Eight teams will participate in the municipal-level competition to be held at the Bhanujan Secondary School grounds in the district headquarters, Phungling.
The schedule for the Kanchenjunga Seselung Women's Gold Cup Football Tournament, to be organized on the occasion of Chasok Tangnam, has been made public.
The inaugural match of the municipal-level tournament to be held at the Bhanujan Secondary School ground in the district headquarters of Phungling will be played between Sirijanga and Maiwakhola Rural Municipality. The organizers have said that the second day of the tournament, which will start from Mangsir 13, will be between Pathibhara Yangwarak and Aathrai Triveni Rural Municipality on the 14th, Phungling Municipality and Phaktanglung Rural Municipality on the 15th, and the final match of the first round on the 16th will be between Sidingwa and Meringden Rural Municipality. Mikwakhola Rural Municipality, which has nine local levels, will not participate in this year's tournament. The final match of the tournament to be organized by Ngawarak Samjong Phungleng, Kanchanjangha Phungling Club and Chasok Tangnam Organizing Committee will be held on Mangsir 20. The organizers claim that the competition will be intense as each municipality will be allowed to bring four outside players in the tournament.
The winner will receive a trophy and Rs. 202,000, while the runner-up will receive Rs. 102,000. The man of the match of the day will receive Rs. 5,000, the best player of the tournament will receive Rs. 10,000, and the best player in each discipline will receive Rs. 8,000, said club president Ashok Kumar Thebe.
