Buoyed by the success of the first two editions of the Tata Community Football Tournament (TCFT), Tata Group companies (Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tinplate and Tata Power) in Jharkhand have once again joined hands to start the third edition of TCFT.
This year the tournament has been planned in 48 locations, including 43 in Jamshedpur and five mining location areas, Jamadoba, Noamundi, Manoharpur, West Bokaro and latehar. The tournament, scheduled from June 20 to August 9, 2014, will have football matches in both Open and Under-14 categories with 23,000 players from nearly 1500 teams.
While the preliminary rounds will be held at various locations, the quarter-final and semi-final matches will be played in the first week of August. The Finale will be held on the International Day for Indigenous People i.e. August 9, 2014 at Jaipal Singh Stadium, Karandih.