the preliminary inter-school tournaments at different divisional levels culminating in the inter-school finals at the state level. The winners then participate in the main national tournament. Venues The venues for the tournament held at New Delhi: Ambedkar Stadium Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Tejas Football Ground (Race Course) Subroto Park International Participation School teams from numerous countries have played in the tournament, with the first team reaching the final in 1993 being the Special Sports School from Uzbekistan. Since then many schools from foreign countries take part regularly, such as Brazil, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Nepal, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan etc. In the 2015 Championship, for the first time teams of boys and girls came from Afghanistan for the tournament. Brazilian legend and football's elder statesman Pele came to India after a gap of 38 years to attend the final of the 56th edition of the Subroto Cup as the chief guest. In 2016, Rivaldo and Roberto Carlos were the chief guests at the 57th edition. Sponsorship All India Radio Canara Bank Central Bank of India Cosco Enerzal LIC Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports SAI SBI Results Junior (U–17) football tournament The following is the list of winners and runners-up: Sub–Junior (U–14) football tournament At the request of the School Games Federation of India, the Subroto Cup organisers started a sub-junior (11-14 Years) football tournament from 1998. Sixteens teams participated in the inaugural tournament, while more schools took part in the following years. Since 2000, the fairplay trophy for the sub-junior group has been named in the memory of late Lieutenant Sandeep Loomba, who died in a mountaineering expedition at Abi Gamin peak. Fairplay trophy for the junior group, medals and certificates for both the age groups, are provided by the Subroto Society Girls Junior (U–17) football tournament References External links Official website Football cup competitions in India Youth football competitions Youth football in India 1960 establishments in India Recurring sporting events established in 1960 History of the Indian Air Force