Chanpyona Lokal

About the programme

Far from the big stadiums and the cameras of international broadcasters, football is also played in provincial towns. Chanpyona Lokal follows the local championship properly, from the matches played in the provinces through to the table, and pays attention to the clubs and players the bigger broadcasts skip.

For an hour and a half, the programme gives these teams the space they are denied elsewhere. Results from the provincial rounds are presented with the same care as those of a better-known competition, and the table makes it possible to follow who is climbing, who is holding on and who is falling away. Players who are often unknown outside their own region become names viewers learn to recognise from one match to the next. The championship is followed over time rather than in fragments, which gives meaning to every result.

For many Haitian families, the local club is part of the identity of a neighbourhood or a town. In the diaspora, people often keep a strong attachment to the team from their home town, even after many years in the United States, Canada or France. Chanpyona Lokal keeps that link alive in the late afternoon. It is distinct from Foutbòl Ayiti, which covers Haitian football as a whole, national side included: here the focus is on grassroots football, provincial fixtures and the people who almost never appear on screen anywhere else. It is another way of telling the story of the country's football, starting from its humblest pitches.

What you will see

• Matches from the provincial rounds
• The local championship table
• The clubs the big broadcasts do not show
• Players from the provinces
• An hour and a half devoted to grassroots football

When and where to watch

Every day. Live on nago.tv, on the NAGO Sport channel.

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