The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) will restart football activities after the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the ‘FFSL President’s Cup 2020’.
Aside from the FA Cup, this will be the first major tournament that the FFSL will conduct after the 2018 Dialog Champions League concluded in February 2019.
According to the FFSL, they were unable to conduct any tournament for around one and half years due to the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks and the monsoon rains. However, even with the said obstacles many tournaments of other sports were conducted successfully. Mainly, the Schools Rugby tournament re-started within a month of the Easter Sunday bombings.
The main objective of this invitational tournament will be to reinvigorate football in the country and to scout talent for the National team.
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The top 24 teams in the country based on last available points table, were invited to take part in this competition. A meeting was summoned on 30th June and representatives from 20 teams were in attendance for this meeting. It was consented by all teams and officials that those who were present for the meeting to be considered for the event.
Participating Teams
Defenders FC – Colombo FC – Blue Star SC – Sea Hawks FC – Renown SC – Ratnam SC – Up Country Lions SC – Blue Eagles SC – Red Stars FC – New Youngs FC – Matara City Club – Java Lane SC – Saunders SC – Police SC – Serendib FC – Crystal Palace FC – Super Sun SC – New Star SC – SLTB SC – Moragasmulla SC
Solid SC, Negombo Youth FC, Pelicans SC & were the teams that did not attend the meeting. The tournament is scheduled to kick-off on 26th July.
To materialize the event with success, FFSL will offer financial support for all teams for preparation, participation and travel cost to reach Colombo for all matches.
Sugathadasa Stadium and Racecourse International Stadium will be the venues, however under the health guidelines & regulations, FFSL will not entertain fans for these matches.
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