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Final round of ANFA Women’s League begins today
The Super League will follow a double round-robin format, with the top four teams advancing to the playoffs.Sports Bureau
The final round of the ANFA Women’s Football League will begin on Thursday.
The top five teams from the league’s first round, which concluded three months ago on September 28, will battle it out in the Super League stage.
The final round will follow a double round-robin format, with the top four teams advancing to the playoffs.
Armed Police Force lead the ten-team standings with 25 points from nine matches. Tribhuvan Army Club are second on 22 points, Nepal Police Club are third on 21 points and Waling Municipality occupy the fourth position with 15 points.
Despite finishing sixth, Bagmati Province has joined the top four teams in the final round after fifth-placed team Koshi Province pulled out of the tournament citing financial problems.
Sankata, Chandrapur Municipality, Karnali Province and Sudurpaschim Province were eliminated.
Army and Bagmati will kick off the Super League.
-Women’s Four-Nations Cup in February-
All Nepal Football Association on Wednesday announced that Nepal will host the Women’s Four-Nations Cup next month.
The tournament will feature Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon and Myanmar and will be held at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu from February 17 to 26.
The official fixtures of the competition, scheduled during the FIFA International Match Window, are yet to be revealed.