Limited foreign participation

8220;We sent invites, but unfortunately the have no such concept of a school meet there. They have age-group meets but no school meet. Besides, the timing of the tournament is not conducive to their academic calendar,8221; he added.

But the organisers are still hopeful that if not for the tournament they might manage to get a Brazilian team for an exhibition match after the tournament.

8220;We are working closely with All India Football Federation to get a school team from Brazil to play against the champion team in exhibition match,8221; said J N Burma, Air Marshal and air officer-in-charge administration.