Final of under-17 football today
The final of the inaugural Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Gold Cup (U-17) Football tournament will be held today at the Bangbandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.
Rajshahi Division will take on Rangpur Division in the final, which will be witnessed by President Abdul Hamid.
The inaugural edition of the tournament, organised by the Youth and Sports Ministry, kicked off on September 1 at the Sheikh Russel (Mini) Stadium in Netrokona. A total of 125,000 players of 5,508 teams including upazila, Districts Sports Associations, clubs and football academies participated in the nationwide tournament.
Eight divisional teams emerged from the upazila, zila and divisional stages before the knock-out final phase of the tournament, which was held in Dhaka.
Rajshahi beat Dhaka in the first semifinal while Rangpur got the better of Khulna in the second semifinal.
A press conference in this regard was held at the Bangbandhu National Stadium conference hall yesterday in presence of the captains and coaches of the two finalist teams.
Four top performers from this tournament will travel to Brazil for advanced training while 43 talented booters will be picked for long-term training camp in Savar's BKSP, speakers told the press conference.
The high officials of the ministry and Bangladesh Football Federation were present at the press conference.
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