63rd Subroto Cup Set to Get Underway on Monday at Ambedkar Stadium

Khel Today Bureau

New Delhi: The 63rd edition of the prestigious Subroto Cup International Football Tournament is all set to kick off at Delhi’s historic Ambedkar Stadium on Monday, August 05, 2024, with a grand opening ceremony ahead of the match between Government High School, Kohima, Nagaland and Home Mission School, 1 BN Mizo NCC, Aizawl, in the Junior Girls (Under 17) category. This year’s tournament promises to be most competitive, with a record 111 teams vying for top honours across the three categories of Junior Boys, Junior Girls and Sub-Junior Boys.

The opening ceremony will be graced by Air Marshal R.K. Anand VSM, Air Officer-in-Charge Administration & Vice Chairman SMSES, who will be the Chief Guest for the occasion. India’s woman football star Jyoti Chauhan, will be the Guest of Honour, which is sure to inspire the young girls taking part in the tournament.

The Chief Guest will formally declare the tournament open after which the captains of the participating teams will assemble for the oath-taking ceremony, pledging to uphold the spirit of sportsmanship and fair play.

A grand performance from the AWDT, an exhilarating para jump display by the Air Devils team of the Indian Air Force, and another cultural performance by students from the Air Force School will further captivate the audiences in the stadium.

A total of 34 teams divided into eight groups including teams from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be competing for honours in the Junior Girls category. The group winners from each group will qualify for the knockouts and the finals will be held on August 13^th, 2024, at the Ambedkar Stadium. Besides the hallowed Ambedkar, the Tejas Football Ground in New Delhi and the G.D. Goenka Global School and KIIT World School in Gurugram, will be the venues for the girls tournament.