The 2024 KGL Foundation Inter-Regional U17 Colts Championship will be launched in Accra on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
The launch will take place at the Conference Room of the Ghana Football Association at 11am.
Organisers of the 12-day football youth football bonanza will use the opportunity to address the media on plans and preparations for the championship.
This is the Fourth Edition of the KGL Foundation Sponsored Inter-Regional U17 Colts Championship after previous events were held in Accra and Kumasi, and now going to the GFA Technical Centre at Prampram.
The KGL Foundation Inter-Regional U17 Colts Championship, launched in 2021, has been an avenue for talent discovery for clubs, particularly Premier and Division One League clubs, with several players being beneficiaries of the esteemed competition.
The ten Regional Football Associations will select the best U17 players from their Colts competitions to represent their regions in this year’s edition.
It would be recalled that the Ghana Football Association, in October 2021, announced the KGL Foundation as Colts (Juvenile) League sponsors in a landmark sponsorship valued at One million United States dollars covering a period of five (5) years.
.The maiden (2021) and 2022 editions were held in Accra while Kumasi hosted the 2023 edition in line with the GFA’s policy of holding championships in various regions to give the competition regional balance.
The Championship returns to the capital in 2024 with the Ghanaman Centre of Excellence in Prampram, hosting the Fourth Edition of the talent identification tournament.
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 2022.
When the competition used the Elite Regional Players format, Ashanti Regional U-17 beat Bono Ahafo Region on penalties to clinch the title in a thrilling fashion in Kumasi last year.
The KGL U17 Inter-regional championships have produced exceptionally talented players over the last four years, with some playing for all the Junior National teams of Ghana and others in the domestic elite division leagues. Some players discovered at these championships have also moved abroad to continue the development with foreign clubs.
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