Guwahati, Kokrajhar to host matches of three groups

GUWAHATI: The group of the forthcoming 132nd Durand Cup Football Tournament, scheduled to be held in three venues between August 3 to September 3, are announced today. Kolkata, Guwahati and Kokrajhar will be the venue for this edition of the meet.

The participating teams have been clubbed into six groups of four teams each. Three groups-A, B and C- will play their matches in Kolkata. On the other hand most of the Group D and Group E games, barring two, have been slotted in Guwahati’s Indira Gandhi Athletic stadium. Kokrajhar’s SAI center ground, the newest host city venue, will host a total of nine games, including one of the four quarter-finals.

Local ISL side North East United FC are clubbed with FC Goa and Shillong Lajong FC in group ‘D’ which will be held in Guwahati. One more team will join in this group. Teams in group E are ISL sides Hyderabad FC and Chennaiyin FC, Delhi FC and the service team of Nepal, Tribhuvan Army Football Club.

Group F, to be played in Kokrajhar, features the local Bodoland Team, also making a debut in the tournament this year, rubbing shoulders against the likes of Super Cup champions Odisha FC and I-League side Rajasthan United FC. The Indian Army team completes Group F.

The 132nd Durand Cup also sees a return of foreign participation after a gap of 27 years and while the Bangladesh Service team has been placed in Group A, the second foreign team is placed in group E.

Six group winners and the two best second placed sides will make the knockout stage.

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