According to the club's general secretary, Navin Rai, while only eight teams participated in the previous editions, this year two more teams have been added, making the total number of teams 10. Clubs from Nepal, India, and Bhutan will participate in the competition.
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The 26th edition of the Budhasubba Invitation Gold Cup Football is scheduled to be held from Magh 22. The organizer, Dharan Football Club, held a press conference on Thursday and informed that the competition will run until Falgun 2 at the Dharan Stadium.
According to
Club General Secretary Navin Rai, while only 8 teams participated in the previous editions, this year two more teams have been added to make it 10 teams. Clubs from Nepal, India and Bhutan will participate in the competition.
The competition will feature NRT Club, which has won the title for two consecutive years, along with Church Boys United, Nepal Police Club, Planning Boys United Club, Satdobato Youth Club Lalitpur, LA Club Pokhara, Jhapa 11, the host Dharan Football Club, Georgian Club Kalempong (India) and Royal Thimphu Club (Bhutan).
The winner will receive a prize of 1 million rupees and the runner-up will receive 500,000 rupees. The best player will win a Honda Dio
scooter, while the man of the match of each match will be awarded 10,000 rupees.
The best goalkeeper, defender, striker, midfielder and coach in each category will be awarded 25,000 rupees each. The highest scorer will win 35,000, the organizer said.
This time, the prize money for the winner and runner-up will be provided by Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City. The estimated income for the competition is Rs 10.7 million and expenditure is Rs 8.715 million. The main sponsor of the competition is Gorkha Brewery Pvt. Ltd. and the co-sponsor is Tasty-Tasty Noodles, according to the organizers.
In the past, up to 12 teams participated in the competition, but for the past few years, only 8 teams have been participating. General Secretary Rai said that considering the suggestion to increase the number of clubs to raise the level of the game, 10 teams have been participating this year and there is a plan to have 12 teams participate again in the future.
Dharan Football Club President Pratap Tamang said that although the host team has reached the final five times, it has not won the title yet. "We have played in the final five times, but despite playing well, we have lost the title due to bad luck," he said. "Keeping in mind the demand that outside players not play in Dharan's team, this time we will form a team from Dharan's own players." He pointed out that players are not receiving adequate training due to the lack of sports infrastructure in Dharan, and pointed out the need for the local government and concerned bodies to pay attention to this.
