The 2014 Incheon Asian Games bound India Men’s Under-23 and Women’s senior national team contingents, presently in Shanghai, China got the all important go ahead on Tuesday, September 9 from the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs who also cleared the Team at no cost to All India Football Federation (AIFF).
Meanwhile, the final list of Players who would be boarding the plane to Incheon have been named by both Men’s and Women’s coaches Wim Koevermans and Tarun Roy respectively.
Dempo’s Alwyn George, Pune FC duo Salam Ranjan Singh and Dhanpal Ganesh; and Sporting Clube De Goa’s Rowlin Borges failed to make the cut for the Asian Games for the U-23 India Men’s side.
On the other hand, Supriya Routray, Indumathi, Jyoti Ann Burrett and Rinaroy Devi also won’t be travelling to Incheon along with the Indian Women’s squad.
Clubbed with Group A alongside hosts South Korea, Maldives and Thailand, the Indian Women play their first Group League match against Maldives on September 14. The other matches are against South Korea onSeptember 17 and Thailand on September 19.
The U-23 Men on the other hand have take on the might of last Games’ silver medalists United Arab Emirates in their first Group League match on September 15 while their last match in the Group is against Jordan onSeptember 22.
INDIA MEN’S U-23 SQUAD
Goalkeepers
Amrinder Singh, Ravi Kumar, Kamaljit Singh
Defenders
Pritam Kotal, Keenan Almeida, Joyner Lourenco, Shankar Sampingiraj, Sandesh Jhingan, Narayan Das
Midfielders
Francis Fernandes (Senior Player), Pronoy Halder, Clifton Dias, Siam Hangal, Lalrindika Ralte, Milan Singh
Forwards
Seiminlen Doungel, Sunil Chhetri (Senior Player), Robin Singh (Senior Player), Haokip Thongkoshim, Mandar Rao Desai
INDIA WOMEN’S SQUAD
Goalkeepers
Okram Roshni Devi, Aditi Chauhan, Pushpa Tirkey
Defenders
Ashem Romi Devi, Ashalata Devi, Tuli Goon, Radharani Devi, Suprava Samal, Upamati Devi
Midfielders
Premi Devi, Amoolya Kamal, Mandakini Devi, Oinam Bembem Devi, Kamala Devi
Forwards
Sasmita Malik, Prameshwori Devi, Dangmei Grace, Bala Devi