NC's special competition kicks off on Saturday

Sports News from Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Source: Goal.com

2019-03-26

The Standards Committee of the Ghana Football Federation has finally launched its project of special competitions for Elite and Division 1 clubs after months of delay.

Scheduled for Saturday, the championships from March 30 to June 30 should concern the 64 clubs of the Premier League and Division One of Ghana. However, two clubs – the Wa All Stars First Division and the new Edubiase United Division – have not yet confirmed their participation.

The two competitions are: the Premier League Premier League competition – similar to the usual local top flight – and the knock-out competition for the Premier League and Division 1 clubs – similar to the FA Cup competition .

The top 16 clubs will be grouped into two zones – South and North – each zone comprising eight teams.

The top two teams in each zone at the end of the round-robin championship format will advance to the semi-finals, and then the two winners will meet in the grand final to decide the final winner, who will represent Ghana in the final. 2019-20 Caf Champions League.

The winner of the Knock-Out Competition will represent the country at the Conf Confederation Cup 2019-2020.

The competitions will mark the resumption of football activities in this country of West Africa since the suspension of the national leagues last June after an investigative documentary by the famous journalist Anas Aremeyaw infiltrated. Anas left the Ghanaian federation and her leadership in a troubled corruption case. scandal.

Due to the long absence of football competitions, the Standards Committee – an interim body mandated by FIFA, Caf and the Ghanaian government to temporarily manage the sport in place of the FA – announced the creation of all new championships in December to "keep the clubs active" "until the beginning of a new season.

Initially scheduled to start Jan. 26, the championships have been postponed three times due to a series of setbacks before being totally canceled last month for sabotage reasons by the elite division's clubs.

However, they were reinstated at the end of last month as a result of a high level meeting with stakeholders organized by the Ghana Ministry of Youth and Sports and the National Parliament.