CBL Samaposha Football Championship

Press Conference 7th January 2025 @ 5.30pm at the Ramada Hotel , Colombo , Sri Lanka .
 CBL Samaposha continues legacy of powering Inter-School

Football Championship for 13 years consecutively

the sponsor of the 'CBL Samaposha Under-14 Inter-School

Football Championship' for the

CBL Samaposha is proud to be

thirteenth consecutive time.

The 'CBL Samaposha Under- 14 Inter-School Football Tournament' is organized by the Sri Lanka School Football Association

(SSFA) and scheduled to be held in the months of January and February 2025. Notably, the Sri Lanka Football Federation

is providing guidance and direction for the tournament.

With over 12,000 school football players taking part in the tournament, the enthusiastic response to the school football

championship over the years has been exceptional from schools islandwide.

Daticioants for the championship are from acrOSs all twenty-five districts of the island with matches to be bald :

e with 492 bovs teams and 118 girls teams competitions. In the tournament, 32 winning boys' teams and 28 girls'

teams will qualify for the second round to be held in Vavuniya.

The frst round of the tournament began on January 1st, while the second round is scheduled to held from on Februarny

1st. 2nd and 3rd in Vavuniya. Special recognition and awards are to be presented at the end of the tournament for the

best player from both the boys and girls categories and the best goalkeeper.

Commenting on the championship, CBL Food Cluster Director/Chief Executive Officer Manjula Dahanayake said. "CBL

Samaposha sponsors this football tournament with the aim of developing the interest of Sri Lankan school children in

football, thereby building teamwork, discipline, and future sporting aspirations. As a local company, it is our aim to always

support the future of the nation's and that is what we hope to achieve through the tournament's sponsorship."

Expressing his views, the President of Sri Lanka Football Federation, Jaswar Umar noted. "We are committed to further

developing the world's most popular sport, football, for the youth of Sri Lanka and every citizen. I am delighted to support

the CBL Samaposha Under-14 All Island Schools Football Championship, which is being held for the 13th time by CBL

Samaposha. The tournament goes beyond a football match as it a tournament that aims to nurture the future generations

of our country. Joining hands with CBL Samaposha, we aim to hold another unforgettable football tournament that will

showcase the talents and skills of our school plavers, Our aim is to ioin hands with CBL Samaposha and hold another

unforgettable football tournament that will appreciate the talents and skills of our school players."

The President of the Sri Lanka Schools Football Association, U. S. A, Bandara Leelarathna, said, "The competition is uque

ds students trom rernote cities and areas of the country have the opportunity to participate and compete. Tne odea

teams are now significantly better prepared. Therefore, we have high expectations for this year's c

to thank CBL Samaposha for supporting these endeavours towards a successful competition."

competition. I would like

Commenting on the rapid dgrowth and popularity of football, Director Sports and Physical Education, Ministry of Education,

Lt/Col Anura Abeywickrema said, "The tournament may be the first tournament a football player will compete in.

Therefore, it will have an inmense impact on their future sporting career. Such tournaments will continue to be essential

for the sporting arena. The support provided by Samaposha to continue the tournament over the past 13 years is greatly

appreciated."

Samaposha is the flagship brand of CBL Plenty Foods (Pvt.) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the CBL Group. It is the

number one nutritional breakfast cereal brand in the country and is committed to empowering children and their families

across the island providing them with the highest quality nutrition through strong value chains with the country's farming

Communities.