DURAND FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
TO BE INAUGURATED TOMORROW
The Durand Cup Football
tournament will be inaugurated by Lt. Gen SS Mehta GoC-in-C Western
Command here tomorrow. It is the oldest tournament in India and
the second oldest in the world, This tournament was instituted
in 1888 and is conducted every year by the Defence Forces. Though
initially meant to encourage football within the Services, it
has been opened to civilian teams and most of the prominent teams
participate in this tournament.
In the preliminary
round, played from Dec 26 to Dec 29, two teams of Army i.e. Assam
Regimental Centre and Madras Engineering Group have qualified.
These teams will compete as part of twelve teams participating
in the main tournament.
Winners of the tournament
will receive Rs. 4 lacs, Runners Up will get Rs. 2 lacs and the
two loser teams in the semi-finals will receive Rs. 1 lac each.
