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Kathmandu Tuesday January 29, 2002 Magh 16, 2058.
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ANFA releases Nirajan Memorial
Cup draw
Post Report
BIRATNAGAR, Jan 28: The All Nepal Football
Association (ANFA) has released a draw for the Nirajan Memorial Invitational football
tournament starting on January 30 at the local Sahid Stadium.
The 11-day tournament will draw a total of 12
teams including six ‘A’ division club, two departmental clubs and three invited
clubs from India. The tournament’s organising cost, according to ANFA, is estimated
at Rs 1.1 million including allowance to each participating team amounting to Rs 7,500
each day for accommodation, transportation.
Geeta Rana, the president ANFA while addressing
a press conference, informed about the association’s plan to organise the tournament
each year in different regions. She also told reporters that ANFA would select country’s
professional footballers within February through the district-level league football
tournament.
According to the draw, the tournament kicks off
with the match between Galaxian Club and Kurseong XI. Three other clubs that made it to
the semifinals of the recently concluded Birendra Memorial Invitational football
tournament in the capital earn the automatic quarterfinal berth. A visiting Eastern
Railway team of Kolkata joins them in the quarterfinal. The 12 teams are divided into two
Pools with Manang Marsyangdi Club (MMC), Galaxian Club, Kurseong-XI, Tribhuvan Club, New
Road Team (NRT) and Eastern Railway Kolkata pitted in Group ‘A’. Mahendra Police
Club (MPC), Three Star Club, RCT, Eastern Region XI, Sikkim XI and Friends Club make up
Group ‘B’.
Tournament Programme
Match Date Fixtures
1. Jan 30 Galaxian Club vs Kurseong-XI
2. Jan 31 Three Star Club vs RCT
3. Feb 1 Tribhuvan Club vs New Road Team
4. Feb 2 Eastern-XI vs Sikkim-XI
5. Feb 3 Winner of match 1 vs Manang Marsyangdi
Club
6. Feb 4 Winner of match 2 vs Mahendra Police
Club
7. Feb 5 Winner of match 3 vs Eastern Railway
Kolkata
8. Feb 6 Winner of match 4 vs Friends’ Club
9. Feb 7 Winner of match 5 vs winner of match 7
[semifinal]
10. Feb 8 Winner of match 6 vs winner of match 8
[semifinal]
11. Feb 10 Winner of match 9 vs winner of match
10 [final]
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