Organising body | All India Hot Weather Football Championship Organising Committee |
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Founded | 1972 | (current format)
Region | India |
Number of teams | Various |
Current champions | Morning Star, Haryana |
Most successful team(s) | FC Punjab Police (4 titles) |
Hot Weather Football Championship, also known as the All India Hot Weather Football Championship, is an annual Indian football tournament held in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh and organized by All India Hot Weather Football Championship Organising Committee (AIHWFCOC). [1] The tournament was first started in 1970, [2] which was won by Sports School Jalandhar. Apart from some top clubs from Himachal, clubs from other Indian states also have participated in this competition.
FC Punjab Police has won the tournament for a record four times. The current champions are Morning Star, Haryana who won the title by defeating Zinc Football at the 50th edition of the tournament in 2022. [3]
All matches are played at Paddal Ground of Mandi Himachal Pradesh.[ citation needed ]
Year | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Ref. |
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1972 | Sports School Jalandhar | |||
1997 | Punjab State Electricity Board | Punjab Police | ||
1998 | Punjab Police [4] | 2–1 | Punjab State Electricity Board | |
1999 | Punjab Police [4] | Rail Coach Factory | ||
2000 | Tournament not held | |||
2001 | Oriental Bank of Commerce | (3–1 p ) | LRED Bangalore | |
2002 | Punjab Police [4] | |||
2003 | Punjab Police [4] | 5–1 | Punjab Police Academy | |
2004 | Hydrabad Globe FC | 1–0 | Tata Football Academy | |
2005 | Tournament not held | |||
2006 | Amity United FC | 2–0 | Hydrabad Globe FC | |
2007 | Hydrabad Globe FC | 1–1, (4–3 p ) | ONGC FC | |
2014 | BSF | 0–0, (3–2 p ) | DFA Hoshiarpur | [5] |
2017 | Triumph FC, Mandi | |||
2018 | Union Bank of India | 2–0 | Reserve Bank of India | [6] |
2019 | Sudeva Delhi FC | 1–0 | Punjab Police | [7] |
2021 | Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai | 1–1, (5–3 p ) | Tamil Nadu Police | [8] |
2022 | Morning Star Haryana | 2–1 | Zinc Football | [9] |
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