Chandpur Hajigonj Pilot High School beat Cumilla Yusuf High School by 3-0 goals in the tiebreaker in Cumilla Zone opener of the Bangabandhu National School Hockey Tournament’2020 on Sunday.
The day’s crucial match was locked in a goalless draw at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium in Cumilla.
Parliament member of Cumilla-6 constituency AKM Bahauddin Bahar inaugurated the meet as the Chief Guest where Acting General Secretary of Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) Mohammad Yousuf was present.
A total of 80 school teams, split into nine zones -- Chattogram, Cumilla, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dinajpur, Faridpur, Gopalganj and Khulna are taking part in the first phase of the competition.
Top two teams from each of the zone will entitled to play in the final round scheduled to be held on February in Dhaka.
All the teams will get participation money of Tk 10,000 each from the meet’s sponsor First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) while the federation will provide hockey kits and jerseys to the players.
The champions will get prize money of Tk 1 (one) lakh, the runners-up team Tk 50,000, the third-placed team Tk 25,000 while the most disciplined team will get Tk 10,000 addition to fair play trophy team.
Besides, fifteen talented hockey players from each zone will undergo a long-term training session under the supervision of BHF.
Earlier, Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin inaugurated the Chattogram zone competition at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram on Saturday.
Chittagong Municipal Model High School beat Sonapur High School of Feni by 10-1 goals in the opening match of Chattogram zone.