Liberian National County Meet

National County Sport Meets
Organising bodiesMinistry of Youth and Sport
Founded1956; 68 years ago (1956)
RegionLiberia
Number of teams15 (2015–Present)
Current championsRiver Gee County
Most successful team(s)Nimba County (6 titles)

The Liberian National County Sports Meet is the top knockout county tournament of the Liberian football inaugurated in 1956.[1] It is an annual sporting festival organized and hosted by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in collaboration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The event is primarily a platform intended to forge national unity and reconciliation in Liberia.

The National County Sport Meet is the most watched football tournament across Liberia, with over 1.5 million football fans tuning in to listen over Radio, watching live from different Liberian online football sources, and also visiting the various stadiums in which the games can be played.

Competition format

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Beginning in November, the competition proceeds with a group stage of 15 teams, divided into four groups, with the first three groups carrying four teams and the last group carrying three. Each team plays every member of its group, and the team with the highest point and the runners-up in each group will then proceed to the next round while the other team will be eliminated.

For the next stage which is the quarter final, and onwards, the draw is entirely random, without association protection. The tournament is usually played within the period of one month; it only exceeds that when there are circumstances.

List of winners

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Previous Finals results
seasons winners Scores Runners-up
1956 Maryland County 0-0 [Maryland won on coin toss] Montserrado County
1969 Grand Cape Mount County 3-1 Montserrado County
1974 Grand Kru County - -
1977 Grand Kru County - -
1978 Nimba County - -
1979 Nimba County - -
1985 Grand Kru County 2-0 Grand Bassa County
1987 Grand Kru County 4-1 Margibi County
1989 Grand Gedeh County [Grand Gedeh won on coin toss] Grand Bassa County
1990 Grand Bassa County 1-0 Nimba County
2004 Gbarpolu County 2-1 Lofa County
2007 Rivercess County 2-0 Grand Gedeh County
2008 Bong County 4-3 Rivercess County
2009 Bomi County 5-2 River Gee County
2009/10 Nimba County 2-0 Grand Gedeh County
2010/11 Nimba County 1-0 Margibi County
2011/12 Margibi County 2-0 Nimba County
2012/13 Grand Cape Mount County 1-1 [on penalty 3-1] Montserrado County
2013/14 Grand Bassa County 2-1 Nimba County
2014/15 cancelled due to the Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia
2015/16 Grand Bassa County 1-1 [on penalty 3-1] Montserrado County
2016/17 Montserrado County 1-1 [on penalty 3-1] Maryland County
2017/18 Montserrado County 2-0 Bong County
2018/19 Bomi County 1-1 [on penalty 4-3] Margibi County
2019/20 Grand Kru County [Nimba walked off the pitch] Nimba County
2020/21 Lofa County 3-1 Montserrado County
2021/22 Nimba County 2-1 Gbarpolu County
2022/23 Nimba County 3-2 Lofa County
2023/24 River Gee County 2-2 [on penalty 4-1] Lofa County

History

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In 1970, Sasstown Territory, now part of Grand Kru County, won the county meet, and Kru Coast Territory won it in 1974. Grand Kru County won the county meet four times. Some of the players in Sasstown at that time were Patrick Arthur, Anthony Wesseh, Tarpeh Roberts, Sylvester Red' Weah, Michael Tarplah, Anthony Sayon Nagbe, Experience Tony, Telemu,

References

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  1. ^ "National County Meet Fixtures Released". liberiansoccer.com. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Liberia: A Look At the National County Meet". allafrica.com. 18 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Cape Mount Claims Emphatic 3-1 Victory Over Montserrado to Clinch County Meet Crown". liberiansoccer.com. 29 January 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
  4. ^ "County Meet: Full Lists Of Groups". liberiansoccer.com. 23 September 2015.
  5. ^ "County Meet: Full Lists Of Groups". liberiansoccer.com. 23 September 2015.
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  7. ^ "County Meet: Full Lists Of Groups". liberiansoccer.com. 23 September 2015.
  8. ^ . liberiansoccer.com. 19 March 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20131219032804/http://www.liberiansoccer.com/Grand%20Kru%20County%20Appeals%20To%20Citizens%20In%20The%20Diaspora.htm. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ "After Receiving 1997 Championship Trophy". liberiansoccer.com. 19 March 2004. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013.
  10. ^ "Grand Bassa County Gets Though Group in National County Meet Draw". liberiansoccer.com. 13 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Gbarpolu & Sinoe Celebrate Gold". liberiansoccer.com. 6 April 2004. Archived from the original on 6 May 2006.
  12. ^ "Rivercess wins county meet in grand style". liberiansoccer.com. 23 January 2007. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010.
  13. ^ "Bong wins county meet". liberiansoccer.com. 18 February 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010.
  14. ^ "Bomi captures football trophy". liberiansoccer.com. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010.
  15. ^ "Nimba Wins County Meet!". liberiansoccer.com. 18 January 2010. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010.
  16. ^ "Margibi County wins County Meet". liberiansoccer.com. 9 January 2012. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012.
  17. ^ "Cape Mount Claims Emphatic 3-1 Victory Over Montserrado to Clinch County Meet Crown". liberiansoccer.com. 29 January 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
  18. ^ "Grand Bassa Wins 2014 Liberian County competition in Soccer". cmiliberia.org. 20 January 2014.
  19. ^ "Bassa Conquers County Meet". liberiansoccer.com. 18 January 2016.
  20. ^ "Liberia: National County Meet". 18 January 2023.
  21. ^ "Liberia: National County Meet". 18 January 2023.
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