A eighteen- member women's team of Kathmandu district left for Simara on Sunday to take part in the on-going 14th National Women's Championship .

Kathmandu FA Prez Birat Jung Shahi bade farewell to the team amid a small program at Sanogaucharan.

The Players are :

Tulsa Thapa,Sujata Subedi,Laxmi Gurung, Monika Dangol,Gauri Gajmel, Sushmita Thapa Magar, Amrita Rai, Elina Shah, Kanchi Lama, Puja Rana Magar, Radhika Shakya, Kumari Karki, Pramila Tamang, Rachana Lawati, Samana Maharjan and Pujan

Coach: Prajwal Chhetri

Team Manager: Dipa Khadka

Kathmandu will open its account against Kanchanpur on Shrawan 1.


Total 27 teams, 24 districts and three departmental teams are participating in the event which has a winning cash purse of Rs 300,000. The runners up team will receive half of that amount. The losing semi-finalists will also get Rs 50,000 each.

Best player in each department of the tournament will get Rs 25,000 each. 

Rautahat, Nawalparasi, Taplejung, Surkhet, Kailali, Saptari, Morang, Bardiya, Panchthar, Dolakha, APF, Jhapa and Dhanusha will play in Rautahat. The semifinal winner from Chandranigahapur will join another semifinal winners in Bara in the final on August 13.

Udaypur, Kathmandu, Kanchanpur, Dhankuta, Bara, Makawanpur, NPC, Sarlahi, Kaski, TAC, Rupandehi, Sunsari, Chitwan and Banke will play their knockout matches in Bara.

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