Guwahati: The 2nd edition of the Guwahati Premier Football League kicked off on Friday at Judges Field in Guwahati.
Organized by the Guwahati Sports Association (GSA), a total of 16 teams will participate in the tournament, which will follow a league-cum-knockout format, with two matches scheduled to be played each day.
The participating teams are North East United FC (NEUFC), Barekuri FC, United Chirang Duar FC, FC Green Valley, Gauhati Town Club (GTC), Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), Assam Police and Sunrise Athletic Club.
Besides, Red Bee Inc, Gplus Athletico, Pride East Mavericks, Northeast Frontier Railway Sports Association (NFRSA), ASEB Sports Club, Sports Authority of India (SAI), Oil India Limited (OIL) and Deka Bricks Industry Sports Club (DBISC) are also participating in the tourney.
Minister for Water Resources & Parliamentary Affairs, Pijush Hazarika, attended the event as the chief guest. Taranga Gogoi, Naharkatia MLA and President of Assam Cricket Association, graced the opening ceremony as the special guest of honour.
The teams participating have been grouped into two clusters. Cluster-1 includes DBISC, SAI, ASEB Sports Club, United Chirang Duar FC, OIL, Gplus Athletico, GTC, and FC Green Valley. Cluster-2 includes Barekuri FC, Sunrise Athletic Club, Assam Police, NEUFC, NRL, Red Bee Inc, Pride East Mavericks and NFRSA.
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The top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals on December 20, with the final match scheduled for December 22.
