A new champion will be crowned this afternoon in the 2008 Fiji Bitter Fact after defending champions Ba bowed out of the tournament last night.

They lost to Suva by 1 goal to nil and saw the capital city side come into the semifinal.

With two teams from the southern zone, one from the west and one team from the north, this will make the semifinals more exciting as teams will be gunning for a victory to be crowned the new champions this afternoon.

As soccer pundits predicted, Shop and Save Lautoka enter this morning's semifinals as one of the favourites with Labasa, Navua and Suva coming in as underdogs.

Speaking to Fijivillage, Lautoka Soccer President Dennis Singh said they are determined going into the semis this morning.