The Groups for the 2024 KGL Foundation Inter-Regional U17 Colts Championship has been announced.
The ten (10) Regional Football Associations, have been housed in two groups of five teams each for the 12-day Championship, scheduled to take place at the GFA’s Technical Centre, Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence, Prampram.
In Group A, defending champions Ashanti Region have been paired against last year’s losing finalist Bono Ahafo Region as well as Volta Region, Central Region, and Northern Region.
2023 bronze medalists, Greater Accra Region, will square off with last year’s fourth-placed team, Eastern Region as well as Upper East Region, Upper West Region, and Western Region in Group B.
The 2024 KGL Foundation Inter-Regional U17 Colts Championship runs from Thursday, July 25 to Thursday, August 8, 2024.
The ten Regional Football Associations will select the best U17 players from their Colts Competitions to represent their regions in the juvenile championship.
It would be recalled that the Ghana Football Association, in October 2021, announced the KGL Foundation as Colts (Juvenile) League sponsor in a landmark Sponsorship valued at One million United States dollars covering five 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 the 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 event.
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 leagues. Some players discovered at these championships have also moved abroad to continue with their development at foreign clubs.