THE Fifth Khalid Bin Hamad Futsal Championship for Youth Centres, People with Disabilities and Girls will be held from July 24 to August 23 under the patronage of Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, first deputy president of Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, president of Bahrain Athletics Association and honourary president of Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation.
It will be held at the Isa Sports City in Riffa in co-operation with Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs and media office of Shaikh Khalid under the slogan #Meeting_of_Generations.
The dates and venues were announced after a meeting of the technical committee which was attended by director of the league Ali Al Arabi, chairman of the technical committee and referees Ali Said and chairman of the Committee of Disabilities Ali Al Nabhan. The meeting was supervised by media person Hussain Said.
Thirsty-six youth centres will be taking part this year compared to 32 last year. A girls league is being held for the first time this year with six teams divided into two groups. In the league for People with Disabilities, eight teams will be divided into two groups.
Al Arabi said that June 20 is the last date to receive the list of the players of each participating team.
He added that this year the winning teams will be receiving prize money.