Weeks of intense women’s football action would culminate today, Saturday January 4, with the staging of the semifinals and final in the Maid Marian Women’s Wheat Up Cup.
At the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF’s) National Training Centre (NTC) at Providence, EBD, Guyana Defence Force (GDF) FC ‘A’ will take on Guyana Police Force FC ‘A’ in a semifinal match that commences at 15:00hrs; and GDF FC ‘B’ would be going up against Fruta Conquerors in the second semi-final match which would be played at the same time.
A look at what to expect today
Losers of the semifinal matches would compete in the third-place playoff that is set to be kicked off at 17:00hrs. The anticipated final match would follow at 18:30hrs. These seven-a-side matches have a 60-minute time frame.
At the end of Group stage competition, GDF ‘A’ emerged top of Group A with a perfect 9 points from 3 games, while Fruta Conquerors emerged as runners-up in the group with 6 points from 3 games.
GDF ‘B’ topped Group B with a squeaky-clean 12 points from 4 games played, while GPF ‘A’ picked up 9 points from 4 games played.
The teams are competing for a grand prize of $500,000, while second-place winner would pocket $200,000 and the third-place winner would receive $100,000. Trophies for individual prizes are also up for grabs.
