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Organising committee formed for Indian expat football tournament

Doha: The Qatar Indian Association for Sports and Games (QIA) has announced the formation of the organising committee for the 2018 edition of its annual QIA Champions League football tournament, which is held in coordination with the Qatar Football Association (QFA). The tournament aims to celebrate the bond between India and Qatar, while also showing the support of Indian expats for Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

EP Abdulrahman (Chairman), Safeer (General Convener), Jenny Antony (Convener – BD) and Sheji Valiyakath (Convener – Finance) have been chosen to oversee various aspects of the tournament’s organisation, alongside Arman, Hamsa, Nihad, Sippy, Hyder Chungathara, Shaheen MP and Jafar Khan.

V Abdul Aziz, Saeed Naseer, Basheer TK and KC Abdulrahman are the vice chairmen.

Riyas, Rafeeq C., Marzooq, Shabeer, Arjun, Safwan, Helmi, Muhsin and Ranjith have also been appointed as heads of sub-committees.

Yasir KC, Sathar, Shafeeq Ali, Sadiq C., Shoukath, Aslam, Shareef (Facilities), Shamlan, Kabeer CT, Bassam, Fasal, Ahmed (Media), Shahbaz, Ramees, Junais, Aksar, Sali, Ibrahimkutty, Rajiv and Abbas (Game management) will be members.

Expat footballers from all over India will take to the pitch during the 2018 QIA Champions League, which will kick off on March 8 and go on until May 4.

Twelve teams representing different clubs and organisations will battle it out in the fourth edition of what has become a highly competitive tournament, which will be played in a league format with a total of 36 matches.

Apart from Kerala, teams representing Goa, Chennai, West Bengal and Maharashtra are also expected to participate in this year's QIA Champions League.

The opening ceremony for the tournament is slated to be held on March 9 and the organising committee has lined up prominent personalities from India and Qatar to grace the occasion.

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