Football
Inaugural Beach Soccer National Championship set to be held in Surat in 2023
The tournament is most likely to be held in the first half of February, 2023.
(Source: Beach Soccer Worldwide)
The inaugural Beach Soccer National Championship is set to be held in Surat in February next year. The Beach Soccer Committee of the All India Football Federation on Tuesday recommended the formation of a sub-committee that will look into the operational aspects of hosting the tournament in the first half of February.
The committee asked the AIFF secretariat to frame the regulations for Beach Soccer and invite all the state associations to send their entries for the tournament.
"The Committee also felt that the beach soccer players should be of a different breed than regular footballers, and as such, those registered for professional tournaments like the Hero Santosh Trophy, Hero ISL and Hero I-League should not be allowed to participate in the Beach Soccer Championship," an AIFF release said.
