ANI
18 Sep 2023, 21:33 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): The 62nd Edition of the prestigious Subroto Cup International Football Tournament, will kick off on September 19, 2023, with the Junior Girls (U 17) matches beginning first.
Renowned television personality and actor Rannvijay Singha will be the Guest of Honour at the grand opening ceremony, planned at the Dr BR Ambedkar Stadium in the national capital.
The opening ceremony will be followed with a Group E game between Govt. Bethlehem Vengthlang Middle School-2, Mizoram and Tripura Sports School, Badharghat, which has a scheduled 4.50 pm IST kick-off. Also, for the first time in the Girls category, a school from JammuKashmir will be participating in the tournament. DNRM Govt. Higher Secondary School, Poonch, will be one of the 33 Girls teams, representing the Union Territory, creating history.
The 62nd Subroto Cup will be telecast LIVE on the SportsCast India YouTube channel. You can also catch the Highlights on the Prasar BhartiAIFF YouTube channels.
In the morning, Vasant Valley School, Vasant Kunj, Delhi will face Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, at the Tejas Football Ground in another Group E fixture. This will be the inaugural game of this year's edition and has an 8.00 am IST scheduled kick-off. The Girls group games will be of 30-minutes duration for each of the two halves.
The Opening Ceremony will begin with a magnificent parade display by the Air Warrior Drill Team of the Indian Air Force which will be followed by a colourful cultural performance by the school kids of Air Force Bal Bharti School.
A total of 33 teams are in the fray in the Junior Girls category, which is divided into eight groups, including Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Protishthan (BKSP) of Bangladesh, adding international flavour to the tournament.
The winners of each group will qualify for the quarterfinals. The group stage matches will start from tomorrow and end on the 23rd of this month. The quarterfinals will be played on 24th September with the semi-finals to be played the next day. The finals of the Girls category is scheduled on 26th of September at the Ambedkar Stadium.
Defending champions, St. Patrick High School, Gumla, Jharkhand will start their title defence in Group F, when they take on Air Force Bal Bharti School, New Delhi at the Ambedkar Stadium on September 20, 2023. They will take motivation for this year's competition knowing that Shivani Toppo, Shaulina Dang and Vikshit Bara, who represented the school in the winning campaign last year, are now part of the U-17 Indian team, which is currently playing the U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers in Thailand.
Apart from these players, Khushi Kumari who represented Bihar is also a part of the same Indian squad highlighting the influence of the Subroto Cup for the young players of the country.
Besides the hallowed Ambedkar Stadium, the Tejas Football Ground (Delhi), the Subroto Football Ground (Delhi) and the G.D. Goenka School (Gurugram) grounds will be the venues in the Delhi/NCR region.
The Subroto Cup, hosted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) under the aegis of the SMSES, was first held in 1960 and was named after Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, who conceived the idea in order to promote sport at the grassroot level.
A total of 108 teams will be participating across the three categories from 27 States and Union Territories (UTs) of the country. Teams from Bangladesh and Nepal will also bring in foreign participation. A total of over 180 football matches are scheduled to be played.(ANI)Get a daily dose of Nepal National news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Nepal National.
More InformationCHICAGO, Illinois: United Airlines will begin canceling around 35 daily flights—roughly 10 percent of its schedule—from Newark Liberty...
NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks rose sharply Thursday following the announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump of a new trade deal...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Dozens of major footwear companies, including Nike, Adidas, and Skechers, have signed a letter urging U.S. President...
IRVING, Texas: Kimberly-Clark, the maker of Kleenex tissues and Huggies diapers, announced this week it will invest US$2 billion over...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong's economy grew by 3.1 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, according...
NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks advanced on Wednesday while the U.S. dollar made across-the-board gains after the Federal Reserve...
The EU on Wednesday called on India and Pakistan to take immediate steps' to de-escalate after India fired missiles into Pakistani-administered...
BANGKOK, Thailand: Thailand's finance ministry has revised its projection for foreign tourist arrivals this year, lowering the estimate...
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Friday reiterated his party's support to the Centre for its steps aimed...
New Delhi [India] May 9 (ANI): Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and other Indian Premier League (IPL) teams applauded the Indian Armed...
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): In a strong statement following the terror attack in Pahalgam and escalating hostilities along the...
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 9 (ANI): Rajasthan Home Minister Jawahar Singh Bedham congratulated the Armed Forces after every Pakistani...