Female inter-school championship delivers first results

Kicked off mid-month, the first-ever female inter-school football championship has seen its first rounds of matches, delivering results for Groups A and B.

In Group A, the School of the Nations (SON) leads the classification table with the same number of points (9) as the Macau Anglican College (MAC) but has played one game fewer. In third place is the Sacred Heart Canossian School (SHCS) with six points, also one game fewer than the other teams. In fourth place is currently Pui Va, with four points in four matches.

In Group B, Pooi To is the runaway leader with 12 points from four matches. The Portuguese School of Macau (EPM) comes second with nine points, and The International School of Macao (TIS) is currently third with six points, but one match fewer than the first two. Fourth in Group B is Santa Rosa de Lima (SRL), with three points from four matches.

The championships for Groups A and B continue this Sunday (March 29), while the Primary School level tournament is set to kick off on the same date.

In the Primary School division, there are four teams from Our Lady of Fatima Girls’ School, two teams from EPM, and one team from the School of the Nations.

According to the Macau Football Association (MFA), the competition format will follow a double round-robin system, with final rankings determined by a points system for the youngest group, and match duration set at 15 minutes.

For Group B, the championship will feature a group stage with three teams in each group. The group winners will advance to the final, while the second-placed teams will compete for third place; match time will remain 15 minutes.

In Group A, match time increases to 20 minutes while the competition format follows the same method as Group B.

The champions in all age groups will be determined when the tournament concludes on April 12, as scheduled.

The matches take place at Centro de Actividades Juvenis do Bairro do Hipódromo.