{"id":24141,"date":"2018-04-01T01:19:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T19:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=24141"},"modified":"2018-04-01T01:19:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T19:49:29","slug":"apfa-releases-events-calendar-for-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2018\/04\/01\/apfa-releases-events-calendar-for-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"APFA releases events calendar for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NAHARLAGUN, Mar 31:<\/strong> The Arunachal Pradesh Football Association (APFA) has released its annual events calendar for 2018.<br \/>\nAs per the schedule, the APFA will conduct the 5th Dera Natung U-16 State Level Football Tournament at RG Stadium here from 21 April, informed APFA general secretary Kipa Ajay.<br \/>\nThe state team for the Sub-Junior National Football Championship will be selected from this tournament, based on the performance of the players, he said.<br \/>\nThis tournament will be followed by a talent hunt for boys below 14 years of age for admission in the Arunachal Football Academy, scheduled to be held in May.<br \/>\nThe second Arunachal Women Football League will be conducted in July, while the U-17 boys&#8217; Football Tournament will be conducted in August.<br \/>\nThe 7th Eagle Trophy Club Championship is scheduled to be conducted in Aalo, West Siang, during September, and the second Arunachal Super League will start at RG Stadium from October.<br \/>\nThe zonal (qualifying) rounds of the state&#8217;s highest football tournament, the Tadar Tang State Level Football Tournament, will start from November, while the final round will be held in Namsai in December.<br \/>\nLike in previous years, the APFA has also decided to participate in the National Junior Football Championship for BC Roy Trophy, the Sub-Junior Boys National Football Championship, the Senior Women National Football Championship, the Junior Girls National Football Championship, and the Sub-Junior Girls National Football Championship this year, and has included these events in its events calendar.<br \/>\nThe APFA highlighted the various activities carried out during the previous year for the development of football in the state. Prominent among them are launching of the non-residential football academy to nourish young talents; introduction of the Arunachal Super League, the State Women League and the U-17 State Level Football Tournament; and introduction of zonal qualifying rounds for Tadar Tang Football Tournament.<br \/>\nIt also highlighted some of the achievements made in the previous and current years by Arunachal Pradesh in football. Some of them are winning the award for &#8216;best fair play team&#8217; in T Ao Memorial U-21 centenary NEC Gold Cup held in Guwahati last month; reaching the semifinals of the 24th BC Roy National Football Championship in Himachal Pradesh; and winning the bronze in the 7th NEC Dr T Ao North East Football Tournament in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAHARLAGUN, Mar 31: The Arunachal Pradesh Football Association (APFA) has released its annual events calendar for 2018. As per the schedule, the APFA will conduct the 5th Dera Natung U-16 State Level Football Tournament at RG Stadium here from 21 April, informed APFA general secretary Kipa Ajay. The state team for the Sub-Junior National Football [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}