Ba U15 scooped the South Pacific Junior Soccer championship at Lautoka’s Churchill Park after thrashing Australian side Engadine 4-0 in final round robin game.

The win helped the junior men-in-back side finish a point ahead of neighbors Lautoka in the points table during the two-day meet that started on Friday.

Australian side Western Branch won the U13 grade competition after beating Ba 2-1.

Fiji FA chief development officer and former national rep Farouk Janeman said local teams proved more than a handful for the overseas teams.

He said results of the tournament showed that development of football in the country was on right track.

Meanwhile Fiji FA is yet to reschedule the National club championship (NCC) postponed after the military takeover this month.

Story courtesy Fiji Football Association