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News: Subroto Cup International Football Tournament 2026 commenced at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.

About Subroto Cup International Football Tournament

It is a prestigious inter-school football tournament.
Conducted by: It is conducted by the Air Force Sports Control Board.
Frequency of conduct: It is held annually in New Delhi.
Named after: It is named after the first Indian Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee.
First Edition: The first edition was conducted in 1960.
It is a unique tournament where in the champion school teams from all states and foreign countries participate in this tournament.
Categories: It has following categories: Sub-Junior Boys (Under-15), Junior Boys (Under-17), and Junior Girls (Under-17).
How It is conducted: Preliminary inter-school tournaments are organized in every state & union territory starting from Sub-division, district and division level culminating in the inter-school finals at the state level.
- The school teams, winning the state inter-school championships are then invited to participate in the main Tournament.
- It is played on league cum knock out basis and is played in accordance with laws of the game as framed by FIFA as adopted by AIFF & SSCB.

It is the 65th edition of Subroto Cup International Football Tournament.
It is being held at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.
Structure: It features 108 teams in three categories: Junior Girls (U-17), Junior Boys (U-17), and Sub-Junior Boys (U-15).
- It is divided into eight groups per category.
- Group winners will advance to the knockout stages, to culminating in the tournament finals.
Performance: On the opening day, Meghalaya’s Junior Girls (U-17) team defeated Chandigarh 2–0.
- The goals were scored by Ms. Genefa and Ms. Wandari.