Competition

2nd Edition Somaiya Football Toss

Start Date

1st June 2023

End Date

2nd June 2023

Time

09 : 00 AM

Audience Type

Faculty

Location

Vidyavihar - Mumbai

Institution(s)

Somaiya Sports Academy

Event Details

“When people succeed, it is because of hard work, Luck has nothing to do with success” – Diego Maradona

DAY 1:- Football Toss was started in the year 2022 to create a competitive and healthy playing environment between the institutes within Somaiya. There was a new rule in addition to all the other rules. This year Somaiya Sports Academy, who were the Champions last year decided to not take part as a team, but the interested players would be seeded to different team as ‘Impact Players’. This year we had 10 teams, which were divided in 2 groups and this tournament was a League cum Knock out basis Tournament. Group A comprised of Teams like RIIDL, K.J Somaiya College of Engineering, K.J Somaiya Private Industrial Training Institute, Godavari Bio-refineries Ltd (Head office), K.J Somaiya College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Kopargaon, while Group B comprised of Teams like K.J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce, Vidyavihar, Genesis Lab (Mahape), K.J Somaiya Polytechnic College, K.J Somaiya Institute of Management, K.J Somaiya Medical and Research College. Every match was promising and a thriller as we saw competitive Team winning the match.  

DAY 2 :- The second day started with more tougher competitions as we had more crucial and do or die matches. 4 team qualified for the semifinals and we had the first Semifinal played between Genesis Lab (Mahape) and K.J Somaiya College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Kopargaon. K.J Somaiya College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Kopargaon. Won the match by 2-1 while K.J Somaiya Medical and Research College won against RIIDL with a scoreline of  3-0. RIIDL won the third place match against  Genesis Lab (Mahape) by 6-0 and the final was played between K.J Somaiya College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Kopargaon and K.J Somaiya Medical and Research College and K.J Somaiya College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Kopargaon won by 3-2, Mr Rohan Yadav was the gamechanger who scored the wining goal and won the trophy for his Team. Mr. Rohit Kadam was judged as the Best Defender of the Tournament while Mr. Rohan Yadav was awarded as the Highest Goal Scorer of the Tournament, Mr. Sunil Kute was awarded the Player of the Tournament for his overall achievement in the tournament, he had the highest assists, while he defended many goals and scored goal too for his team.

Link to Watch the Day 1 of Football TOSS 2023: https://youtube.com/live/c8srjFTdKM4?feature=share