288 schools to compete in KBD Juniors

New Delhi : The second season of KBD Juniors kabaddi tournament will be hosted across 12 cities and will see the participation of 288 schools, it was announced here on Monday.

The tournament will have 24 schools per city, and 3,500 students between the age group of 11 to 12 years battle it out to make it to the grand finale.

The 24 schools in each city are divided into 8 groups of 3 teams who will play against each other. From each group, the team finishing first will then make it to the round of city finals, which will take place during the home leg of each city as part of Season VI of VIVO Pro Kabaddi and then the National finals.

The city qualifiers will be hosted between end of August and early September.