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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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