Dhaka, March 01: The ATN Bangla Independent Cup Football
Tournament will kick off with the match between Rahmatganj MFS and Bangladesh Air Force at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday next. Reigning champions Farashganj will play in the final round alongwith the
nine Bangladesh
Premier League teams. The seven winners of the qualifying round first phase and the one team
among the seven losers will move to the second round. The team will be picked
by lottery. In the final round 12 teams will play comprising 4 groups. Top team from
each group will move into semis. Champion team will be awarded Tk 5 lacs and Runner up 3 lacs. Player of
the Tournament and Player of the final will also be awarded. Each team of final
round will receive Tk. 25 thousand as participating money. ATN Bangla will provide 12 lacs as sponsor money and will live telecast
the opening and final round matches. BFF Senior Vice president Abdus Salam Murshedy disclosed these in a meet the press at the BFF House on Friday. “We are happy that we are arranging second time this tournament. We can
keep our word that we are following football calendar. Last four years we have
past just understanding each other keeping football in the field. Now this time
we will keep you busy in football all round the year.” said professional league
committee chairman. ATN Bangla Vice President Tasiq Ahmed felt very proud being sponsor
Independent Cup. “You can see we are always with the sports. We are also with
the Bangladesh Football Federation. We feel very proud to be a part of this
prestigious tournament. We will try to live telecast most of the matches in the
tournament alongwith opening and final round” BFF member Hasanuzzaman Bablu, other BFF and club officials were also
present on the occasion.
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