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The AIFF’s senior vice-president Subrata Dutta chaired the AIFF League Committee Meeting at Football House on Monday, February 25.
All other members except B.K. Roka, Lalnghinglova Hmar and Rochak Langer, attended the meeting. AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, and I-League CEO Sunando Dhar were also present as ex-officio members.
The Committee gave a hearing to representatives from both Real Kashmir FC, and Minerva Punjab FC over MPFC not turning up in Srinagar on February 18, 2019 for their I-League match against RKFC.
After due deliberation, the Committee keeping in view the I-League regulations decided to refer the matter to the AIFF Executive Committee for a decision.
Meanwhile, RKFC informed in writing that in view of the current uncertainty prevailing in Kashmir due to Article 35A, they want to play their forthcoming I-League match against East Bengal on February 28, 2019, in a neutral venue like New Delhi. Accordingly, the Committee decided to shift the match to Delhi.
RKFC in their letter also reiterated that this uncertainty was not prevalent in Srinagar for the period from February 16-19, 2019.
Furthermore, the qualifiers for the Super Cup will be played in Bhubaneswar on March 15/16, 2019, while the final round of the tournament will be played from March 29 to April 13, 2019. The exact dates of the matches for the final round of the tournament will be announced once the schedule of the AFC Cup is finalised.
The final round of the Indian Women’s League will be held in May 2019.
