The Grand Finale of the 12th Standard Chartered Corporate Soccer 5s 2013, the world’s longest running and largest (as listed in the Limca Book of Records) such championship, culminated over the weekend at the Western Railway Sports Ground, Mahalaxmi in Mumbai.
A record 82 teams participated in the championship across ten categories, which included the Media Cup as well. The highlight of the Championship was the Standard Chartered CEOs Challenger, which witnessed a keen contest between the Standard Chartered CEOs-Celebrities team v/s the Akanksha Foundation Football Team which was won by the CEOs-Celebrities Team. The event was conceived and managed by Saran Sports.
Final Results (Category wise)
1. Super Cup
HDFC Bank (Siddharth Puthran) 1-0 WNS Global
2. Elite Cup
Standard Chartered Bank 2-1 Anglo Eastern Shipping [penalties]
3. Champions Cup
HDFC Bank (Devang Dave) 1-0 Nomura Securities
4. Premier Cup
Taj Hotels 3-1 Morgan Stanley [penalties]
5. Salver
Vodafone (Bosco Fernandes, Gaurav Malhotra) 2-0 Kotak Bank
6. Plate
Vodafone Corporate (Shashi Bhushan(2), Udayan Var (2)) 4-1 Cadbury (Bhaskar)
7. Bowl
JM Financial (Kailash Dhakarao (2)) 2-1 Fullerton (Manish Musale
8. Challenger
Credit Suisse (Bishal Lama, Wasim Pinjari) 2-1 Trilegal (Pramit Mohanty)
9. Ladies Cup
Tata Consultancy Services 2-1 HDFC Bank [penalties]