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Kerala wins inaugural champions of National Beach Soccer Championships

National Beach Soccer Championships

Kerala has crowned to their bulging cabinet of national football trophies, putting on a show in the final of the National Beach Soccer Championships and overwhelming Punjab 13-4, to win the title, at Dumas Beach, Surat. In the third place game played earlier in the day, Delhi beat Uttarakhand 3-1.

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The game was a rematch of the group stage, where Punjab had won a close affair 6-5. On this occasion though, Kerala left them no chance, dominant from the first minute to the last. Kerala captain Kamaludheen opened the scoring for Kerala, blasting in a shot from the right 24 seconds after kick off to give them the lead. For the crowd that had arrived to watch this final, it was a precursor for the goal rush to come.

National Beach Soccer Championships: Key points

Kerala’s goalkeeper Santhosh Kasmeer was awarded the best goalkeeper of the tournament.
Rajasthan’s Amit Godara was the highest goalscorer, with 27 goals.
The best player of the tournament was awarded to Kerala’s Siju S.

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