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, sponsored by Rams Group of Companies, will run from September 26 to 29 at the Blacktown Spartan Sporting Complex.
Among the teams, 17 are from Fiji, 24 from Australia, 14 from New Zealand, and 2 each from the USA and Canada. The teams from Fiji will include 8 in the Premiers division, 6 in the Over 40s, and 3 in the Over 45s categories. The teams representing Fiji in the Premiers division are Labasa, Lomawai, Narere/Makoi, Suva, Sigatoka, Nadi, Nakasi, and Ulusila Yadua. In the Over 40s competition, the Fijian teams will be Labasa, Nadi, Sigatoka, Lautoka, Lomawai, and Labasa Viti, while Nasinu, Nadroga, and Lautoka will compete in the Over 45s category.
From Australia, there will be 7 teams in the Premiers, 7 in Over 40s, 3 in Over 45s, and 7 in Over 50s. New Zealand will send 7 teams in the Premiers, 2 in Over 40s, 4 in Over 45s, and 1 in Over 50s. The USA will be represented by the USA Masters and USA Island Boys Sanatan in the Over 40s category, while Canada will have Coral Coast Canada Sanatan and Viti Boys Canada Sanatan in the Over 50s.
The groups for the various divisions are organized as follows:
**Premiers**
– Group A: Sydney Suva Sanatan, Queensland Sanatan Brothers, NZ Waitakere Sanatan, Labasa Sanatan, Lomawai Sanatan.
– Group B: Victoria Sanatan, Sydney Rewa Sanatan, NZ Nadroga Sanatan, Narere/Makoi Sanatan, Suva Sanatan.
– Group C: Queensland Sanatan, Wellington Sanatan, NZ Sanatan All Stars, Sigatoka.
– Group D: Canberra Sanatan, Wellington City Sanatan, NZ Sanatan, Nadi.
– Group E: Sydney Ba Sanatan, NZ Ba Sanatan, Nakasi, Ulusila Yadua Sanatan.
**Over 40s**
– Group A: Adelaide Sanatan, Sydney Navua Sanatan, NZ Nadroga Sanatan, Labasa Sanatan.
– Group B: Sydney Sanatan, Queensland Sanatan, USA Masters Sanatan, Nadi Sanatan, Sigatoka Sanatan.
– Group C: Canberra Sanatan, Melbourne Sanatan, USA Island Boys Sanatan, Lautoka Sanatan.
– Group D: Sydney Labasa, Wellington City Sanatan, Lomawai Sanatan, Labasa Viti Sanatan.
**Over 45s**
– Group A: Sydney Toso Suva Sanatan, Victoria Sanatan, NZ Rewa Sanatan, NZ Tavua Sanatan, Nasinu Sanatan.
– Group B: Sydney Navua Sanatan, NZ Nadroga Sanatan, NZ Lautoka Veterans Sanatan, Nadroga Sanatan Legends, Lautoka Sanatan.
**Over 50s**
– Group A: Sydney Nadroga Sanatan, Sydney Bua Sanatan, Queensland Legends Sanatan, Australian Sanatan, Viti Boys Canada Sanatan.
– Group B: Sydney Lautoka Blues Sanatan, Sydney Nadi Masters Sanatan, Queensland Masters Sanatan, Coral Coast Canada Sanatan, NZ Legends Sanatan.