The Second edition of the campus tournament Jabong Turf war season II kicked off on Friday at the G.L. Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management (GLBITM), Greater Noida in front of a 10, 000-strong youth audience.
16 teams from colleges all over the Delhi-NCR played on the two day event. As part of the game, each team fields four outfield players and a goalkeeper. The game has a relatively smaller pitch and goalposts, and is of a reduced duration. Matches are held indoors, or outdoors, on AstroTurf or artificial grass enclosed within a barrier or ‘cage’ to prevent the ball from leaving the playing area and keep the game flowing.
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On day 1 of the Jabong Turf war season II Knockouts and Quaterfinals matches were played. Day 2 of the game featured the Semi-finals and the finals. On the last day a friendly match between Team Jabong and Team Sportskeeda was also played.
After a highly combative set of games between the 16 College teams, Sharda University from Greater Noida emerged as the winners of the tournament. Apart from the Jabong Turf War Season II trophy, the winning team also received a cash prize of Rs.25,000. Tarun Negi (Sharda University) was the top scorer of the tournament with 8 goals and GNIOT's goalkeeper was titled as the Best Goalkeeper award.
Henrik Svenning, Head of International Markets, hummel, said, “Hummel is proud to support the Turf War tournament and the promotion of football in India. We receive believe sports and football is about having fun with your friends. Hummel and turf war is about doing your best at the pitch and enjoy fun, fashion and football. It’s the perfect platform to launch our brand in India. A big thank you to Jabong and congratulations with a successful turf war”.
Anupam Vishwakarma (Sharda University) a participant in the tournament who has also previously played Futsal Premier League along with the likes of Ronaldinho and Michel Salgado found the competition to be very happening and full of fun. He also adds competitions like this provide them with a lot of exposure and experience, with the advent of these tournament Futsal can be a future for the young footballers. He was also selected as the Player of the tournament for his all round perfromances and was also awrded a cash prize of Rs.10,000 sponsored by Jabong.
“Turf War is the T20 of football. We started this initiative as part of Jabong’s commitment to promote the sporting culture and connect with the youth in India. After an amazing response in our first edition, we are now pumping up the adrenaline with pulsating action, hottest fashion, rocking music, bigger star cast and a lot of goodies to be won,” said Rahul Taneja, Chief Business Officer at Jabong.
The fun didn’t end there, as the event witnessed British film actress,singer, model, TV presenter and former MTV VJ Sophie Choudry cheering up the audience along with past contestants from the hit reality TV Shows MTV Roadies and Splitsvilla, Martina Thariyan and Shreeradhe Khanduja.
“G.L. Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida is glad to connect with Jabong for Turfwar Session ll. This event has filled G.L. Bajaj campus with renewed energy. I feel that this event has not only boosted physical fitness but has also contributed to the muchneeded life skill lessons. Time management, resource management, leadership skills, team work, all are the by-products of Jabong Turfwar. I suppose that Jabong will continue to create more such avenues for youngsters,” said Pankaj Agarwal, Vice Chairman, G.L. Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management.
Results
Knockout Results
G. L. Bajaj Institute of Technology & Management B defeated I.T.S Engineering College 0-1
Sharda University defeated Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology 3-1
Accurate Institute of Management and Technology defeated Greater Noida College of Technology 1-0
GNIOT Group Of Institutions defeated Amity University, Greater Noida 1-0
Gautam Buddha University defeated Ram-Eesh International School 7-0
Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology defeated JIMS Engineering Management Technical Campus 2-1
G. L. Bajaj Institute of Technology & Management A defeated IEC College of Engineering and Technology 1-0
Dronacharya Group of Institution defeated Babu Banarsi Das Institute of Technology 3-0
Quaterfinals Results
Sharda University defeated Accurate Institute of Management and Technology 7-0
Dronacharya Group of Institution defeated Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology 3-0
Gautam Buddha University defeated G. L. Bajaj Institute of Technology & Management B 1-0
GNIOT Group Of Institutions defeated G. L. Bajaj Institute of Technology & Management A 2-1
Semi-finals Results
Sharda University defeated Gautam Buddha University 2-0
GNIOT Group Of Institutions defeated Dronacharya Group of Institution 1-0
Finals
Sharda University defeated GNIOT Group Of Institutions 10-0
