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The Subroto Cup International Football Tournament is a prestigious international inter-school football tournament that is held in New Delhi, India. The tournament held annually since 1960, is named after the Indian Air Force Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee. It is the oldest national school football tournament in India and was instituted to promote and encourage the sport at the grassroots level in the country. Students from different countries across Asia participate in this tournament, making it one of the more noteworthy school-level football competitions.
History
Subroto Mukerjee conceived the idea in 1958 when he was the Chief of the Air Staff. Subroto Mukerjee Sports Education Society was formed in 1960
Organisation
The Subroto Cup is conducted by the Indian Air Force, with the help of Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.
Tournament structure
The current tournament structure consists of the preliminary inter-school tournaments at different divisional levels culminating in the inter-school finals at the state level. The winners then participate in the main national tournament.
Venues
The venues for the tournament held at New Delhi:
Ambedkar Stadium
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Tejas Football Ground (Race Course)
Subroto Park
International Participation
School teams from numerous countries have played in the tournament, with the first team reaching the final in 1993 being the Special Sports School from Uzbekistan. Since then many schools from foreign countries take part regularly, such as Brazil, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Nepal, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan etc.
In the 2015 Championship, for the first time teams of boys and girls came from Afghanistan for the tournament. Brazilian legend and football's elder statesman Pele came to India after a gap of 38 years to attend the final of the 56th edition of the Subroto Cup as the chief guest. In 2016, Rivaldo and Roberto Carlos were the chief guests at the 57th edition.
Results
= Junior (U–17)
=The following is the list of winners and runners-up:
= Sub–Junior (U–15)
=At the request of the School Games Federation of India, the Subroto Cup organisers started a sub-junior (11-14 Years) football tournament
from 1998. Sixteens teams participated in the inaugural tournament, while more schools took part in the following years. Since 2000, the fairplay trophy for the sub-junior group has been named in the memory of late Lieutenant Sandeep Loomba, who died in a mountaineering expedition at Abi Gamin peak. Fairplay trophy for the junior group, medals and certificates for both the age groups, are provided by the Subroto Society
= Girls Junior (U–17)
=See also
Junior National Football Championship
Football in India
Indian football league system
Youth League
History of Indian football
Indian Arrows
AIFF Elite Academy
References
Further reading
"Hutchings crowned Subroto Cup champs". The Indian Express. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
"Subroto Cup from Oct 7". The Indian Express. 5 October 1992. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
"Subroto Cup to kick off from Sept 2 with new format". The Hindu. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
"Subroto Cup from September 1". The Times of India. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
"Subroto Cup: Tamil Nadu boys to take on Ukraine in semis". The Times of India. 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
Tamang, Silash (7 December 2011). "Sikkim footballer Nirmal Chettri makes international debut". iSikkim.com. New Delhi: The Sikkim Mail. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
External links
Official website
Subroto Cup on Facebook
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