LAHORE: The National Under-19 Women’s Football Championship will be held at the City School Ground here from Aug 1 to 12. Besides Punjab, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, teams of Islamabad, FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan, Model Town Club Lahore, Karachi Kickers, Young Rising Stars Rawalpindi, Abbottabad Warriors, Karachi Club, Stars Club Mirpur Khas and Young Rising Stars Layyah will compete in the event. The managers` meeting and draws ceremony was held on Tuesday. The league phase of the event will be completed on August 6, while the quarter-finals will be played on August 7 and 8. The first semi-final will be staged on August 9 and the second on August 10. The third position match is slated for August 11 and the final on August 12. The best forty players from this event will be picked by the selectors to finalise the Pakistan squad to participate in the AFC Under-19 Women’s Championship being held in November this year. Published in Daily Times, August 1st 2018.