2013 Mahindra Youth Football Challenge finals from April 17 onwards

The inter-city leg of the third edition of the Mahindra Youth Football Challenge will kick-off on Wednesday, April 17 at the Bangalore Football Stadium and will finish with the final on April 22. Six schools qualified from over 250 schools, who will play for the title of the national Mahindra Youth Football Challenge under-14 champions.

The six participating schools – Greenwood International School, Bangalore; DPS Vasant Kunj, Delhi; Don Bosco High School, Goa; St. Joseph’s High School, Kerala; Ashoknagar Vidyasagar Banibhavan, Kolkata and Don Bosco High School, Matunga, Mumbai – will play each other in a round-robin league and the top two sides would meet again on Monday, April 22 in the finals.

The champion school would receive the Mahindra Youth Football Challenge trophy and a prize money of Rs. 50,000 while the runners-up will also receive a trophy and Rs.30,000. There would be individual awards for the ‘Star Performer’ of each match, who would also receive a trophy. There will be prizes for the ‘Best Goalkeeper’, ‘Best Midfielder’, ‘Best Striker’ and ‘Best Defender’ of the tournament.

The Mahindra Youth Football Challenge has tied-up with Scottish giants Celtic Glasgow FC and 22 children will be selected from the national schools finals for a four-day coaching clinic from April 23 and two to four of the most talented kids will get a chance to visit Glasgow for 10 days to see Celtic in action and train at the Celtic FC Academy.