Nation.
A total of 1,25,000 players from 5,500 schools across the country took part in the prestigious tournament.
Some 40 players have been selected through this tournament and they will be given special training at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothistan later stage.
Among them three players will be sent to Brazil for higher training.
