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New Delhi, 6 Feb: The Super Cup, India’s premier knock-out football tournament and which also offers a spot in the AFC Champions League 2, is set to adopt a new format in the 2024-25 season, similar to England’s FA Cup.<\/p>\n
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) in its calendar for the upcoming season has slotted the Super Cup in the October 1, 2024 to May 15, 2025 window.<\/p>\n
The Super Cup, which replaced the country’s top knock-out tournament Federation Cup in 2018, normally has a duration of less than a month.<\/p>\n
“The AIFF wants the Super Cup in FA Cup (of England) style from this season. That is why it has a window of more than seven months,” an AIFF source told PTI.<\/p>\n
The Super Cup will run almost concurrently with the top-tier Indian Super League (ISL) and the second tier I-League in the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n
The details of the tournament, including the exact format, will be announced later.<\/p>\n
The Football Association Cup of England is an annual knockout domestic competition. First played during the 1871 72 season, it is the oldest national football competition in the world.<\/p>\n
The FA Cup is open to all clubs from 10 tiers of the footballing pyramid in England, including the Premier League (PL) sides.<\/p>\n
The competition starts with qualifying rounds featuring the lower division teams, with the higher ranked clubs slotting in at the advanced stages based on league hierarchy.<\/p>\n
The Super Cup, organised by the AIFF, is open to all ISL and I-League clubs, the top two division of the domestic league system.<\/p>\n
The last Super Cup was held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, in January, with 16 clubs competing in the group stage.<\/p>\n
All the ISL clubs directly entered in the group stage while the I-League sides played the qualifiers for the four remaining spots.<\/p>\n
During the group stage, the clubs were divided into four groups of four teams, playing against each other in a single round-robin format. The team with the most points in a group qualifies to the semifinals.<\/p>\n
The champion team gets a spot in the AFC Champions League 2, the second tier of the Asian club competition system, just like FA Cup winning side books a berth in the UEFA Europa League.<\/p>\n
The AIFF also announced that the 11th edition of the ISL will kick off on September 14 and will run till April 30, 2025, while the I-League will be played between October 19 to April 30.<\/p>\n
The senior competition calendar for the 2024-25 season will begin with the Duran Cup, Asia’s oldest tournament, scheduled from July 26 to August 31.<\/p>\n
The 78th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy will be held from November 5 to 15 (Group Stage) and December 1 to 15 (Final Round).<\/p>\n
The 29th Senior Women’s National Football Championship will take place in September (Group Stage) and October (Final Round).<\/p>\n
The Indian Women’s League will be held from October 25, 2023-April 30, 2024.<\/p>\n
All the senior leagues are set to finish by the end of April next year, it was decided in the AIFF executive committee. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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