Sport24.az
The "School Girls" tournament, organized in cooperation with AFFA and the Ministry of Science and Education, with the support of UEFA, has concluded. Sport24.az reports that School No. 55 of Baku and School No. 5 of Lankaran first faced each other in the match for the third place at School No. 59. Then, in the final match, the team of School No. 220 of Baku and the team of School No. 1 of Lankaran faced each other.
School No. 220 became the winner of the tournament. The 1st and 2nd places were taken by the teams of School No. 1 and School No. 55, respectively. The owners of the first three places were awarded diplomas and medals, and the winner was awarded a cup.
The awards were presented by Zumrud Agayeva, Head of the Women's Football Department of AFFA, Technical Director Emrah Aykurt, Ramazan Samadov, AFFA's responsible person for relations with state institutions, Khanim Hasanova, an employee of the State Agency for Preschool and General Education (MÜTDA), and Sevda Ramazanova, an employee of the Baku City Education Department.
It should be noted that the "School Girls" tournament is a pilot project designed for girls aged 7-9. Initially, this season the project was held in 2 regions - in 20 selected state and private schools in Baku, as well as in 10 schools from Lankaran. The main goal of organizing the tournament is to create interest in football among girls from an early age by creating the AFFA U-10 Girls League next season and to attract new football players to the national teams in the future.
