Sixth Parikrma Champions League kicks off in November 23

The 6th edition Parikrma Champions League will be played from Nov 23 thru 25 at the Bangalore Football Stadium. Payed in U-16 age group, a total of 16 schools will be participating this time including a teams from Dubai, Sikkim, and  Kerala. 

The matches this year will have 20-minute halves and the Semi-Finals and Finals will have 30-minute halves.

Participating teams

1. St Joseph’s
2. DPS North
3. Stonehill government School
4. Greenwood high international
5. Vidyaniketan High School
6. Ryan international 
7. Jain international
8. St Aloysius High School 
9. Takshe International
10. Farook– Kerala
11. GEMS International – Dubai
12. Inventure Academy
13. VIBGYOR High School
14. Kendriya Vidyalaya Hebbal
15. St Patricks High School
16. Parikrma Centre for Learning

Greenwood High International School beat Parikrma Humanity Foundation 6-5 in the tie breaker to lift the 6th Parikrama Champions League. The match was tied 1-1 in the regulation time. 

Individual Awards 

• Player of the Tournament: Vachas Reddy (Greenwood High International School)
• Top Scorer: Thokchom Mangalsana Singh (Parikrma Centre for learning - 4 goals)
• Best Goal keeper: Ninad Daswandika (Greenwood High International School) 
• Best Defender: Banuprakash G (Parikrma Centre for Learning)
• Best midfielder: Naman Samani (Greenwood High International School)
• Best Coach: Sudhakar (Greenwood High International School) 
• Fair Play team: GEMS Modern Academy, Dubai

Fixture: 6th Parikrma Champions League 2016

Day 1 - 24th November, 2016  

• Anns High School, Goa 3 (Raj Pratap-11', Rahul R-12', Sevil P in the 13') vs Ryan International School 0  
• Inventure Academy 0 Tie-breaker 4 (Rahul Menon, Aryan Kamdar, Yashodave Joshi, Rohan Xavier) vs Jain International School 0 Tie-breaker 2 (Nikhil Daswani, Bob Chengappa) 
• Greenwood High School 4 (Sidarth Bargava-17', Chirag-34', Rishab Harjani-35', Suman S Dev-37') vs Stonehill Government High School 0 
• Indus International 3 (Kevan Keane Lyndoh-23', Ghalib Halin-25', 33') Vs St. Josephs’ Boys High School 1 (Kevin-27')
• DPS East 2 (Xavier Dmelo-37, Aaron Barreit-40') vs St. Loyola High School, Goa 0
• Farook Higher Secondary School, Kerala 3 (Jawad P P-7', Akhil K-31', Muhammed Shahbas K-33') vs Vidyashilp Academy 0 
• Parikrma 3 (Prem-10', 17', Sanjay N-48') vs St. Aloysius High School 0 
• Vidya Niketan School 0 vs DPS North 1 (Jagruth-14') 

Day 2 - 25th November, 2016 - Quarter final

• St Ann’s School 3 (Sunil P Dessai-6', 27', Diptesh D Naik-40') vs Inventure Academy 0 
• Greenwood High School 0 Tie-breaker 4 (Siddarth Bargava, Naman, AKS, Suman S Dev) Vs Indus International 0 Tie-breaker 5 (Kevin Babu Chirmel, Adrien Lee, Ghalib Halim, Shikrith Poddar, Parishith Ramesh Babu) 
• Farook  Higher  Secondary School, Kerala 2 (Akhil K-3', Fawad K-34') Vs St. Loyola High School, Goa 0 
• Parikrma 2 (Hafiz Basha-28', Nandha Kumar-36') Vs DPS North 0 

Day 3 - 26th November, 2016 - Semifinal & Final

• St Ann’s School 0 Tie breaker 6 (Diptish D Naik, Rahul Vithal, Rahul R Mapsekar, Anil P Desai, Brijesh R Kandolkar, Pranil P Naik) vs Indus International  0 Tie breaker 5 (Kevin Babu Chiramel, Adrian Lee, Parishith Ramesh Babu, Paz Sangma, Nikhil Chengappa )  
• Farook Higher Secondary School 2 (Girish Raju-23rd min, Akhil K-39' min) Vs Parikrma 0

Final 

• Farook Higher Secondary School, Kerala 0 Tie breaker 4 (Favad K, Mohammed Ishal, Akhil K (jersey, Girish Raju ) Vs St. Ann’s School 2 0 Tie breaker.
  (Diptesh D Naik , Rahul Vittal Kananaik) 

Awards 

• Player of the Tournament-  Favad K, Farook HSS, Kerala
• Top Scorer (5 goals) – Aaron Barriet, St Loyola School, Goa 
• Best Goal keeper – Mohit  Yeshwanthm, St Ann’s High School, Goa
• Best Defender – Shrikrit Poddar Indus International
• Best mid fielder – Manav Kapoor, DPS North
• Best Coach – Ravi Babu, Parikrma 
• Fair play – St Loyola High School, Goa 
• Best Striker – Girish , Farook HSS, Kerala 

Bengaluru FC inter school soccer shield

The second edition of the BFC Inter School Soccer Shield will kick off at The GameChanger sports facility, in Mathikere, on December 12, 2016. 
The six day tournament, which will be conducted in a seven-a-side League and knockout format, will be held across three age categories (U10, U12, U14) with 16 teams in each category. 
For more details and to register, contact: +917406495605, 09480499017 or mail in at contact@bengalurufc.com 

6th Parikrma Champions League commencing next week

The 6th edition of the U-16 Parikrma Champions League will be played from November 24 thru 26 at the Bangalore Football Stadium. A total of 16 teams, 13 of Bengaluru’s, 1 team from Kerala, and 2 teams from Goa will battle it out for this year’s cup. 

Parikrma Humanity Foundation has always had the enthusiasm for sports, this year the teams will battle it out for the Equality Cup, which that symbolizes the breaking down of social barriers and celebrating the spirit of football in its truest sense. 

CEO of I-League will be inaugurating the tournament. In keeping with the belief of fair play, the players undergo a Bone-density test to determine their ages correctly. 

Matches will be played in knock-out format of 20-20 minutes and the semifinals and final will have 30-30 minute duration.  

Fixture: Bengaluru FC Inter School Soccer Shield - U12

Group A	Group B	Group B	Group D
Mallya Aditi Intl	Jain Heritage	Greenwood High School	DPS, South
Vibgyor High School	Ryan Intl Bannerghatta, CBSE	Ryan Intl, Yellahanka	Jain International Res School
DPS, North	Deens Academy	DPS, East	Ryan Intl Bannerghatta ICSE
FAPS	Inventure Academy	Head Start Academy	Indus Intl School

Fixture

1. October 7, 2015, 8 am: Mallya Aditi 1 Vs FAPS 3 
2. October 7, 2015, 9 am: VIBGYOR HS 1 vs DPS, North 0
3. October 7, 2015, 10 am: Jain Heritage 0 Vs Inventure Academy 5
4. October 7, 2015, 11 am: Ryan Intl Bannerghatta CBSE 0 Vs Deens Academy 7
5. October 7, 2015, 12 pm: Ryan Intl Yellahanka 0 Vs DPS, East 6
6. October 7, 2015, 1 pm: DPS, South 2 Vs Indus Intl 3 
7. October 7, 2015, 2 pm: Jain Intl Res School 1 Vs Ryan Intl ICSE 4
8. October 7, 2015, 3 pm: Mallya Aditi 1 Vs Vibgyor HS 2
9. October 7, 2015, 4 pm: DPS, North 1 Vs FAPS 0
10. October 7, 2015, 5 pm: Greenwood High 3 Vs Head Start Academy 1
11. October 8, 2015, 8 am: Jain Heritage 6 Vs Ryan Intl Bannerghatta CBSE 0
12. October 8, 2015, 9 am: Deens Academy 1 Vs Inventure Academy 5
13. October 8, 2015, 10 am: DPS, East 3 Vs Head Start Academy 1
14. October 8, 2015, 11 am: DPS, South 3 Vs Jain Intl Res School 1
15. October 8, 2015, 12 pm: Ryan Intl Bannerghatta ICSE 0 Vs Indus Intl 1
16. October 8, 2015, 1 pm: Mallya Aditi 6 Vs DPS, North 2
17. October 8, 2015, 2 pm: Vibgyor HS 0 Vs FAPS 2
18. October 8, 2015, 3 pm: Jain Heritage 1 Vs Deens Academy 3
19. October 8, 2015, 4 pm: Ryan Intl Bannerghatta CBSE 0 Vs Inveture Academy 12
20. October 8, 2015, 5 pm: Greenwood High 3 Vs Ryan Intl Yellahanka 0
21. October 9, 2015, 8 am: Ryan Intl Yellahanka Vs Head Start Academy 
22. October 9, 2015, 9 am: DPS, South Vs Ryan Intl Bannerghatta, ICSE
23. October 9, 2015, 10 am: Jain Intl Res School Vs Indus Intl
24. October 9, 2015, 11 am: Greenwood High Vs DPS, East
25. October 9, 2015, 1 pm - Quarter Final 1: (Group A Winner) FAPS 0 vs (Group B Runner) Deens Academy 0 (3-1 penalties); 
26. October 9, 2015, 2 pm - Quarter Final 2: (Group B Winners) Inventure 2 (Harsha, Shyam) vs (Group A Runners) Vibgyor 1 (Aditya) 
27. October 9, 2015, 3 pm - Quarter Final 3: (Group C Winners) Greenwood 3 (Siddharth 2, Suman) vs (Group D Runners) Indus International 0
28. October 9, 2015, 4 pm - Quarter Final 4: (Group D Winners) DPS East 6 (Shreyas 3, Mohull, Amogh, Siddharth) vs (Group C Runners) DPS South 0 
29. October 10, 2015, 9 am - Semi Final 1: (QF1) FAPS vs (QF2) Inventure
30. October 10, 2015, 10 am - Semi Final 2: (QF3) Greenwood vs (QF4) DPS East
31. October 10, 2015, 4.15 am - Final: SF1 vs SF2

Fixture: Bengaluru FC Inter School Soccer Shield - U10

Group A	Group B
Head Start Educational Academy	Inventure Academy
FAPS	Vidhyashilp Academy
Jain Heritage School	Greenwood International
Deens Academy	Mallya Aditi International
DPS, North	DPS, East

Fixture

1. October 7, 2015, 10 am: Head Start 6 Vs DPS, North 0
2. October 7, 2015, 10 am: FAPS 0 Vs Deens Academy 1
3. October 7, 2015, 11 am: Inventure Academy 0 Vs DPS, East 2
4. October 7, 2015, 11 am: Vidhyashilp Academy 0 Vs Mallya Aditi 0
5. October 7, 2015, 12 pm: Head Start 5 Vs Jain Heritage 0
6. October 7, 2015, 12 pm: FAPS 1 Vs DPS, North 4
7. October 7, 2015, 1 pm: Vidhyashilp Academy 1 Vs DPS, East 1
8. October 7, 2015, 1 pm: Jain Heritage 2 Vs Deens Academy 0
9. October 7, 2015, 2 pm: Greenwood 5 Vs Malya Aditi 1
10. October 7, 2015, 3.30 pm: Inventure Academy 0 Vs Greenwood 2
11. October 8, 2015, 10 am: Head Start 7 Vs Deens Academy 0
12. October 8, 2015, 10 am: FAPS 0 vs Jain Heritage 0
13. October 8, 2015, 11 am: Inventure Academy 0 Vs Mallya Aditi 0
14. October 8, 2015, 12 pm: Head Start 4 vs FAPS 0
15. October 8, 2015, 12 pm: Jain Heritage 1 Vs DPS, North 2
16. October 8, 2015, 1.30 pm: Inventure Academy 0 Vs Vidhyashilp 0
17. October 8, 2015, 2 pm: Greenwood 1 Vs DPS, East 1
18. October 8, 2015, 3.30 pm: Vidhya Shilp 0 Vs Greenwood 4
19. October 9, 2015, 10 am: Deens Academy 0 Vs DPS, North 3
20. October 9, 2015, 10 am: Mallya Aditi Vs DPS, East
21. October 9, 2015, 3 pm Semifinal 1: DPS East 0 Head Start 3 (Aryan, Yodhin-2)
22. October 9, 2015, 4 pm Semifinal 2: Greenwood 1 (Avaneesh) DPS North 0
23. October 10, 2015, 3 pm Final: Head Start vs Greenwood

Bengaluru FC to organize inter-school, college, and corporate tournaments

Bengaluru FC today announced the launch of the club's foray into various tournaments. Addressing the media at the Bangalore Football Stadium, the club also introduced various partners associated in this endeavor. 

BFC COO, Mustafa Ghouse announced that the Blues would be organizing three city-based tournaments in coming few months – Schools Shield - a school-level tournament for different age group, then College Face-off - inter-college tourney, and Corporate Rumble - a corporate challenge. 

The initiative will kick start with Schools Shield from October 7, followed by College Face-off from October 31. All the matches will be played in league-cum knockout format at the Bangalore Football Stadium. 

Club’s CTO, Mandar Tamhane, who is also the tournament director explained the various age categories applied in the school tournament. In U-10 age group will be played by 10 schools in 7-a-side format. U-12 category will be played by 16 schools in 9-a-side format, and U-14 category will be played by 16 schools in 11-a-side format. 

Home grown talent defender Vishal Kumar instated the importance of such tournament, which he was deprived in his days, “The interschool tournament should provide a good platform for aspiring kids. Talented wards can be selected to BFC soccer academy.” 

The press conference was also attended by the representatives from Karnataka State Football Association and Bangalore District Football Association. 

The following brands are partnering BFC: 

• Enerzal, a balanced energy drink 
• Radiocity 91.1   
• Sportz Arena, sports goods store in Bangalore
• SoccerTrac, track scores of local soccer league 

[NOTICE] U-19 Boys CBSE Cluster VII Football Tournament

Venue: BGS International Residential School - Nithyananda Nagar, Kumabalgod, Mysore Road
Date: 5-10-2015 to 7-10-2015
Last date: 26-10-2015

Only teams are form Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are eligible. 

For further details please contact - R.K.Gangadar Sports Director- 9886025856 and Mr.Chidananda (PE)  973990508. 

[Results] BDFA U-16 Boys Football Tournament

A record number of 48 schools are participating in the BDFA organized U-16 boys tournament played at the Bangalore Football Stadium. 


Wednesday, September 2, 2015 - Final

• Boys Sports School, ASC 0(5) (H Tony, Pravbin Subba, L Premkuamr, Sabir Khan, Suresh Singh) Vs Boys Sports School, ASC 0(5) (Ajay Alex, Chiranjan, Manju, Imran Khan) 

 - Best upcoming team: Geethanjali Olympiad School, Marathahalli, Bangalore
 - Best tournament of the team: St. John’s High School, Mandya
 - Best goalkeeper: Salman  -  Stadium Soccer Academy
 - Best defender: Harpreet Singh - Ozone Football Academy
 - Best mid-fielder - Kartrhick Kumar, St. John’s School, Mandya

 - Best forward: Imran Khan - Ozone Football Academy   

Monday, August 31, 2015 - Semi Finals

• Boys Sports School, ASC 2 (Premchand Singh-15', N Suresh Singh-18') Vs St. John’s HighS chool, Mandya 0  
• Stadium Soccer Academy 0 Vs Ozone Football Academy 3 (Imran Khan–14', 25'+1', Manjunath–50'+1')

Sunday, August 30, 2015

• Boys Sports School, ASC 3 Vs St. Josephs Indian High School, Mallya Road 0   

Friday, August 28, 2015

• Greenwoods International School, Sarjapur 0 Vs St. Joseph’s Indian High School, Mallya Road 2 

Thursday, August 28, 2015

• Sindhi High School, Kumarakrupa 1 Vs Stadium Soccer Academy, Yelahanka 4 
• Ozone Football Academy, Shanthinagar 2 Vs Roots Football Academy 0 
• St. Josph's Indian High School, Mallya Road 2 Vs Nagarjuna Vidyaniketan, Yelahanka 0
  (Postponed match on 23-8-2015 0 IInd Round match) 
• Global School, Whitefield 0 Vs St. John's School, Mandya 2 

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

• Head Start 0 Vs Boy’s Sports School, ASC 3 
• Global High School, Whitefield 3 vs Patel Public School, Subbannpalya 0
• ST. John’s School, Mandya 0(7) Vs Govt. Sports School, Vidyanagar  0(6) 

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 

• St. Aloysius High School, Cox Town Vs Sindhi High School, Kumarakrupa
  (St. Aloysius disqualified for the fielding overaged players and not submitting age proof identity) 
• DPS (East), Slulekunte –0(1) Vs Stadium Soccer School, Yelahanka  0(3) via tie-breaker 
• Ozone Football Acdademy, Shanthinagar 2 Vs Model Public School, Mathakala Halli 0 
• Freedom Projects, Lingarajapuram 1(4) Vs Roots Football Academy 1(5) via tie-breaker 

Monday, August 24, 2015

• B M English School, Hennur 0 Vs Global School, Whitefield 2 
• Patel Pubic School, Subbaiahnapalya 0 (3) Vs 515 ABWS School, Ulsoor 0 (0) 
• St.John's Boys High School, Mandya 2 Vs St. Clarence School, Frazer Town 0 
• Govt. Sports School, Vidyanagara 4 Vs Chaitanya Techno School, Nagawara 0

Sunday, August 23, 2015

• St. Joseph’s High School, Mallya Rd Vs Nagarjuna Vidya Kendra, Yelahanka
  (Match postponed - St.Joseph’s couldn't produce players age proof) 
• Greenwood International, Sarjapur 7 Vs RLJ School, Mitakala Halli Kolar 0 
• Head Start Education Academy, Sarjapura 1(5) Vs Bishop Cotton Boys School 1(4)  
• Boys Sports School, ASC 2 Vs Presidency Public School, Kasturinagar 0 

Saturday, August 22, 2015

• National Public School, Banashankari 0 Vs Ozone Football Academy, Shanthi Nagar 5
• Delhi Public School (South), 0 Kanakapura Rd. Vs Model Public School, MatakalaHalli 4 
• MEC Public School, New Town, Yelahanka 0 Vs The Freedom Project, Lingarajapuram 4 
• Yenkey Sishugriha School, ThalghattaPura 1(3) Vs Roots Football Academy 1(4)  

Friday, August 21, 2015

• St. Aloysius HS, Cox Town (W/O) Vs Army Public School, Kamaraja Rd.
  
• Al-Basheer Intl. School, Jigni 1 Vs Sindhi HS, Kumarakrupa 2
• BGS IRS, Nithyananda Nagara 0 Vs Delhi Public School (East) 4 
• Presidency Church, Lal Bahadur Sastri Nagar 0 Vs Stadium Soccer, Yelahanka 6

Thursday, August 20, 2015

• S Cadambi Vidya Kendra A 0 Vs Boys Sports School, ASC 2 
• S Cadambi Vidya Kendra B 0 Vs Global School, Whitefield 3 
• National Public School, HSR Layout 0 Vs St. Joseph’s HS, Mandya 4 
• Matha Ambruthamaya Vidyalaya, Ullal 0 Vs Government Sports School, Vidyanagar, Yelahanka 6

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

• Nagarjuna Vidyaniketean, Yelahanka 2(3) Vs Jyothy Vidyala Kendra 2(2), Kanakapura Rd. - tiebreaker
• Greenwoods International, Sarjapur Road 4 (Abraham–8', Archishman–14', Sharavan-19', Pavan–28') Vs HMT HS, Jalahalli 0 
• Headstart Education Academy, Sarjapura 8 (Aditya Rao–2', Akshath–5', 13', 27th, Ojas Kamath–9', 11', 28', 32') Vs Geetanjali Olympiad School, Marthahalli 0 
• 515 ABWS School HS, Ulsoor Vs Parikrma, Jayanagar (515 ABWS got walkover, Parikrma did not turne up till 5 pm)   

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

• Mitra Academy, Arekere 0 Vs Ozone Football Academy, Shantinagar 4 
• Modern Public School, Mathakondapalli 0 Vs St. Josephs HS, Museum Rd. 1  
• The Freedom Projects, Lingarajapuram 5 () Vs Jnana Sweekar PS 0 
• Roots Academy 6 Vs Deva Matha Central School 0 

Monday, August 17, 2015

• St. Aloysius, Cox Town 1(7) Vs St, Meera HS, Ulsoor 1(6) - tiebreaker 
• Sindhi HS, Kumarkrupa 2 Vs East West, Basavangudi, 0  
• DPS East 6 Vs National Center of Excellence, Kaggasdaspura 0
• Stadium Soccer School 9 Vs Mount Everest 0   
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[NOTICE] Inter School U-16 Boys Football Tourney at Bangalore Football Stadium

BDFA will be conducting an Inter-school U16 football tournament in the second week of August at the Bangalore Football Stadium. The primary objective of this tournament is to pick the talented boys by experienced coaches and then train them for future.

Participants must be born on or after 1/8/1999. There is no entry fee for this tournament and the last date of receiving entry is 30/7/2015.

Interested schools may collect entry forms from the BDFA office from 3 pm - 5 pm. 
For details one can contact at the following numbers as well – 080-25566590/+91.9916681397.

Sub-Junior Nationals: State boys take on Tamil Nadu this Friday

The state u-14 team will kick-start their Sub-Junior National - South Zone qualifying campaign against Tamil Nadu at the Medical College Ground, Manjari, Calicut, Kerala. 

Five states from South are at fray, which will get started on Friday, December 12. Teams will be playing a round-robin format, where the top two teams from the group would meet again on December 22. 

The team is coached by Ravi Babu, former state footballer and lead by Arun Kumar from St. Joseph’s Indian High School.

• December 12, 2014: Karnataka 2 (Rudra, Arunkumar) Vs Tamil Nadu 1 (Mohammed Fazal) 
• December 12, 2014: Kerala 7 Vs Andhra Pradesh 0 
• December 14, 2014: Karnataka Vs Pondycherry
• December 14, 2014: Tamil Nadu Vs Andhra Pradesh 
• December 16, 2014: Karnataka Vs Andhra Pradesh 
• December 16, 2014: Kerala Vs Pondycherry
• December 18, 2014: Karnataka Vs Kerala 
• December 18, 2014: Tamil Nadu Vs Pondycherry
• December 20, 2014: Andhra Pradesh Vs Pondycherry 
• December 20, 2014: Tamil Nadu Vs Kerala 
• December 22, 2014: Group Winner Vs Group Runner-up  

Team

Samuel Jabaraj, Jeevan Kumar, Jason Sharath, Ved Devaiah, Advaith, Ajith K, Sasurya S, Gaurav Jhangiani, Abinash U, Manav Kapoor, Rudhra Ved Moola, Sachin, Vijay T, Vikas Balamurugan, Dhanush D, Denzil Karshandi, Monish G, Arun Kumar (Captain), Meldon D’Souza, S Pragadeesh 

Stand-bye: Tonoka Zhimomi, Steve Anthony. Nandakumar D, Lakkana Gowda, Sreyank H, Mohammed Junaid, Jayashankar C. 

Coach: Ravi Babu

Manager: Lois Nickson 

Technical Director: Ramudu         

4th Edition of Parikrma Champions League

Parikrma Champions League, an annual school football event organized by the Parikrma Humanity Foundation will be starting from November 18 at the HMT grounds, Jalahalli, Bangalore. This will be the 4th edition of the Parikrma Champions League which will go on till November 18. 

A total of 16 schools will be competing in the Parikrma Champions League, 4 schools are divided in 4 groups, and top 2 schools from each group will make to the knock-out stage. 

Parikrma Champions League will witness 3 out stationed schools from Goa and Kerala and with 13 schools from the Garden City. 

Teams

Group A

• Ryan International School
• VVMP
• HMT High School
• Indus International

Group B

• Parikrma Centre for Learning
• DPS North
• Frank Anthony Public School
• St Clara’s School (Goa)

Group C

• Inventure Academy
• Farooq High School (Kerala)
• Jain International
• DPS East

Group D

• Vidyaniketan School
• St. Josephs Boys High School
• Father Agnelo School (Goa)
• Bishop Cottons Boys School 

Amateur Football League final this Sunday

All you football lovers, spend you Sunday evening with an exciting final round clash of The Amateur Football League played between title contenders Horizons FC and Sunday FC, both team comprising of talented footballers from BDFA Super Division teams. 

A total of 12 teams participated in this 11-side tourney, also present in the final day event will be the Bengaluru FC head coach Ashley Westwood, who too played this tourney with another team. 

Matches are played at 3 pm, BGS International School, off Mysore rd. Bangalore. 

3rd U-16 Parikrma Champions League kicks off on September 16

U-16 Parikrma Champions League football tournament is kicking off on 10 am, Monday, September 16 at the Bangalore Football Stadium. Parikrma Champions League will be in third edition, this tournament is presented by Menzies Aviation in association with the Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) 

This year fourteen school teams from Bangalore and a team from Mumbai, Goa, and Kerala will join the battle for the Equality Cup, a trophy that symbolizes the breaking down of social barriers. This year’s Parikrma Champions League was launched today at the Bangalore Football Stadium by former Indian Olympian Ashwini Nachappa.

Parikrma Humanity Foundation is a NGO with the aim to ensure that even the poorest children have access to the best opportunities anywhere in the world. Now in its 10th year of operations, Parikrma runs 4 Centers for Learning and a Junior College for 1566 children from 69 slum communities and 4 orphanages in Bangalore. 

The event will start with a league stage consisting of 4 groups with the top 8 teams progressing into the knock-out round for ranking positions.

The highlights of this year's tournament were the sports workshops for sports management, sports journalism, sports commentary, and sports entertainment, conducted for the children’s from schools in Bangalore. For the first time in India, Parikrma organized an Age Verification Test for children from the participating schools to bring in fair play. Stadium will be equipped with a large LED screen and live video feed.

Speaking via Skype from the UK, Mervyn Walker, Executive VP, Operations of Menzies Aviation that lead sponsor of the  Parikrma Champions League said, "We are really happy to support Parikrma Humanity Foundation to make Parikrma Champions League a household name in inter-school tournaments. Through this event we are combining the development of our global leadership team with an effort to help fulfill our corporate social responsibility by supporting a very worthy cause in a great city."