The Makwanpur Gold Cup football tournament organized by Makwanpur District Football Association will not be held this year. As the Gold Cups of almost all the districts have been completed, it is certain that the Makwanpur Gold Cup will not happen this year.
As the last Gold Cup of this year, Tilottama Gold Cup is currently being conducted in Rupandehi. After that, the third edition of Nepal Super League (NSL) will start from this 16th. Since the NSL will run for about a month, there is no possibility of holding the Gold Cup during that time.
The officials of the football association, who are internally trying to find out whether a large amount of money can be extorted from anywhere, have not yet been able to find the source. Since there is no preparation for the Gold Cup, it is almost certain that there will be no competition this year. An official of the football association said that it is certain that there will be no competition this year. It has been almost 14 months since the completion of the sixth edition of the Makwanpur Gold Cup, so far the organizers have not been able to publish the results of the competition. It has been found that the gold cup still remains.
completed the sixth edition of the Gold Cup on January 27 last year. "Last year's money is still to be paid. So far no moving source has been found. It is almost certain that there will be no Gold Cup," said the official. District President Tikaram Lama, Vice President Yuvraj Lama and Treasurer Amrit Lungba and other officials of the association started looking for possible resources with the aim of continuing the Gold Cup even after changing the name of the competition.
However, the president of the association, Lama, has been saying that the Gold Cup can be held after the NSL. In the initial year, the local level of Makwanpur used to allocate a budget of 2 to 5 lakh rupees for this competition, but later they cut the budget saying that it was 'unachievable'. Other than Hetaunda sub-metropolitan, other local levels did not provide much budget for last year's Gold Cup.
Officials of the Football Association have been dissatisfied saying that they could not even make public the accounts of the previous Gold Cup. The sixth edition of the Makwanpur Gold Cup was won by the APF Club of the Armed Police.
