The Department of Youth Resources and Sports is organizing the 1st Open Women Football League Tournament at the Indira Gandhi Stadium Kohima from 26 June to 1 July 2023.

The department informed that there will be a maximum of 16 teams (sixteen) and therefore registration will be done on a first come first basis. The players must be bonafide inhabitants of Nagaland.

A team may comprise not more than 18 players and two supporting staff of which one should be a female and accordingly match allowances will be disbursed @250 per participant.

Cash Awards for 1st Open Women Football League Tournament:

Winner – One lakh with certificates and trophy

Runner Up- Seventy thousand with certificates and trophy

Semi-Finalists – Thirty thousand each with certificates

Apart from team awards, exceptional players will be awarded individual awards and certificates – Player of the Tournament, Highest Scorer, Best Goalkeeper, Most Promising Player.

The department has further informed that the teams will have to make their logistic arrangements and no TA/DA will be paid except for the match allowances as mentioned above.

Interested teams/clubs may download the forms and bye-laws by visiting the Department’s website, https://dyrs.nagaland.gov.in/ , and submit it on or before 2 June 2023 at the Directorate Office, Sports Section during office hours.