Pakistan, Lahore, Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has announced the draws for the National U-13 Regional Football Festival-2013 Qualification Round to commence simultaneously at 4 cities of Pakistan from Wednesday, February 06 to February 12, 2013. The venues selected for hosting the week-long event are Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar and Tufail Abad.
According to the press release issued here by PFF, the opening day will see Sindh facing AID-27 Karachi Blue Zone at Peoples Football Stadium Karachi while Punjab will lock horns with AID-27 Faisalabad Zone at Tufail Shaheed Football Stadium Tufail Abad. The 5-day event featuring 8 teams will comprise 9 matches. The detail of draws is as under:
Feb 08 Balochistan v AID-27 Chaman Zone at Sadiq Shaheed Football Stadium Quetta, Peshawar-Nowshera Zone vs Islamabad at Qayyum Football Stadium Peshawar. Sindh vs AID-27 Karachi Blue Zone at Peoples Football Stadium Karachi, Punjab vs AID-27 Faisalabad Zone at Tufail Shaheed Football Stadium Tufail Abad.
Feb 10 Balochistan v AID-27 Chaman Zone at Sadiq Shaheed Football Stadium Quetta, KPK vs Peshawar-Nowshera Zone at Qayyum Football Stadium Peshawar.
Feb 12 KPK/ Islamabad at Qayyum Football stadium Peshawar.
It is pertinent to mention here that Faisalabad Zone from Punjab, Karachi Blue from Sindh, Peshawar-Nowshera Zone from KPK and Chaman Zone from Balochistan Zone were the winners of PFF U-13 Football Youth Cup-2013 and promoted for National U–13 Regional Football Festival-2013 Qualification Round. They will be competing with the provincial teams of Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab and KPK.
The participating teams for National U-13 Regional Football Festival-2013 Qualification Round have been divided in four groups. In Group A Sindh and AID-27 Karachi Blue Zone have been placed, Group B included Balochistan and AID-27 Chaman Zone, Group C contains Punjab and AID-27 Faisalabad Zone while in Group D KPK/ Islamabad Zone and AID-27 Peshawar/Nowshera Zone have been placed.
National U-13 Regional Football Festival-2013
Qualification Round
Next Fixture :( Wednesday, February 6, 2013)
Group A
Match # 1 Sindh Vs AID-27 Karachi Blue Zone @ 16:00 PST @ Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
Group C
Match # 2 Punjab Vs AID-27 Faisalabad Zone @ 15:30 PST @ Tufail Shaheed Football Stadium, Tufail Abad, Pakistan