Two foreign teams for IFA Shield

CALCUTTA, NOV 7: Jurong Football Club of Singapore and the Air Force football team of Thailand will be the two foreign teams in the 104th IFA Shield football tournament, to be played in Calcutta and Siliguri from Monday.

The tournament, highly regarded in the domestic circuit, will have eight teams divided into two clusters. Each cluster will have a league among the teams with the top two making it into the semi-finals. While Group A, to be played in Siliguri, consists of East Bengal, JCT, Tollygunge Agragami and Jurong FC, Group B to be played in Calcutta has Mohun Bagan, Mohameddan Sporting, Air Force (Thailand) and Bengal Mumbai Football Club. JCT of Phagwara was a last minute replacement for Bangladesh side Mukti Jodhha, which pulled out.

Mohameddan Sporting play against Bengal Mumbai FC at the Salt Lake Stadium on Monday.

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Fixtures: Group A (in Siliguri): 10-11 East Bengal vs Tollygunge; 11-11 JCT vs Jurong; 12-11 JCT vs Tollygunge; 13-11 East Bengal vs Jurong; 15-11 Jurong vs Tollygunge;16-11 East Bengal vs JCT.

Group B (in Calcutta): 9-11 Md Sporting vs BMFC; 11-11 BMFC vs Air Force; 12-11 Mohun Bagan vs Md Sporting; 14-11 Mohun Bagan vs BMFC and Md Sporting vs air Force; 16-11 Mohun Bagan vs Air Force; Semi-final: 18-11 B-1 vs A-2 (Calcutta); 19-11 A-1 vs B2 (Siliguri).; Final: 21-11 (Calcutta).