2019 Durand Cup

thebeautifulgame

The 129th edition of the Durand Cup is set to take place in August this year.

The tournament, which will be named Durand Cup 2019, will start on August 2, 2019, with 16 participants. This year, Kolkata will host the prestigious tournament that saw Army Green beat NEROCA on penalties to lift the trophy in its last edition in 2016. 

The 16 participants have been divided into four groups as follows:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
East Bengal	Mohun Bagan	Chennai City	Gokulam Kerala
Army Red	Navy	Real Kashmir	Chennaiyin FC
Jamshedpur FC	ATK	Army Green	TRAU
Bengaluru FC	Md Sporting	FC Goa	Air Force

Fixtures:

Date	Team	Team	Venue	Kick-Off
August 2	Mohun Bagan	Md. Sporting	VYBK	3 PM IST
August 3	East Bengal	Army Red	EB Ground	3 PM IST
August 5	Md. Sporting	Navy	Kalyani	3 PM IST
August 6	East Bengal	Jamshedpur	VYBK	3 PM IST
August 6	Bengaluru FC	Army Red	EB Ground	3 PM IST
August 7	Real Kashmir	Chennai City	Kalyani	3 PM IST
August 8	Navy	ATK	MB Ground	3 PM IST
August 8	FC Goa	Army Green	Kalyani	3 PM IST
August 8	Gokulam Kerala	Chennaiyin FC	Siliguri	3 PM IST
August 9	Army Red	Jamshedpur	EB Ground	3 PM IST
August 9	TRAU	Air Force	Siliguri	3 PM IST
August 11	Army Green	Real Kashmir	Kalyani	3 PM IST
August 12	Md Sporting	ATK	EB Ground	3 PM IST
August 12	Jamshedpur	Bengaluru FC	MB Ground	3 PM IST
August 12	Air Force	Gokulam Kerala	Siliguri	3 PM IST
August 13	Chennai City	FC Goa	Kalyani	3 PM IST
August 13	Chennaiyin FC	TRAU	Siliguri	3 PM IST
August 14	Mohun Bagan	Navy	MB Ground	3 PM IST
August 16	East Bengal	Bengaluru FC	VYBK	6 PM IST
August 16	FC Goa	Real Kashmir	Kalyani	3 PM IST
August 16	TRAU	Gokulam Kerala	Siliguri	3 PM IST
August 17	Mohun Bagan	ATK	MB Ground	3 PM IST
August 17	Chennai City	Army Green	Kalyani	3 PM IST
August 17	Chennaiyin FC	Air Force	Siliguri	3 PM IST
August 20	Semi-Final 1		VYBK	3 PM IST
August 20	Semi-Final 2		VYBK	6 PM IST
August 24	Final		VYBK	6 PM IST

 https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/durand-cup-india-east-bengal-mohun-bagan/13u034x92c5ib1afrxf725nhkd

munna219777

How are the Semi-Finalists selected ?  Group Toppers but who will play against whom ?

[Deleted User]

Is there going to be telecast of this? and why only 1 team through (may be they wanted to reduce matches )

sam

I think one team per group going through is fine for Durand cup

thebeautifulgame

"The group games will be in a round-robin format and the top team from each group will progress to the semi-finals. Group A winner will play Group D winner and Group B winner will take on Group C winner in the semi-finals."
https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/durand-cup-india-east-bengal-mohun-bagan/13u034x92c5ib1afrxf725nhkd

thebeautifulgame

There have been reports that the matches will be telecast live on Star Sports, but no official confirmation has been been received yet.

sam

Star Sports or Star Jalsha Movies? 

EastBengalPride

It's an Army tournament, they should get DD Sports to telecast it. Fuck Star Sports. Hope Fox gets them to abandon Indian football in totality.

indianFootballFan

You mean Disney, Right?

EastBengalPride

Yeah Disney. Hope they shut out Star from football in India totally! 

sam

Tickets for Durand Cup to cost Rs 20 !