Bhadrapur Blazers won today's match of Om Sai Pathivara Hospital First Inter Municipal District Level League and Knockout Football Tournament in Bhadrapur.

In today's second match, Kachankawal Rural Municipality and Bahradashi Rural Municipality shared the points.

Bhadrapur Blazers defeated Kankai Municipality by 2-1 in the first match of Bhadrapur Jhapa Gold Cup at Mechi Stadium. Bhadrapur Blazers have added 3 clear points in the ongoing competition.

Sanam Gurung of Bhadrapur Blazers scored in the 19th minute of the game. Similarly, in the 81st minute of the game, Mausam Subba Limbu scored another goal. Kankai's Salin Karki scored the 83rd consolation goal.

The player of the match was Sanam Gurung of Bhadrapur Blazers. President of Gold Cup Dipesh Dhakal, Chief Advisor Tikaraj Dhakal, President of Jhapa Industry and Commerce Association Prajwal Rai presented him with cash of 2000 and a trophy.

Meanwhile, the second match between Kachankawal and Bahardashi ended in a goalless draw. Vijay Tudu of Bahradashi was the player of the match. Gold Cup President Dipesh Dhakal, Jhapa District Sports Development Committee President Prashant Bhandari and Courtesy Malpot Officer Raju Dahal presented cash of 2000 and a trophy to him.

15 teams from 14 municipalities of Jhapa and Bhadrapur Blazers team of the organizer are competing in the competition organized with the aim of producing young players from Jhapa, the fertile land of football.

General Secretary Jeevan Kumar Shrestha informed that the final match of the competition will be held for 18 days.

According to the schedule, Haldibari, Birtamod and Buddhashanti are in Group A. Kankai, Bhadrapur Blazers, Jhapa and Gauradah are in Group 'B', Kachankawal, Bahardashi, Mechinagar and Bhadrapur are in Group 'C' and Kamal, Damak, Shivasatakshi and Arjundhara are in Group 'D'.

The winner and runner-up of each group will enter the eight-team knockout stage. The knockout stage matches will start from the quarter finals. The quarter-final matches will be held on November 19 and 20. The semi-final match will be held on November 22.

The winner of the competition will get cash 3 lakh, trophy, medal and certificate, while the runner-up will get cash 2 lakh, trophy, medal and certificate.

The player of the match of each game will get Rs 2,000 in cash. Similarly, the best goal keeper, best coach, top scorer and budding player will receive cash of Rs 5,000, trophy and medal. It is estimated that 80 lakh rupees will be spent to complete the competition.