JFA U-14 women’s football starts tomorrow

The JFA U-14 Women's Football Championship, involving 42 district teams, starts tomorrow across seven zones of the country.

Dinajpur, Naogaon, Laxmipur, Madaripur, Mymensingh, Magura and Kushtia will host the seven zonal matches of the seventh edition of the tournament.

Powered by Walton and financed by the Japan Football Association, the seventh edition will offer Tk 20,000 to each team as participation money, Tk 50,000 for final round champions and Tk 25,000 for final round runners-up teams. There will also be trophies for champions and runners-up teams as well as best players in each zonal rounds.

The matches of the seven zones will be completed by March 21. The seven zonal champions will qualify to participate, along with Ansar & VDP as the eighth team, in the Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games at the end of this month. The final round of the championship, though, will be held in the month of May. 

All these information were disclosed during a press briefing at the BFF House yesterday, with BFF Women's Wing chairman Mahfuza Akter Kiron and technical director Paul Smalley present among others.

The defending champions of the championship are Magura, who beat Rangpur in the final of last edition held last year. Mymensingh have won this championship a record three times.