Uganda Premier League to be postponed, says CEO

Apr 15, 2020

UPL will discuss new dates with FUFA, says league CEO Bernard Bainamani.

UGANDAN FOOTBALL

KAMPALA - Uganda Premier League (UPL) CEO Bernard Bainamani says they will have to postpone the remaining part of the league.

The league that was expected to resume on May 5 will have to be pushed forward after President Yoweri Museveni extended the coronavirus lockdown for 21 days, which is until May 5.

"We have to sit with FUFA [Uganda's football governing body] and decide the new dates of when the league will resume," said Bainamani.

"Of course we have to reschedule these games before June 30 since it is when the FUFA calendar of 2019/2020 is supposed to end. We don't want to affect the start of the 2020/2021 season."

But if the coronavirus crisis persists, Vipers, who are leading the table, can be declared champions, guided by Article 18 (sections C and D) of the Competition Rules, which states that if a club has played more than 75% of the games in a season, the winner can be determined.

''Where at least one club has played more than 75% of the league, the following formula shall be used by TOC (tournament organizing committee) to determine the table positions for the respective group".

"Total number of points earned from the number of games played multiplied by the total number of games supposed to be played divided by the number of games played", read the rules.

However FUFA president Eng. Moses Magogo revealed that that will only happen if the outbreak stretches until 2021.


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