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What is unique is that unlike traditional football in Futsal each
team has just five members. Each half lasts for 20 minutes. That
makes the game speedier and reduces periods of boredom. This format
has been approved by footballs governing body Fifa.
Speaking this evening to Indiantelevision.com Total Sports Entertainment
India MD Navneet Sharma says, "The aim is to build further
on the passion that football generates and allow an outside a chance
to play with the big boys as it were. The event is divided into
three legs. The first leg will involve the participation of a total
of 16 clubs from each district, with a total of 304 teams across
19 districts. Winners from each district will be further broke down
in to zones, following which winners of the respective zones will
play each other to identify the best district team.
The district champion will get a wild card to the final round.
The second leg is called Para Football and takes place in Kolkatta.
Kolkata will be segregated into three zones i.e. North, South and
Central. A total of 45 teams will participate across the three zones.
Winners fro the respective zones will play each other to identify
the best para team, who will get a wild card to the final round.
The two winners will then participate in the Super division of
the Futsal Championships. They will be joined by the top six teams
of the Indian Football Association (IFA) including Mohun Bagan,
East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting. The event is being conducted
under the aegis of the IFA and has prize money of Rs. 300,000.
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