Mangalore, July 21: The 15th Independence Cup Football Tournament will be held under the aegis of Dakshina Kannada District Football Association from July 18 at District Football Stadium adjacent to Nehru Maidan in the city.
Addressing a press meet here on Friday DKDFA president D M Aslam said as many as 150 teams including 10 girls' teams have registered their names for the tournament and the registration process for professional college teams would continue till July 20.
Mr Aslam said that the tournament would be inaugurated by Mangalore Mayor Parveen Anchan at 10 am in the presence of other dignitaries.
He informed that matches would be played in seven separate categories. The matches for Higher Primary School boys and girls teams would be held from July 18 to 20. For High School boys and girls teams, matches would be held from July 21 to 25. The competition for PU College teams would be held from July 26 to 29. The college level football matches would be held between July 30 and August 7, and the professional college teams would play the matches between August 8 and 14.
The final matches for High School, PU College and Degree College teams would be held on August 15, he said.
The Independence Cup tournaments have been taking place in Mangalore since 1997, the year of 50th anniversary of the country's independence. Last Independence Cup saw 13O teams participate.
Office-bearers of the DKDFA Vijay Suvarna, Mohammed Hussain Bolar, Umesh Uchil and Anil PV were present at the press meet.
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