Subroto Cup Junior (U 17) Boys to kick start on Saturday

Khel Today Bureau 

New Delhi: The Junior Boys (U 17) Boys category, the showpiece event of the 62nd edition of the Subroto Cup International Football Tournament, will kick start tomorrow in New Delhi. The tournament is back in the national capital after the Sub-Junior Boys (U 14) category was conducted for the first time in Bengaluru. 38 teams will battle for the trophy of the most prestigious inter-school football tournament of the country. Teams from Bangladesh and Nepal will add international flavour to the tournament.

The group stage matches will be played at Ambedkar Stadium, Tejas Football Ground and Subroto Park Football Ground in New Delhi and G.D Goenka University Football Ground, Gurugram. All the knockout matches will be played at the Ambedkar Stadium, including the finals which is scheduled for 23rd of October. The teams are divided into eight groups, in which the winners of each group will qualify for the quarterfinals.

GROUP A

Govt. Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 37 B, Chandigarh
Ramakrishna Mission School, Aalo, West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh
+2 Durga Uchh Vidyalay, Shakti Nagar, Baanka, Bihar
Shaheed Jawan Muthukoya Memorial Senior Secondary School, Amini, Lakshadweep

GROUP B

M.I.C English Medium H.S, Athanikal, Malappuram, Kerala
Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Protishthan, Bangladesh
Lakman Gyanpith DLSS, Gujarat
The Emeralad Heights International School, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

GROUP C

T.G English School, Bishnupur, Manipur
Ramkrishna Mission Vivekanand Vidyapith, Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh
Inventure Academy, Bengaluru
DG National Cadet Corps, West Bengal
Shri Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya, Bhaktapur, Nepal

GROUP D

Assam Rifles Public School, East Khasi Hills, Shillong
St. Francis Xavier High School, Dudhani, Silvassa, DD & DNH
Khajaman H.S.S, Trichy, Tamil Nadu
Sanjeevan Vidhyaniketan & Chhatrapati Shivaji Kanishta Mahavidyalaya (Somvarreth) Panhada, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Navy Children School, Mumbai

GROUP E

Govt. Haulawang High School, Haulawang, Lunglei, Mizoram
Mamta Modern School, Vikaspuri, New Delhi
Army Public School, Samba, Jammu & Kashmir
Kamla Devi Public School, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Air Force Bal Bharti School, New Delhi

GROUP F

Mother International School, Zahir, Brambey, Ranchi, Jharkhand
D.A.V Inter-College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Don Bosco Academy, Vaduthala, Kochi, Kerala
Govt. Senior Secondary School, Namchi, South Sikkim, Sikkim
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Maheshpur, Pakur, Jharkhand

GROUP G

Tripura Sports School, Badharghat, Tripura
P.M Shri GSSS Gangwa, Hisar, Haryana
Bampather Bengenabari H.S.S, Aideobari, Assam
Vasant Rao Dempo H.S.S of Arts, Science & Commerce, Cujira, Goa
Sainik School, Chhingchip, Mizoram

GROUP H

Greenwood School, Khelo India Centre, Nagaland
Sudarshanpur Dwarika Prasad Uchh Vidyachakra, Raiganj, West Bengal
Kendriya Vidyalaya, Lokra, Shonitpur, Assam
Amenity Public School, Rudrapur, Uttarakhand
Guru Gobind Sports College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

The group matches will continue till 18th of October and the qualified teams will play the quarterfinals on the 20th of October. The semi-finals are scheduled for the 21st of October.

Pilgrim Higher Secondary School, Dimapur, Nagaland are the defending champions of the Junior Boys category.

The 62nd Subroto Cup will be telecast LIVE on the SportsCast India YouTube channel. You can also catch the Highlights on the Prasar Bharti & AIFF YouTube channels.