Both the Nepalese men and women, who became the runners-up in the first Kho-Kho World Cup, returned home on Monday. The National Sports Council welcomed the team that achieved the historic achievement at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Monday.
Rakhep Vice President Dhruv Acharya, Member-Secretary Tanklal Ghising, Youth and Sports Ministry Secretary Hariprasad Lamsal along with Rakhep board members, Nepal Kho Kho Association President Pradeep Maharjan, representatives of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and others gave a grand welcome.
Both men's and women's teams of Nepal became runners-up in the World Cup held in New Delhi, India on Sunday. Both teams of Nepal lost to host India in the match at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. 20 nations competed in men's and 19 in women's.
Member-Secretary Ghisingh said that the historic success in the World Cup was possible due to the hard work of the entire team. He informed that Kho-Kho is included in the scholarship program run by Rakhep considering age group players.
Men's captain Hemraj Paneru and women's captain Saraswati Kadayat recalled that they participated in the World Cup with the goal of winning a medal and said that they felt proud that our success had become a historic achievement for the country.
Member-Secretary Ghising said that the players will be awarded according to the provisions in the National Sports Development Regulations-2079. For that, he has instructed Kho-Kho Sangh to submit the necessary documents within 15 days. What are the prizes in the
rules?
Sub-rules (3), (6) and (6) of rule 28 are related to the award amount to be awarded to those who win medals in Olympic, Asian, South Asian Games and other internationally recognized sports competitions.
The Kho-Kho World Cup runner-up team will be able to claim the prize specified under the International Federation (IF) World Championship. As it is a group competition, the players who won the silver should get 45 lakh rupees each. If it was gold, the number of people was 52 lakh.
coach has 780 thousand rupees, assistant coach, manager, physio 390 thousand rupees and sports association has 15 lakh 60 thousand rupees.
30 players are participating in the World Cup, 15-15 in two teams. The player will get 135 million at the rate of 45 million. Two coaches will get 1.5 million 60 thousand and 6 people including assistant coach, manager and physio of both teams will get 2.3 million 40 thousand.
1.5 million 60 thousand will fall to the share of Kho Kho Sangh. The Kho-Kho team will receive about 144 million 460 thousand rupees when the prize is given as stipulated in the regulations.
Asiad medal winners and cricket players have received awards based on this regulation.
