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Citycell Women's Nat'l Football from today

Sports Reporter
The inaugural national football championship for women kicks off today with 25 teams -- 23 district and two services -- competing in four zones.
.Although the previous women's competitions were restricted to small events and mostly within the capital, this is the first time the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is going countrywide with the Citycell Women's National Football Championship.
The fact that more than half the districts are absent, however, is not discouraging at all for a country where there had been protests on streets by fundamentalists against women’s football.
But the BFF's commitment to hold women's competitions regularly is according to the prescription of/Xsian Football Confederation's VisionBangladesh programme.
The previous biggest women's tournament was held in 2004 when 12 teams participated in an invitational meet.
"We have tried to give the teams at least two matches. That is why we have gone for round-robin format instead of knockout games,” told BFF's women's committee chairman Sirajul Islam Bachchu at a press conference.
Women's football committee deputy chairman Mahfuza Akter Kiron was also present.
The BFF has more plans to make women's football popular and Bachchu, also a BFF member, informed that they will soon bring an Indian coach for the national team. The federation is also considering launching a super championship for clubs and a corporate league. They would also try to involve the country's top clubs like Abahani and Mohammedan.
Each zone will be split into two groups and both group champions -- who play a final for only academic interest - will make the eight teams finals, scheduled for a February 16 start in Dhaka.
Five matches will be played on the opening day with hosts Dinajur taking on Naogaon, Rajbarai facing Jamalpur and Narayariganj meeting Rajbari in Jamalpur while home side Rangamati are pitted against Comilla. Ansar and Cox's Bazar also play in Rangamati.
The matches in Dhaka will begin on January 3.
The length of the matches will beonehour.
All the teams will receiveTk 10,000 as participation money while the zonal hosts will get additional Tk 10,000 as and Tk 5,000 as local transportation.
The estimated budget for the championship isaboutTk241akh.