Standard Chartered Uganda has Monday launched the 6th edition of its Standard Chartered Cup – futsal tournament. The 2023 Standard Chartered Cup tournament was announced at a press conference held at the Bank’s Head Quarters at Speke Road, in Kampala.

The 2023 Standard Chartered Cup” is an international 5 aside football tournament that offers football fans a ‘Money Can’t Buy’ opportunity to travel to the UK to attend an English Premier League match, benefit from a professional training session with the “Reds” legends and coaches at the LFC academy before attending a match viewing session of an LFC game.

It is hinged on the Bank’s Liverpool FC sponsorship and is a great opportunity for Standard Chartered to reinforce its partnership with Liverpool FC locally and engage its clients and local LFC fans in the beautiful game of football.

This is the sixth time it is being held in Uganda, having been successfully launched in 2015 and run until 2019 when it was halted due to the pandemic.

The tournament provides the Bank with a platform to actively engage football fans, reward & motivate fans, clients and employees, further grow the support for Liverpool FC locally and promote a fun-filled, interactive, sporty and memorable Standard Chartered event.

This year, 40 teams of 7 players (participants) each, will play 10-minute 5-aside matches (with 2 substitutes). The teams will comprise of the Bank’s Corporate, Commercial or Business Banking entities, LFC fans and media partners.  Participation is strictly by invitation.

The 40 teams will be grouped by the organisers in eight groups for the group stages and the group games will be played on a round robin basis. The top two in each group, will advance to the round of 16, and the winners will go on a knockout format advancing until the final.

While addressing journalists at a press conference, the Acting Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered, Kelvin Musana said their partnership with Liverpool FC enables them to work together to create and deliver a unique, money-can’t-buy experiences.

Edgar Watson, the FUFA CEO and Edgars Youth Programme while speaking at the SC Cup launch said Edgars Youth Programme has the experience of handling the technical aspects of this SC Cup futsal tournament having managed it from inception in 2015.