Sports Reporter :
U-18 National Football Championship will begin on March 9 at eight different zones across the country. Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will arrange the football competition. BFF has invited 76 teams including 64 districts. A total of 60 teams have given response to the invitation of BFF yet.
The preliminary phase of the competition will start on March 9, while the final round will kick-off on March 23.
The champions will be awarded Taka one lakh, while the runners-up will be given Taka fifty thousand as prize-money.
Marking the forthcoming mega football competition, a press conference was held at the conference room of Bangladesh Football Federation House on Thursday. Senior Vice-President of BFF Abdus Salam Murshedy, Vice-President of BFF and Chairman of the Development Committee of BFF Badal Roy, Vice-President of BFF and Chairman of the Competitions Committee of BFF Mohiuddin Ahmed Mohi, Chairman of Chittagong Abahani Limited Shanmsul Haque Chowdhury, MP, Members of the Executive Committee of BFF Fazlur Rahman Babul, Satyajit Das Rupu, Elias Hossain were present at the conference, among others.
Abdus Salam Murshedy said, ” The budget of the tournament has been estimated at Taka eighty lakh. BFF is seeking a sponsor for the meet.”
He said, ” Most of the expenditure will be provided by AFC and FIFA.”
Badal Roy said, ” We will send coaches to all the participating districts. We want to select at least one hundred booters for the training camp. A selected squad will be chosen from them, which will take part in the upcoming AFC Under-19 Tournament.”
He said, ” The coaches will choose 30 booters. Later, a 20-member squad will be selected for the youth competition.”
Mohiuddin Ahmed Mohi said, ” Badal Roy, Rupu, Iqbal, Elias, Amer Khan and many other talented footballers were came from the tournament of Under-18 National Football Championship. So, the tournament is very important for the future talented footballers of Bangladesh.”
