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Soccer dates fixed
By HENRY MORABANG
PAPUA New Guinea will host two
regional soccer competitions in Lae and Port Moresby in April this
year.
According to the calendar released by PNGFA chief executive
officer Dimirit Mileng this week, the two international events are
the Oceania Football Confederation women’s World Cup qualifier in
Lae and the Oceania Football Confederation Under 12 Football
Festival in Port Moresby.
The tournament in Lae will be held at the Sir Ignatius Kilage
Stadium while the Under 12 Festival will be held at the Sir John
Guise Stadium at Waigani.
The 2007 Calendar of Event was release this week after the PNGFA
technical committee approved it at its meeting last month. Mileng
said the local tournaments and competitions will take place as
usual.
The 2007 national men’s and women’s club championship tournament
is scheduled to be held in Port Moresby being hosted by either
Port Moresby Soccer Association (PMSA) or by the National Capital
District Public Servants Soccer Association (NCDPSSA).
He said the technical committee has also proposed a senior men’s
and women’s (junior) National Futsal tournament this year (2007)
but the date and the venue will be announced later if the proposal
works out well.
Mileng also confirmed that regional club championships will be
held within the months of May and June. “Four centres Alotau,
Madang, Wabag and New Britain Palm Oil Soccer Associations (NBPOL)
will host the regional club championship tournaments for their
respective regions”, he said.
Also included on the calendar is the men’s and women’s regional
association championship, which are qualifiers for the bi-annual
PNGFA National Cup championship to be held in 2008.
The Regional Association Championships are scheduled to be hosted
by Mount Hagen, Wau, Bougainville and Amona Koupa Soccer
Associations in their respective regions.
Mileng called on the association presidents in each region to meet
together and set the dates of the PNGFA Cup Qualifiers, and inform
the PNGFA secretariat.
However, he said the venues of the local events are likely to be
changed depending on host associations not being able to meet
certain requirements.
“The dates and the venues of the Junior Besta Tournaments will be
determined by the PNGFA executive committee in consultation with
the Papua New Guinea Sports Foundation (PNGSF)”, Mileng said.
 
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