Leisure Leagues Karachi Youth Initiative Football final tomorrow

Top two teams of each of the five districts will vie for top honours in the final round of the Leisure Leagues Karachi Youth Initiative Football Championship here at KMC Stadium Football Stadium at 3:00 pm on Saturday, April 14. Earlier, a total of 1,000 players representing 100 teams - twenty teams from each of the five districts namely District South, Central, East, Malir and West participated in the qualifying rounds of the championship.
Furthermore, two leagues, comprising of ten teams each, were organized for each district. Champions of those ten leagues qualified for this final round. Each team played a total of 14 matches during the qualifying rounds. Each team comprised of ten players including three substitute players.
In the final round, two groups of four teams each will be formed while the remaining two teams will directly qualify for semifinals on the basis of draw. After playing knock out matches, one team from each group, after playing two matches, will qualify for semifinals. Draw will be opened in presence of each district representatives.
Top two teams of each Districts qualified for final round namely Hazara United and Baloch Star from Central, Gizri Star and Al-Ghazi from East, Haji Samad FC and Pak Zamindar from South, Baloch Youth Garden and Khaber Muslim from West and Omer Star and Shazad Mohammadan from Malir Districts.
Meanwhile, all of the 1000 players of all five districts are expected to be present during the closing ceremony along with their coaches and district officials. Medals and certificates will be distributed among all participating players of the championship.