The Regional South & West Zone Blind Football Tournament concluded at Bengaluru with the SRVC Kerala team winning the title beating Bengaluru in a pulsating final on Sunday at the Feverpitch turf facility. The tournament brought together around 70 participants from different regions including teams from Gujarat, Mumbai, chennai, Madurai, Kerala, Bengaluru etc and was a warm up event to the national team selection camp before the Australian Blind Football Teams friendly series in Kochi by mid Sept. Falhan CS, India international from the Kerala team was the Player of the Tournament, while Nirav from Gujarat was the top scorer with 12 goals.
The tournament included recognised national level referees and training sessions for the new teams to take up the game in new areas like Bengaluru & develop talent said Sunil J Mathew, Sporting Director, IBFF. DCP Blr North Shri Chetan Rathore IPS was the chief guest for the closing finale.
IBFF promoted by SRVC Kochi is running the country's blind Football academy with its base in Kochi and is the premier official body to promote the game across the country.
Regional South & West Zones Blind Football Tournament at FeverPitch turf ground, Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru from 31 Aug to 2 Sept'18
Day 1
Match 1
Chennai vs Banglore (3-0)
Gabriel Scored 3 Goals for Chennai
Match 2
Newbies one vs TABSA Madura (0-0)
Match 3
Gujarat vs Kerala (3-1) Neerav Scored 3 goals for Gujarat and Anandhu scored 1 goal for kerala
Match 4
NewBies two vs Loins Mumbai (0-0)
Match 5
Gujarat vs TABSA Madura (6-0) Neerav scored 6 goals for Gujarat
Match 6
Bengaluru vs NewBies two (3-0) Abhimanyu Scored 3 Goals for bengaluru
Day 2
Match 1
Chennai vs Mumbai (4-0)
Gabriel Scored 4 Goals for Chennai
Match 2
NewBies one vs Gujarat (0-2)
Neerav Scored 2 Goals for Gujarat
Match 3
Kerala vs Madura (5-0)
Falhan Scored 4 Goals and renjith ER scored 1 Goal for kerala
Match 4
Chennai vs NewBies two (1-0)
Gabriel Scored 1 Goal for Chennia
Match 5
Mumbai vs Bengaluru (0-0)
Match 6
Kerala vs newbies one (1-0)
Falhan Scored for kerala
Day 3
Semi Final 1
Bengaluru vs Gujarat (3-1)
Abhimanyu Scored 3 Goals for bengaluru and Neerav Scored 1 Goal for Gujarat
Semi Final 2
Kerala vs Chennai (5-2)
Falhan Scored 5 Goals for kerala and Gabriel Scored 2 Goal for Chennai
Final
Kerala vs Bengaluru(1-0)
Falhan Scored 1 Goal for kerala
Winners:Kerala
Runners Up : Bengaluru
Player of the tournament:Falhan CS(Kerala)
Top Scorer Award : Neerav (Gujarat)12 Goals
Best Goal keeper : Anugrah (Kerala)
Match Full Summary