The Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi has been selected to host the first edition of the KGL U-17 Inter Regional Championship in May. The Regional Championship will run alongside the U-17 Inter Club Champions League that started two seasons ago.
The ten Regional Football Associations are expected to select the best U-17 players from their Juvenile competitions to represent their Regions in this year’s edition.
The Ghana Football Association in October 2021, announced KGL Foundation as Juvenile League sponsor with an amount of One Million dollars ($5M) for a period of five years.
The first two editions of the U-17 Inter Club Champions League that featured 12 clubs from the ten Regions took place at McDan and Madina Astro Turf in Accra.
Mal FC won the maiden edition of the Inter club competition after beating then Greater Accra Champions Desidero FC while Accra based Great Corinthians defeated Tamale Republicans to win the second edition in September last year.
The Ghana Football Association will on yearly basis rotate the venue for Regional Championship as part of efforts to take the game to every corner in Ghana, create excitement, Bring back the Love, and to ignite passion.
Source: GFA Communication
