YRS dept. to organise 1st Open Women Football League Tournament

1st Open Women Football League Tournament from June 26 to July 1 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima — Department of Youth Resources and Sports (YRS)

KOHIMA — The Department of Youth Resources and Sports (YRS) is organising the 1st Open Women Football League Tournament from June 26 to July 1 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima.

There will be a maximum of 16 teams and registration will be done on a first-come-first basis. The department informed that players must be bonafide inhabitants of Nagaland.

A team should not exceed 18 players and two supporting staff of which one should be a female. Match allowances will be disbursed at the rate of INR 250 per participant.

Cash awards include INR 1 Lakh with certificates and trophy (winner), INR 70,000 with certificates and trophy (runner-up) and INR 30,000 each with certificates (semi-finalists).

Apart from team awards, exceptional players will be awarded individual awards and certificates in categories such as player of the tournament, highest scorer, best goalkeeper and most promising player.

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Teams will have to make their own logistic arrangements and no TA/DA will be paid except for the match allowances.

Interested teams/clubs may download the forms and bye-laws by visiting the YRS department’s website, dyrs.nagaland.gov.in, and submit it on or before June 20 at the directorate office (Sports section) during office hours.