Sports Reporter :
Tangail Football Academy will face Asaduzzaman Football Academy in the opening match of the Walton 1st Dhaka Metropolis Football Tournament at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city’s Kamalapur tomorrow. The match will kick-off at 4.00 pm.
Dhaka Metropolis Football League Committee is the organizer of the football competition, while Walton Group is the title sponsor of the meet and Minister High Tech Limited is the co-sponsor of the competition.
A total of 12 teams splitting into four groups will compete in the football tournament. Tangail Football Academy, Dr Wazed Miah Krira Chakra, Asaduzzaman Football Academy are in Group-A, Mansoor Sporting Club, Shantinagar Club, Araf Sporting Club are in Group-B, Azampur Football Club, Mir Hajirbagh Sporting Club, BFF Under-16 XI are in Group-C, BKSP, Rainbow Athletic Club, Narinda Junior Lions Club are in Group-D.
The top four teams of each group will get tickets of the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals will face each other in the final. The final will be held on August 10.
The winners of the final will be the champions of the football tournament.
The two semi-finals and the final are scheduled to be held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
The champions will be awarded Taka one lakh, while the runners-up will get Taka fifty thousand as prize-money.
