A total of 59 teams from Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada will participate in the football competition of the 10th Sanatan World Cup, set to take place in Sydney next month.
The tournament, which is sponsored by Rams Group of Companies, will run over four days from September 26 to 29 at the Blacktown Spartan Sporting Complex. Among the participants, there will be 17 teams from Fiji, 24 from Australia, 14 from New Zealand, and 2 each from the USA and Canada.
Fiji will have eight teams in the Premiers division, six in the Over 40s, and three in the Over 45s. The teams from Fiji in the Premiers category include Labasa, Lomawai, Narere/Makoi, Suva, Sigatoka, Nadi, Nakasi, and Ulusila Yadua. In the Over 40s, the competing teams are Labasa, Nadi, Sigatoka, Lautoka, Lomawai, and Labasa Viti, while Nasinu, Nadroga, and Lautoka will contest in the Over 45s category.
Australia will be represented by seven teams in the Premiers, seven in Over 40s, three in Over 45s, and seven in Over 50s categories. New Zealand will contribute seven teams in the Premiers, two in Over 40s, four in Over 45s, and one in Over 50s.
The USA will have representatives in the Over 40s category with USA Masters and USA Island Boys Sanatan, while Canada will be represented in the Over 50s category by Coral Coast Canada Sanatan and Viti Boys Canada Sanatan.
The team pools for the various categories have been organized as follows:
Premiers:
Group A – Sydney Suva Sanatan, Queensland Sanatan Brothers, NZ Waitakere Sanatan, Labasa Sanatan, and Lomawai Sanatan.
Group B – Victoria Sanatan, Sydney Rewa Sanatan, NZ Nadroga Sanatan, Narere/Makoi Sanatan, and Suva Sanatan.
Group C – Queensland Sanatan, Wellington Sanatan, NZ Sanatan All Stars, and Sigatoka.
Group D – Canberra Sanatan, Wellington City Sanatan, NZ Sanatan, and Nadi.
Group E – Sydney Ba Sanatan, NZ Ba Sanatan, Nakasi, and Ulusila Yadua Sanatan.
Over 40s:
Group A – Adelaide Sanatan, Sydney Navua Sanatan, NZ Nadroga Sanatan, and Labasa Sanatan.
Group B – Sydney Sanatan, Queensland Sanatan, USA Masters Sanatan, Nadi Sanatan, and Sigatoka Sanatan.
Group C – Canberra Sanatan, Melbourne Sanatan, USA Island Boys Sanatan, and Lautoka Sanatan.
Group D – Sydney Labasa, Wellington City Sanatan, Lomawai Sanatan, and Labasa Viti Sanatan.
Over 45s:
Group A – Sydney Toso Suva Sanatan, Victoria Sanatan, NZ Rewa Sanatan, NZ Tavua Sanatan, and Nasinu Sanatan.
Group B – Sydney Navua Sanatan, NZ Nadroga Sanatan, NZ Lautoka Veterans Sanatan, Nadroga Sanatan Legends, and Lautoka Sanatan.
Over 50s:
Group A – Sydney Nadroga Sanatan, Sydney Bua Sanatan, Queensland Legends Sanatan, Australian Sanatan, and Viti Boys Canada Sanatan.
Group B – Sydney Lautoka Blues Sanatan, Sydney Nadi Masters Sanatan, Queensland Masters Sanatan, Coral Coast Canada Sanatan, and NZ Legends Sanatan.