North Zone Kalyani Cup at Chandigarh

CHANDIGARH, July 15: A total number of 48 football teams from five zones are ready to kick-off in the Kalyani Black Label Cup that begins...

CHANDIGARH, July 15: A total number of 48 football teams from five zones are ready to kick-off in the Kalyani Black Label Cup that begins from July 18 at different venues.

The North Zone leg will be played at Chandigarh. Indian Air Force (Delhi) will take on Haryana State Electricity Board in North Zone’s opener at Chandigarh on August 2. Last year’s winners Salgaocar and runners-up East Bengal are among the eight teams seeded straight into the final round along with Mohun Bagan, Churchill Brothers, Dempo, ITI, BSF and Mohammedan Sporting.

The winners will get Rs 20 lakh and runners-up Rs 15 lakh while all teams in the final round will be richer by Rs one lakh each. The best player and best goalkeeper of the tournament will also receive Rs one lakh each. The highest scorer and the best referee of the tournament will be given Rs 50,000 each.

As per the draw, Philips League champions Mohun Bagan will begin their campaign against South Zone champions at Calcutta on August 19 while holders Salgaocar take on South Zone runners-up at Mumbai on August 20 with last year’s runners-up East Bengal drawn to meet East Zone winners at Guwahati on Augsut 19.

Dasmunshi also informed that efforts were on to have at least 15 matches telecast of which eight would be live and seven are likely to be deferred’ telecast.

The Fixture
North Zone: Chandigarh: August 2: Indian Air Force (Delhi) vs HSEB (Haryana); August 3: PSEB FC (Punjab) vs Himalayan Tigers (HP); August 4: YMCA (J&K) vs Youngster Club (Chandigarh); August 5: JCT vs winner (1); August 6: City Club (Delhi) vs Sports Hostel SC (Haldwani); August 7: winner of (3) vs winner of (4); August 8: winner of (2) vs winner of (5); August 10: winner of (6) winner of (7) Final.

West Zone: Nagpur: August 1: Air India (WIFA) vs Sportg Union, Bhopal (MP); August 2: Imaculate Group (Gujarat) vs Central Railway; August 3: Nivia (Raj) vs VLM SC (Goa); August 4: Vasco (Goa) vs Renegrade (Daman); August 5: winner of (1) vs winner of (3); August 6: winner of (2) vs winner of (4); August 8: winner of (5) vs winner of (6) — Final at MumbaiEast Zone: Cuttack: July 18: Bihar Police SC vs Club team of Sikkim; July 19: Club team of Orissa vs Peerless SC (IFA); July 20: Tollygunge Agragami (IFA) vs Winner of 1; July 22: winner of 2 vs winner of 3 — FinalNortheast Zone: Shillong (Meghalaya: July 24: Langsning SC (Meghalaya) vs Young Amateur (Assam); July 25: PWD Sports Club (Nagaland) vs ASRF (Assam); July 26: AVO (Manipur) vs Blood Mouth (Tripura); July 27: Electric FC (Mizoram) vs Eastern Sporting (Manipur); July 29: winner of (2) vs winner of (3); July 30: winner of (1) vs winner of (4); 7. August 1: winner of (5) vs winner of (6) — Final at Guwahati.

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South Zone: Kannur: July 25: ICF (Tamil Nadu) vs Coaching Centre FC (Pondicherry); July 26: HAL (Karnataka) vs SBT (Kerala); July 27: FC Kochin vs CIL SC (Karnataka); July 28: Indian Bank (Tamil Nadu) vs T.G Venkatesh XI (AP); July 30: winner of (1) vs winner of (3); July 31: winner of (2) vs winner of (4); August 2: winner of (5) vs winner of (6) — Final.

Final Round:
A: August 19 at Calcutta: Mohun Bagan vs SZ winner.
B: August 19 at Kochi: Churchill Brothers vs NE Zone winner.
C: August 19 at Margao: Dempo vs WZ winner.
D: August 19 at Guwahati: East Bengal vs East Zone winner.
E: August 20 at Mumbai: Salgaocar vs South runner-up.
F: August 20 at Delhi: BSF vs play-off winner of East/North East runner-up.
G: August 20 at Bangalore: ITI vs play-off winner of North/West runners-up.
H: August 20 at Hyderabad: Mohd Sporting vs North winner.
Quarterfinal
P: August 24 at Calcutta: winner H vs winner G.
Q: August 24 at Bangalore: winner C vs winner D.
R: August 25 at Mumbai: winner A vs winner E.
S: August 25 at Delhi: winner B vs winner F.
Semifinal
Y: Augyst 29 at Calcutta: winner S vs winner Q.
Z: August 30 at Bangalore: winner P vs winner R.
Third/fourth position
September 5 at Calcutta: loser Y vs loser Z
Final
September 6 at Calcutta: winner Y vs winner Z.