The Indian Youth Welfare Association (IYWA) Cup Football Tournament 2012 will kick off this Friday. The league-cum-knock out tournament will commence at 9 p.m. at the Dunk football ground on Tahlia Street behind IKEA showroom.
Eleven teams with 176 players will contest 29 matches. The final is to be held on June 8. The Indian Youth Welfare Association is a nonpolitical and nonprofit association.
IYWA’s President Surender Pal Singh and General Secretary Mir Gazanfar Ali Zaki were present at the draw of the event.
The tournament would feature two groups — six teams in Group A and five Group B. Matches will be played daily evening in the floodlit ground, with Lebanese, Egyptian, Indian and Saudi referees.
The fixture of the two-week soccer festival was released by Masood Ahmed, principal International Indian School Jeddah (IISJ) and SIFF President Hifsu Rahman on Sunday at Tasty Taste Restaurant, Aziziah by handing over copies to former national players of India Zaki, Mohammed Jaweed, Vice-President of Sports IYWA Aijaz Ahmed Khan and Event Coordinator Tanveer Siddiqui.
Former SIFF President T.P. Ahmed and Hassan Bayazeed Ather, chief coordinator Andhra Pradesh United Forum, graced the ceremony.
The teams and groupings:
Group A — FC Fusions, IISJ, Desi Starz, Finisherz Shadab, IYWA, Angry Birds.
Group B — Barca, FC Brothers, Friends United, Shareef Khan FC, DHL.
The organizing committee members of IYWA Cup Football Tournament are Muzzammil Hussain, Mohammed Zubair, Ather Jaweed, Zafarullah Khan, Mir Taqi Ali, Syed Baqer Ali, Anwar Ul Haq, Farooq Ahmed, Waseem Mukadam, Omi Notani, Mir Fazal Ali, Mirza Imtiaz Baig, Rehan Khan and Azher Ali Khan.
IYWA Cup Football event set to start
