Dhaka metro football tourney from July 27

The Walton 1st Dhaka Metropolis Football Tournament gets underway on July 27th, with 12 teams from the Second Division, Third Division and Pioneer League taking part. The 12 team tournament, which also includes a BKSP side and a BFF U-16 side, will be split into four groups and the teams will play in round robin format before playing the semifinals and the final.

The organisers, Dhaka Metropolis Football League Committee (DMFLC), said that since there is some time left before the start of the Bangladesh Championship League, they tried to squeeze in this tournament, which will feature at total of 15 matches.

“Since we are holding this for the first time in this way, we may have some shortcomings,” DMFLC chairman Harunur Rashid said during a press conference at the BFF House.

“We have tried to involve clubs from the second division, third division and pioneer league as well as a BFF team and a BKSP team. The objective of this tournament is to find young players, most of whom will be at the under-16 to under-18 level. Other division teams can loan players to these teams, but foreign footballers will not be allowed,” he continued.

The tentative date for the final is 10 August and the matches will be held at two venues – the Bangabandhu National Stadium and the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium.

The press conference was attended, among others, by chief sponsors Walton's director Iqbal Bin Anwar, co-sponsors Minister Fridge's Abdur Razzak and tournament committee chairman Saleh Zaman Selim.