The football calendar's FAM Atoll Championship of this season has been scheduled to kick off on October 17 and applications are now open.
FAM said that islands interested in participating in the Atoll Championship can submit paperwork via the association's Competition Portal ahead of August 20.
FAM said that the match dates for various regions will be announced later once the number of participating teams is confirmed.
FAM has now split country-wide football into four zones: North Region, Central Region, South Region and Male' Region.
In all regions beside the Male' Region, the stage of qualifying for The Dhivehi Premier League will begin with the Atoll Championship.
The Atoll Championship will be held in one island in each atoll, o with a number of islands co-hosting. The champion and runner-up teams of each atoll will qualify for the respective region's subzone. Each region has two subzones.
Regional league to be played in home and away format
Champion and runner-up teams on subzones will qualify for the regional league. The regional league will be played in home and away format between the four teams that qualify, with the champion team of each league than qualifying for the Dhivehi League qualifying round.
Male' region's second division champion and the seventh and eighth team of next month's league will play in the qualifying round.
The best four teams from this will secure spots in next year's Dhivehi Premier League, which will be played in a home and away format.
The Dhivehi Premier League, set to start next Thursday, will see HA. Dhihdhoo and GDh. Gahdhoo competing. These two teams reached this league through the Atoll Championship and qualifying stages.
