16 teams in fray for 5th Sangai Trophy Veteran Football C'ship
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 03 2024:
16 teams will vie for the top honours of the 5th Sangai Trophy Veteran Football Championship due to begin from April 7 at CYLC ground (Hao ground), Pishum under the auspices of United Veteran Football Association, Manipur (UVFAM) .
The league cum knock-out tournament will see two teams from four groups advance to quarterfinals.
The tournament carries cash prizes of Rs 1,00,000 for the winners, Rs 50,000 for the runners up and Rs 10,000 for the fair play team.
Besides these big prizes, the tournament offers cash prizes for player of the match awards (Rs 2000+ trophy each from semis), best goalkeeper award (Rs 5000 + Trophy), best defender award (Rs 5000 + Trophy), best midfielder award (Rs 5000 + Trophy), top scorer of the tournament (Below 45 years : Rs 5000 + Trophy), top scorer of the tournament (Above 45 years : Rs 5000 + Trophy), best player award (Below 45 years : Rs 5000 + Trophy), best player award (45 and below 50 years : Rs 5000 + Trophy), best player award (Above 50 years : Rs 5000 + Trophy), and oldest player award (Rs 5000 + Trophy) .
EMV FC, Lamlai will play IVFA, Singjamei in the opening match on April 7.The match begins at 2.30 pm.
Group Details
Langthabal FC, KVFA-Kakching, IEVSA- Khongman, and VSAI-Thangmeiband are clubbed in Group A as the Group B features AMBA FC, MLVSA-Mayai Lambi, Keishanthong FC and TBSFA-Taobungkhok.
NKV FC-Utlou, UVSA-Lilong Chajing, MVFC-Chandel and TRVSA-Malom are in the meantime drawn in Group C while EMV FC-Lamlai, FLAM-Yaiskul, MUSA-Wangkhei and IVFA-Singjamei are placed in Group D .