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Record entries for natl soccer

Sports Reporter
This year's national soccer championship for the Sher-e-Bangla , Cup will have a record number of entries, as many as 70 teams. The qualifying round begins on October 18 at ten different venues across the country.
The meet, which was initially scheduled to get underway on October 10. has been deferred till October 18 for belter preparation by the participating teams.
Sixty-two district sports assocations (DSAs) out of 64 of the country in eight zones will participate in ihe qualifying round.
In addition, four office teams and five university teams will compete in two other zones.
The final found of the meet comprising the ten zonal champions, defending champions Bangladesh Army and hosts Mymenslngh will get underway on November 4 in Mymen-singh.
Four DSAs who will be missing out of the meet are Shariatpur, Barguna, Magura and Panchagar.
The service teams which arc not participating arc Bangladesh Railway. Bangladesh
Riffes and Bangladesh Customs.
The Bangladesh Agricultural University is the only other affiliated university which will not take part in the qualifiers.
Although the tournament committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has selected eight zonal venues — two from cacti Division — for the DSAs. They are yet to decide the venues for the office on service teams and universities.
The eight district venues arc Madaripur and Nctrokona from Dhaka Division. Bandarban and Sunamganj from Chittagong Division. Joypurhat and Nilphamari from Rajshahi Division and Khulna and Jessorc from Khulna Division.
Sixteen out of 17 DSAs under Dhaka Division have been divided In two groups as follows:
Madaripur Dhaka. Narayan-ganj, MunshiganJ, Narsingdi, Faridpur, Gopalganj. Rajbarl and hosts Madaripur.
Netrokona: Mymenslngh. Sherpur. KishoreganJ, Jamal -pur. Tangail, ManikganJ, Gazi-pur and Netrokona.
All 15 DSAs under Chittagong Division will play in the qualifying round in two different zones.
Bandarban: Chittagong. Cox's
Bazar. Rangamati, Khagrachari, Noakhaff, Luxmipur. Feni and Bandarban.
Sunamganj: Sylhet, Habi-ganj. Moulvibazar. Comilla, Bra-hmanbaria. Chandpur and Sunamganj.
Fourteen out of 16 DSAs of Khulna Division have been placed under the following two groups:
Khulna: Bari sal. Bhola, Jha-lakathi, Pirojpur, Patuakhali, Bagcrhat and Khulna.
Jessorc: Narall. Jhenidah. Kushtia, Chuadanga. Meherpur, Satkhira and Jessorc.
Fifteen of the 16 DSAs under Rajshahi Division have been placed in the following two groups:
Joypurhat: Rajshahi. Naoga-on. Nawabganj. Natore. Bogra. Sfrajganj, Pabna and Joypurhat
Nilphamari: Rangpur. Kuri-gram. Gaibandha, LalmonirhaL Dlnajpur, Thakurgaon and Nilphamari.
The fixtures of the qualifying round will be finalised within a couple of days.
Bangladesh Army and star-studded Dhaka Universify finished as champions and nin-ners-up in the 16th Sher-e-Bangla Cup national football competition held last year.