The Subroto Cup 2024 is currently underway with the Sub Junior Boys (U-15) set to commence today, find out more details about the competition below and the schedule
The Subroto Cup International football tournament is an inter-school football competition aimed at youth football development.
Subroto Cup 2024 Under 15 and 17 schedule, date, time, teams list and venue location
Over the years, the Subroto Cup has had various players like Bhaichung Bhutia and Shyam Thapa play in it, before charting out their careers in football.
Subroto Cup 2024 history and importance
The Subroto Cup is an annual inter-school football event named after the legendary and visionary Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee. The inaugural edition of the tournament first took place in 1960, featuring about 50 school teams. Over the years, the number of participating school teams have grown and the competition now features two new categories aside from the existing U-17 boys’ category.
This year’s competition marks the 63rd edition of the competition, and it will follow the same format of different age-restricted categories as the previous edition. This year, the Air Force Sports Control Board and the AIFF are hosting the latest edition of the tournament.
Subroto Cup 2024 format
The upcoming tournament will follow a league cum knock-out basis, which follows the laws of the game that FIFA framed. The U-15 boys’ category features 32 teams this year.
Subroto Cup 2024 dates and schedule
The Subroto Cup 2024 began earlier this month on August 5 and it will feature the best school teams competing against each other in New Delhi. The tournament started off with an opening ceremony and then the commencement of U-17 (Junior) Girls’ category. Given below are the category-wise important dates.
The full schedule and results can be found here.
Junior Girls (U-17)
Start date – August 5, 2024
Final – August 14, 2024
Sub Junior Boys (U-15)
Start date – August 19, 2024
Final – August 28, 2024
Junior Boys (U-17)
Start date – September 2, 2024
Final – September 11, 2024
Following the end of the event, the closing ceremony will take place on September 11.
Subroto Cup 2024 U-15 teams
Given below are the teams competing in the junior boys – U-15 category:
Pool – A
- NCC
- ARMY BOYS
- Uttarakhand
- Kerala
Pool – B
- Meghalaya
- SRI LANKA
- I.S.S.O
- DNH, D&D
- Madhya Pradesh
Pool – C
- SIKKIM
- BANGLADESH
- I.P.S.C
- Delhi
- Maharashtra
Pool – D
- Assam
- HIMACHAL PRADESH
- Gujarat
- PUNJAB
- NVS
Pool – E
- CISCE
- Uttar Pradesh
- Nagaland
- Chhattisgarh
Pool – F
- West Bengal
- Sainik School
- Manipur
- TAMILNADU
Pool – G
- Chandigarh
- AF SCHOOL
- Jharkhand
- Goa
Pool – H
- Tripura
- C.B.S.E
- Bihar
- Haryana
- Mizoram