Indigenous All-Stars down for Super 16 Year-end battle
– $2M at stake
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will today launch their year-end tournament – “GFF Super 16 Yearend Classic” at the federation’s Boardroom at 11:00h.
Today’s symbolic launch will feature representatives of key partner – Top Brandz Distributors – and representatives from the participating clubs. The next order of business is the opening night of the knockout football tournament on Friday December 15.
The knockout tournament has a whopping $2 million for the team that wants it the most
The fast-paced tournament is expected to come to an end with the grand final and third-place playoff on New Year’s Day (January 1, 2018). It will feature 10 elite clubs, five of the country’s top non-elite clubs and an Indigenous All-Stars team.
Wayne Forde, GFF’s President, said the Federation is excited about this initiative and is part of the strategy to streamline football competition for the coming years.
“We have had a disjointed approach to competition among the membership that must be reconciled with our player development strategy. The format will change next year and will feature a country-wide playoff that all Associations will participate in. Every member will benefit financially from the tournament with games being played in many Associations. We will be moving the finals around the country each year as well. I think the fans will definitely appreciate the new format. There will also be a massive 1st January show of which details will be announced later.”
The tournament has resulted in the postponement of the GFF Elite League, which is scheduled to restart in February 2018. In a correspondence dated December 6 to Elite Clubs, the GFF informed of this change: “On observing that the Elite League Clubs have all completed two matches each at the present stage of the League, it seems wise to break at this point, which would allow all of the clubs to restart on an even platform next year, avoiding any club feeling shortchanged after the break.”
While the tournament’s top prize is set at two millions dollars, the second prize is one million dollars, third-place prize is five hundred thousand dollars and the fourth-placed team will take away two hundred and fifty thousand dollars together with football equipment including balls and cones.
