Guinness group stage matches set to commence Friday
Following two nights of thrilling elimination matches, the group stage in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship commences on Friday at the National Cultural Center Tarmac.
The 16 winning teams, including defending champions Gold is Money, have been divided into groups of four as they battle for quarterfinal places.
The top two finishers from each group will advance. “The impending group stage might be the most competitive in the history of the event as several teams have already displayed their championship quality and aspirations during the elimination round,” a release from tournament coordinator Three Peat Promotions, stated.
“We envisage a highly-competitive round where any of the teams can progress to the quarterfinal stage due to their quality. The fans will certainly be treated to pulsating action,” the release added.
The other group stage nights are July 20th and 26th. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be held on July 27th, with the grand final slated for August 3rd.
Winner of the event will collect $500,000 and the championship trophy, with the second, third and fourth place finisher copping $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000 respectively and the corresponding trophy.
They will also automatically seal a place in the National Championship in August.
Currently Beacons [Bartica Champion], Melanie-B [East Coast Demerara winner], Brothers United [West Demerara/East Bank Demerara winner], Trafalgar [Berbice champion] and High Rollers [Linden champion] have sealed automatic berths to the National Championship.
Below features the group assignments and complete fixtures for the group stage.
Group-A Gold is Money Broad Street LA Ballers John Street
Group-B Sparta Boss Albouystown-B Alexander Village Charlotte Street
Group-C Leopold Street Tiger Bay Future Stars Albouystown-A
Group-D
North East La Penitence Back Circle Sophia
Rising Stars Friday 19th National Cultural Centre (1)North East vs Rising Stars (2)Charlotte St vs Albouystown-B (3)LA Ballers vs Broad Street (4)Leopold Street vs Albouystown-A (5)Tiger Bay vs Future Stars (6)Gold is Money vs John Street (7)Back Circle vs Sophia (8)Sparta Boss vs Alexander Village
Saturday 20th Berlin Tarmac
(1)LA Ballers vs John Street-19:00hrs (2)Tiger Bay vs Albouystown-A-19:30hrs (3)Alexander Village vs Albouystown-B-20:00hrs (4)Back Circle vs Rising Stars-20:30hrs (5)Leopold Street vs Future Stars-21:00hrs (6)North East vs Sophia-21:30hrs (7)Sparta Boss vs Charlotte St-22:00hrs (8)Gold is Money vs Broad Street-22:30hrs
Friday 26th National Cultural Centre (1)Alexander Village vs Charlotte St-19:00hrs (2)Broad Street vs John Street-19:30hrs (3)Albouystown-A vs Future Stars-20:00hrs (4)Sophia vs Rising Stars-20:30hrs (5)LA Ballers vs Gold is Money-21:00hrs (6)Leopold Street vs Tiger Bay-21:30hrs (7)North East vs Back Circle-22:00hrs (8)Sparta Boss vs Albouystown-B-22:30hrs