The Plan Under-15 Girls Football Championship involving 50 districts will be held at seven venues across the country from Saturday. Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has tagged awareness programs and developing leadership for the girls with the tournament’s procedure. The participating girls will also be attending seminars besides competing in the tournament.
On Saturday the tournament kicks-off with eight teams in Dinajpur, eight teams in Chuadnaga, six teams in Rajshahi followed by the start of the Patuakhali zone with five teams on Sunday. The matches of Faridpur (eight), Lakshmipur (seven) and Habiganj (eight) will kick-off on Monday.
Plan Bangladesh and UNIQLO, a Japanese clothing manufacturer, are the sponsors of the event and will provide Tk10.38m (Tk0.69m per year) for two years to the BFF for the successful completion and in the third year there will be an evaluation of the whole process.
In a press conference held at the BFF House on Wednesday BFF Women’s Wing Chairman Sirajul Islam Bachchu and deputy chairman Mahfuza Akter Kiron presented the meet.
“We want to empower the girls as a complete human being while playing football, they will learn the leadership development and will go through the awareness programs of domestic violence and others, we look forward towards the cooperation from all the sectors,” said Bachchu.
Mahfuza Akter Kiron said there will 30 selected players from each zone who will be attending a one month long basic training and later there will be two teams in each zone.