Rs 5 lakh for winner of 59th CC Meet 2015
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 25 2015:
A cash prize of Rs 5 lakh will be awarded to the team champion of the forthcoming 59th Sir Churachand Singh KCSI, CBE Memorial Football Tournament 2015, said All Manipur Football Association (AMFA) president P Raghumani in a programme held at AMFA office today.
The tournament which is organised by All Manipur Football Association (AMFA) will commence from December 2 at Mapal Kangjeibung, Imphal.
In the previous edition of CC Meet, winner and runner up teams were awarded a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh and 1 lakh respectively.
Raghumani said that the cash prize has been increased to Rs 5 lakh for the team champion and Rs 2 lakh for the runner-up.
It may be mentioned that recently held football tournaments organised by AMFA such as Winners Cup, Junior Girls Football League etc have also added cash prizes from this year.
P Raghumani also appealed all the organisations/units concerned not to impose any king of bandh and blockade during the tournament as three teams from outside the State are participating.
AMFA has made some changes for the 59th edition of CC Meet i.e there will be no qualifying rounds, two relegated teams from 10th MSL 2015 will not be invited for the tournament and champion teams of each of the top division leagues (Super Division or 1st Division where there is no super division) of the district association will be invited, he added.
Altogether, 20 teams - 10 from MSL 2015, 8 from top division football leagues and 3 from outside Manipur will take part in the tournament.
However, the three teams from other State will join the tournament directly from quarter-finals, P Raghumani stated.