The quarter-finals of the Thilak Peiris Challenge Trophy Over-40 Football Tournament, organised by the Sri Lanka Soccer Masters’ Association (SLSMA) is scheduled to be played in Colombo, Kegalle and Badulla.
The first matches were worked off on Saturday (2), while the last quarters will be played on Sunday (3).
To encourage and promote the veterans in the outstations, this year's tournament was conducted in eight groups of four each in Colombo and the outstations.
A total of 25 veteran’s teams from Colombo played in four groups and 19 outstation teams too were divided into four groups.
After the exciting League Tournament, the group champions qualified to play in the quarter-finals.
The committee, headed by Thilak Peiris, the founder President of the SLSMA, had decided to have the tournament in Colombo and in the outstations to avoid the financial burden of the veterans clubs and accordingly two quarter-finals will be played away from Colombo.
In the Colombo region the quarter-finals were played at Cooray Park on Saturday (2), and will culminate on Sunday (3).
The first quarter-final between Colombo Veterans and Old Ben’s was played on Saturday (2).
On Sunday (3) Maligawatte Veterans will face Saunders Veterans at the same venue with kick off time scheduled for 3.00pm.
The winners of these quarter-finals will face each other in one semi-final.
The last quarter final between Kegalle Veterans and Trinco Soccer Masters will be played in Kegalle on Sunday.
The winners of these quarter finals will play each other in the second semi-final.
If both home teams or away teams win the quarter-finals, then there will be a toss for the venue of the semi-finals.
If a home team and a away team win the quarters, then the away team will get the benefit to host the semi-final.
The semi-finals are scheduled for December 9 and 10 and the organisers are planning to have the finals on December 16 or 17.
The venue will be notified later.
The champions will receive the Thilak Peries Challenge trophy, medals and Rs. 100,000 in cash, while the runner up will also get a trophy, silver medals and a cash prize of Rs. 50,000.
The Most Valuable Player and the Most Valuable Goal keeper will get the Golden Boot and the Golden Glove plus Rs 10,000.
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