DHAKA, April 3, 2019 (BSS)- The grand finals of Bangabandhu Gold Cup Primary School Football tournament and Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Primary School Football tournament will be held tomorrow (Thursday) at the country’s premier venue Bangabandhu National Stadium.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to grace the finals as the chief guest and later distribute the trophy.
Dokkhin Kanialkhatha Govt. Primary School, Nilphamari of Rangpur Division will take on Horipur Govt. Primary School, Joyentapur of Sylhet division in the final of Bangabandhu Gold Cup Primary School Football tournament that kicks off at 1 pm while Tepurgari BK Govt. Primary School, Lalmonirhat of Rangpur Division meet Pachrukhi Govt. Primary School of Mymensingh Division in the Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib final that begins at 3.30 pm.
State-owned Bangladesh Television will telecast live both the finals.
The Bangabandhu Gold Cup football tournament began its journey in 2010 paying tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and with this sequence Bangamata Gold Cup also introduced in 2011. The main themes of these two tournaments are “Let’s all go to school.”
The two tournaments were held at unions, upazilas, districts and divisional phases and finally concluded in national phase through final matches.
A total of 11,18,515 boys students represented to 65,795 schools in Bagabandhu Gold Cup while 11,16, 900 girls students represented to 65,700 schools in Bangamata Gold Cup this year.
Chattagram Division are the hat-trick champions in the Bangabandhu Gold Cup followed by Rangpur Division and Sylhet Division two times while Barisal Division are one occasion.
On the other hand, Kolosindur Govt. Primary School of Dhobaura Upazilla under Mymensingh Division is the successful team of the Bangamata Gold Cup.
Besides, Ranpur division emerged champions in two times while Chattagram and Khulna Division emerged champions in one occasion each.
The two tournaments have been playing important role to search players from the grassroots level. Players of Bangamata Gold Cup now have included in the national team.
The Primary and Mass Education Ministry has been relentlessly working with the expectation that the students, coming out from these two tournaments, would represent the national team in the coming future.
In this regards, a pre final press conference was held at conference room of Bangladesh Football Federation to provide all the details of the meet.
State Minister for Primary and Mass Education M Zakir Hossain, Primary and Mass Education Secretary M Akram Al Hossain, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) vice president Mohiuddin Ahmed Mohi, BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Sohag, were among others, present on the occasion.
On occasion of the two grand finals of the tournaments, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today issued separate statements.
President Abdul Hamid said besides the education the Bangabandhu and Bangamata tournaments will play an important role in building beautiful, efficient, talented and healthy nation through the physical development.
He wished every success of the two tournaments.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said beside the education the present government is giving emphasis for participating sports and cultural activities for intellectual development, physical and mental development of the students.
She wished entire successes of the Bangabandhu and Bangamata football tournaments.