{"id":26896,"date":"2016-05-02T10:15:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T10:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26896"},"modified":"2016-05-02T10:15:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T10:15:03","slug":"aiff-youth-cup-to-kick-off-in-goa-on-may-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26896","title":{"rendered":"AIFF Youth Cup to kick-off in Goa on May 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-26247\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Football icon isn\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>NEW DELHI:<\/strong> Keen on providing exposure to the U-16 National squad who are preparing for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, All India Football Federation is organising a Youth Tournament in Goa with participation of Teams from various Continents.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament, the first of its kind ever to be held in India will see five Nations &ndash; United States of America, Korea Republic, Tanzania and Malaysia along with hosts India locking horns for the top honours.<\/p>\n<p>All five Teams would be playing against each other with the top two making it to the Final. All matches are to be played at the Tilak Maidan Goa.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kushal Das, General Secretary, AIFF highlighted that the purpose of the Tournament is &ldquo;get a sense of how the U-16 Team is shaping up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The whole purpose of the AIFF Youth Cup is to get a sense of how the U-17 World Cup is shaping up. The AIFF has facilitated a number of exposure tours for them in the past few months and we will continue to do so,&rdquo; he told www.the-aiff.com.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Tournament will provide us further clarity of what we need to improve further,&rdquo; he added.<br \/>Goa will also be the host of the AFC U-16 Finals which are to be held from September 15 to October 2, 2016, the draw for which is slated to be held in Goa on May 26.<\/p>\n<p>India despite being the hosts had qualified for the Finals on merit by basis of their performance in the AFC U-16 Qualifiers in Tabriz in September 2015. The four semifinalists from the U-16 Finals will gain a direct entry to the 2017 U-17 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The fixture for the AIFF Youth Cup is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>May 15: Tanzania vs USA (4pm).<\/p>\n<p>India vs Malaysia (8pm).<\/p>\n<p>May 17: India vs Tanzania (4pm).<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia vs Korea Republic (8pm).<\/p>\n<p>May 19: Korea Republic vs Tanzania (4pm).<\/p>\n<p>USA vs India (8pm).<\/p>\n<p>May 21: USA vs Korea Republic (4pm).<\/p>\n<p>Tanzania vs Malaysia (8pm).<\/p>\n<p>May 23: Malaysia vs USA (4pm).<\/p>\n<p>Korea Republic vs India (8pm).<\/p>\n<p>May 25: Third Place play-off (4pm)<\/p>\n<p>May 25: Grand Finale (8pm).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-26247\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Football icon isn\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Football-icon-isn-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>NEW DELHI:<\/strong> Keen on providing exposure to the U-16 National squad who are preparing for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, All India Football Federation is organising a Youth Tournament in Goa with participation of Teams from various Continents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[973,10944,12975,466,16289,16290],"class_list":["post-26896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-all-india-football-federation","tag-fifa-u-17-world-cup","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-u-16-national-squad","tag-youth-tournament"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AIFF Youth Cup to kick-off in Goa on May 15 - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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