2019 BFF U-18 Football Tournament explained

BFF U-18 Football Tournament
Year:	2019
Country:	Bangladesh
Dates:	13 September – 2 October 2019
Num Teams:	12
Champions:	NoFeL Sporting Club U-18^[1]
Count:	1
Matches:	19
Goals:	55
Attendance:	8715
Top Goal Scorer:	3 Goals Rahul (Arambagh KS U-18) Jamal (Chittagong Abahani U-18) Iqbal (Dhaka Abahani U-18) Sabbir Hossain (Bashundhara Kings U-18) Arman Hossain Abir (NoFeL Sporting Club)
Player:	Rashedul Islam (Bashundhara Kings U-18)
Prevseason:	2018
Nextseason:	BFF U-18 Football League

The 2019 BFF U-18 Football Tournament (also known as Walton U-18 Football Tournament for sponsorship reason), It was the 3rd edition of BFF U-18 Football Tournament, a youth club football tournament in Bangladesh hosted by the Bangladesh Football Federation.The main goal of this tournament to produce future football players for Bangladesh national football team and clubs.^{[2] [3]}

Draw

The draw ceremony were held at BFF house at Motijheel, Dhaka on 31 July 2019. The 12 teams were divided into 4 groups. Top two teams from each group will qualified for Quarter-finals.

width=20%	Group A	width=20%	Group B	width=20%	Group C	width=20%	Group D
Chittagong Abahani U-18 Brothers Union U-18 Muktijoddha Sangsad U-18	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club U-18 Arambagh KS U-18 Rahmatganj MFS U-18	Bashundhara Kings U-18 Dhaka Abahani U-18 Dhaka Mohammedan U-18	Saif SC U-18 Sheikh Russel KC U-18 NoFeL Sporting Club U-18

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Round Matches Dates

Phase	Date
Group Stages	13-18 September 2019
Quarter-finals	20-23 September 2019
Semi-finals	26-27 September 2019
Final	2 October 2019

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Venue

Dhaka
Bangabandhu National Stadium
Capacity: 36,000

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• Note:The final match venue have shifted to BSSSM Mostafa Kamal Stadium due to bad surface of Bangabandhu National Stadium.

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Officials

Referres

• Bovon Mohon Talukdar
• Md Jalaluddin
• Iqbal Alam

• Shohrab Hossain
• Mizanur Rahman
• Osman Gani
• Shafiqul Islam Imon
• Ahmed Gordow
• G. Chawdhury Nayan
• Fareed Ahmed

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Group stage

• All matches will be played at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Times listed are .

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

• All matches are held at Dhaka
• Time listed
• In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

• As Saidu Alias Ramiz of Chittagong Abahani U-18 was found guilty of providing a false identity and conceal his true age according to the article 21.2 and 38.6 of the Walton U-18 football tournament’s bylaws, Dhaka Abahani U-18 were declared winner by 3-0.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

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Goalscorers

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Nofel-upset-saif. The Daily Star. 2019-10-03.
2. Web site: Walton BFF U-18 Football: Abahani, MSC, Kings in group of death. Dhaka Tribune. 2019-09-01.
3. Web site: Bashundhara, MSC, Abahani in same group. The Daily Star. 2019-09-01.