KARACHI, Feb 5: The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) announced the draws for the qualification round of the National U-13 Regional Football Festival on Tuesday.

The week-long qualification round kicks off from Wednesday in Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar and Tufailabad.

Four winners from each zone of the recently-held PFF Youth Cup will compete in the event along with four other provincial teams and Islamabad in the qualification round which is divided into four groups.

Sindh winners Karachi Blue will face Sindh in Group ‘A’ while Chaman Zone and Balochistan clash in Group ‘B’.

Group ‘C’ will see Faisalabad Zone and Punjab battle it out for top spot and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa face Islamabad and the Peshawar-Nowshera Zone in Group ‘D’.

Schedule: Feb 6: Sindh v Karachi Blue (People’s Football Stadium, Karachi); Punjab v Faisalabad Zone (Tufail Shaheed Football Stadium, Tufailabad). Feb 8: Balochistan v Chaman Zone (Sadiq Shaheed Football Stadium Quetta); Peshawar-Nowshera Zone v Islamabad (Qayyum Football Stadium, Peshawar); Sindh v Karachi Blue (People’s Football Stadium, Karachi); Punjab v Faisalabad Zone (Tufail Shaheed Football Stadium, Tufailabad). Feb 10: Balochistan v Chaman Zone (Sadiq Shaheed Football Stadium, Quetta); Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Peshawar-Nowshera Zone (Qayyum Football Stadium, Peshawar). Feb 12: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Islamabad (Qayyum Football Stadium, Peshawar).—Sports Reporter