Liberian National County Meet

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.

National County Sport Meets

Organising bodies	Ministry of Youth and Sport
Founded	1956; 69 years ago (1956)
Region	Liberia
Number of teams	15 (2015–Present)
Current champions	Lofa County
Most successful team(s)	Nimba County (6 titles)

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

Beginning in January, 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

• 1956 : Maryland County^[2]
• 1969 : Grand Cape Mount County^[3]
• 1974 : Grand Kru County ^[4]
• 1977 : Grand Kru County ^[5]
• 1978 : Nimba County^[6]
• 1979 : Nimba County^[7]
• 1985 : Grand Kru County^[8]
• 1987: Grand Kru County^[9]
• 1989: Grand Gedeh County^[10]
• 1990: Grand Bassa County
• 2004 : Gbarpolu County^[11]
• 2007 : Rivercess County^[12]
• 2008 : Bong County^[13]
• 2009 : Bomi County^[14]
• 2010 : Nimba County^[15]
• 2011 : Nimba County
• 2012 : Margibi County^[16]
• 2013 : Grand Cape Mount County^[17]
• 2014: Grand Bassa County^[18]
• 2015: N/A (*was cancelled due to the Ebola epidemic)
• 2016: Grand Bassa County^[19]
• 2017: Maryland County^[20]
• 2018 : Montserrado County^[21]
• 2019 : Bomi County^[22]
• 2020 : Grand Kru County ^[23]
• 2021 : Lofa County^[24]
• 2022 : Nimba County^[25]
• 2023 : Nimba County^[26]
• 2024 : River Gee County^[27]
• 2025 : Lofa County^{[28] [citation needed][citation needed]}

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
2010	Nimba County	2-0	Grand Gedeh County
2011	Nimba County	1-0	Margibi County
2012	Margibi County	2-0	Nimba County
2013	Grand Cape Mount County	1-1 [on penalty 3-1]	Montserrado County
2014	Grand Bassa County	2-1	Nimba County
2015	cancelled due to the Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia
2016	Grand Bassa County	1-1 [on penalty 3-1]	Montserrado County
2017	Montserrado County	1-1 [on penalty 3-1]	Maryland County
2018	Montserrado County	2-0	Bong County
2019	Bomi County	1-1 [on penalty 4-3]	Margibi County
2020	Grand Kru County	[Nimba walked off the pitch]	Nimba County
2021	Lofa County	3-1	Montserrado County
2022	Nimba County	2-1	Gbarpolu County
2023	Nimba County	3-2	Lofa County
2024	River Gee County	2-2 [on penalty 4-1]	Lofa County
2025	Lofa County	2-1	Grand Gedeh County

Highest Carrier

	Teams	Titles	Runner ups
1	Nimba County	6	4
2	Grand Kru County	5	0
5	Grand Bassa County	3	2
4	Grand Cape Mount County	2	0
5	Bomi County	2	0
6	Montserrado County	2	5
7	Lofa County	2	3
8	Maryland County	1	1
9	Grand Gedeh County	1	3
10	Gbarpolu County	1	1
11	Rivercess County	1	1
12	Bong County	1	1
13	Margibi County	1	3
14	River Gee County	1	1

History

In 1970, the Sasstown Territory, which is now part of Grand Kru County, emerged victorious in the county meet, while the Kru Coast Territory claimed the title in 1974. Grand Kru County has won the county meet a total of four times. Notable players from Sasstown during that period included Patrick Arthur, Anthony Wesseh, Tarpeh Roberts, Sylvester Red’ Weah, Michael Tarplah, Anthony Sayon Nagbe, Experience Tony, and Telemu.