Bhubaneswar: Indian men’s football team arrived in Bhubaneswar on Monday night to participate in the Intercontinental Football Tournament at Kalinga Stadium from June 9.
The four-team Intercontinental Cup will be played in the FIFA international window from June 9 to 18. Hosts, India will be joined by Lebanon, Mongolia, and Vanuatu in the mega tournament.
This will be the third edition of the Hero Intercontinental Cup, with the previous two being held in Mumbai (2018) and Ahmedabad (2019). In March this year, Manipur hosted the Tri-Nation International football tournament.
Last month, Federation Secretary General Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran welcomed Odisha into the fold of senior Men’s International football, saying, “Imphal had experienced the joy of International football in March, and now it’s Bhubaneswar’s turn to join the country’s growing map of international venues for men’s football.
Prabhakaran had said, “Bhubaneswar was one of the venues of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. We have seen some excellent infrastructure being developed by the Government of Odisha. It is a legacy that the U-17 Women’s World Cup has left behind and has paved the path for the senior men’s national team to now play in the city for the first time in its history.”
