The two semi-finals of the 65th edition of Bordoloi Trophy Football Tournament will be played at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Mohammedan Sporting Club of Kolkata will take on BSF Jalandhar in the first semi-final which is scheduled to be kicked off at 3 pm.
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In the second semi-final, Oil India Football Club, Duliajan will take on Imphal football team TRAU.
The encounter will kick start at 5 pm.
Mohammedan Sporting topped the Group B at Mukalmua and they will meet BSF which became runners-up of Group A held at Dibrugarh.
On the other hand, Oil India took the top spot in Group A and they will take on TRAU – the runners-up team of Mukalmua group.
Notably, this is first time in the history of the Bordoloi Trophy, that the organizers Guwahati Sports Association, and Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, Government of Assam have organized the group league matches of the championship at Dibrugarh and Mukalmua.
It may be recalled that way back in the 1990s, the organisers had hosted some of the matches at Mirza.
As many as eight teams took part in this year’s edition of the premiere football tournament of the region.
The eight teams were divided in two groups.
After the round-robin league phases, the top two teams qualified to play in the knock-out semifinals.
The final will be played on November 8 and the kick-off time is 5 pm.