One Guyana King and Queen of the Sand Football: Teams for knockout round confirmed following end of group stages

The line-up for the knockout rounds are now confirmed following the completion of the group stages of the third edition of the One Guyana King and Queen of the Sand football competition in the bauxite mining town of Linden.

Lakeisha Pearson (second right) who scored five goals along with the other scorers for the defending champions Speightland
From right: GDF’s Jalade Trim, Shenessa Cornelius and Glendy Lewis

Goal IQ, ahead of their final group D game, were languishing in third place on six points behind Bomberz (nine points) and YMCA (six points) in that order and put in a blistering display to trounce YMCA 3-1, knocking them out of the next round and taking over the top group spot based on a better goal difference of +6 to +4 ahead of Bomberz, the two ending on nine points each.
Also booking a place in the knockout round having found themselves in third going into their final group match were HH Ballers, who shoved out One Syde also on goal difference, +4 to +3. Turf President were scheduled to face HH Ballers in their last match, but failed to show up which handed Ballers three points and 3 goals, this was enough to upstage One Syde and send them out of the competition.

Two of the Goal IQ scorers who ensured a knockout spot

The final two matches in the queens competition went as anticipated with the GDF ending as the top side in Group A with a perfect record of three wins from as many matches while defending champions Speightland have also gained their place in the next round as the second-place team in group B, following a huge 11-0 hammering of Rockstone.
The quarterfinals will kick off on Friday and this will see only winners advancing from this stage. The semi-final line-up amongst the queens has already been confirmed, with matches to be played on July 5.
Iconic Ballers will take on Hururu while defending champions Speightland will face their toughest opponents yet in the GDF as they seek to earn a place in the final.
Following are the results of the final group-stage matches.