![](images/india/tiger-logo.png)
THE WORLD’S LARGEST FOOTBALL TALENT HUNT
FOR 12-14 YEAR GIRLS AND BOYS
An initiative by TV9 Network, Indian Tigers and Tigresses is world’s largest football talent hunt to identify and train boys and girls in the age group of 12 to 14 years across the country.
Spread over 3 months, the scouting process engages close to one million talented youngsters in the country and the best of the lot – 20 boys and 20 girls will be felicitated in Germany in September later this year.
The initiative to “catch them young” to power Indian football is supported by the best in the business from Europe – DFB Pokal , Bundesliga, India Football Centre, IFI, BVB, RIESPO among others.
Call for registrations and an online screening of the participants through AI-enabled scouting.
Offline scouting across 100+ schools pan India followed by a special shortlisting and training camp in Pune.
Selected 40 finalists – 20 boys and 20 girls – shall fly to Europe to play football and get felicitated in Germany and mentored in Europe!
To take part in the Indian Tigers and Tigresses Initiative a participant needs to complete the following two steps:
Register on Indian Tigers and Tigresses website
Registration on our partner RIESPO’s website (This platform evaluates the talent score of each participant basis which shortlisting in the first phase will be done)
After screening of all entries, selected participants will move to phase 2 of the contest.
Participant must be in the age group of 12-14 years.
It’s open to all students in the defined age bracket.
Even those who are not enrolled in any school or club are free to participate..
Participant without any prior football training or coaching can also take part in the initiative.
10,000 students will be shortlisted basis the talent displayed in a video submission
These 10,000 students will undergo selection trials in over 100 camps across the country. International expert scouts, AI and popular demand will choose 200 boys and 200 girls for Stage 3
These 400 aspiring footballers will attend a 5-day training camp in Pune, where they will undergo a holistic footballing skill development module. Of these 400 young Indian Tigers and Tigresses, 20 boys and 20 girls will be selected to travel to Germany and Austria.