Riding on the fervor and excitement brewing across the country around the ongoing 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, 90bids.com, the unique play-to-bid auction site for flights and travel products today announced the launch of a ‘5 - a - Side Corporate Football League 2014’, in association with the Hindustan Football Club. Football enthusiasts from 32 corporate houses will cross swords in this 16 day long Football tournament, which is set to get underway at the Tyagraj stadium, New Delhi, between 28th June and 13th July, 2014.
Speaking on the initiative, Kunal Mittal, Founder and CEO of 90bids.com commented, “Though India is undoubtedly a cricket crazy nation, there is also no denying the fact that the FIFA World Cup extravaganza is the flavor of the season and Football does command a huge fan-following. After all, it’s a Sport that we have all played while we were in School and College. Through this action packed ‘90bids.com Corporate Football League’, our attempt is to further build up the revelry and reach out to the soccer addict youngsters working with corporate organizations.”
“The response that we have received has been truly overwhelming”, he added.
The football matches will be played with 5 – a – Side teams, including one goal keeper and each match would be of 30 minutes duration. There will be four matches in a day. It is a league cum Knock-out format tournament wherein all players are mandated to be full-time permanent executives based out of Delhi NCR and not below 25 years of age. Only two players below 25 years per team will be allowed to participate. The top two teams will qualify for the CUP, the third and the fourth teams will qualify for the PLATE and the fifth and the sixth ranking teams will qualify for the BOWL. The CFL winners will stand a chance to win cash prizes of upto INR 5 Lacs.
As per the rules of the Draw, every participating corporate team gets to play a minimum of three matches each. All the 32 teams will be divided by lottery in 8 groups comprising of 4 members each. In each group each team will play against others in the group once and top 2 teams of the group will qualify for the Pre Quarter Final Matches. Post the pre-quarter final stage, all the matches will be played on Knockout basis ending with the Finals. The Rankings will be awarded basis the number of goals and number of points gained.
The Corporate Football League will conclude with a gala celebration at the Radisson Blue. The unique carnival will include prize distribution to winning teams of three categories – Gold, Silver and Bronze. Best Dressed Team, Team with the best sporting spirit, individual prizes to the best players, LIVE performances by the renowned artists, followed by a Multi-Cuisine Dinner for the participating teams and the winning team.
Enclosed are the names of all participants of Corporate Football league
90bids.com is a unique play-to-bid auction site for flights and travel products. Founded by a team of young and enthusiastic travel lovers, the website ensures that shopping for one’s dream holiday is hassle-free, fun and exciting. Incepted in April 2014, the New Delhi-based company aims to alter the way Indians buy flight tickets and other travel-related products with its auctioning model.
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