There is no worthwhile airport in Sikkim. So you fly down to Siliguri, and the drive up to Gangtok. Why not Thimpu and Siliguri, if it has to be India + Bhutan?
Considering all these challenges I wish India could join ASEAN or SAFF could merge with ASEAN. Playing a tournament comprising of 6 minnows doesn't make any sense.
Why 6 ? Including India, they are 7 countries in SAFF.
CAFA has only 6 countries including newly joined Afghanistan.
In SAFF, other members listen to what India say, like postponing tournament because of Circus commitments. In other associations, nobody will care. Plus it is not financially viable for the associations to include a country which is not an immediate neighbour.
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CAFA has only 6 countries including newly joined Afghanistan.
In SAFF, other members listen to what India say, like postponing tournament because of Circus commitments. In other associations, nobody will care. Plus it is not financially viable for the associations to include a country which is not an immediate neighbour.
There has got to be an invitee team from ASEAN i guess, or they might call Afghanistan as an invitee team which would be very ironical.
But I would really like to have 8 teams, which would mean one extra Indian national team match to watch and potentially more fifa points.