Sixty teams from Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada will compete in the football section of the 10th Sanatan World Cup, set to take place in Sydney next month. The tournament, sponsored by Rams Group of Companies, will occur over four days, from September 26 to 29, at the Blacktown Spartan Sporting Complex.
Seventeen teams from Fiji, 24 from Australia, 14 from New Zealand, and two each from the USA and Canada will participate. Notably, eight teams from Fiji will compete in the Premier division, six in the Over 40s category, and three in the Over 45s.
The Fijian teams include Labasa, Lomawai, Narere/Makoi, Suva, Sigatoka, Nadi, Nakasi, and Ulusila Yadua in the Premier division. In the Over 40s category, Labasa, Nadi, Sigatoka, Lautoka, Lomawai, and Labasa Viti will participate, while Nasinu, Nadroga, and Lautoka will compete in the Over 45s.
Australian representation includes seven teams in both the Premier and Over 40s divisions, three in Over 45s, and seven in Over 50s. New Zealand will have seven teams in the Premier division, two in Over 40s, four in Over 45s, and one in Over 50s.
From the U.S., USA Masters and USA Island Boys Sanatan will represent in the Over 40s category, while Canada will have two teams, Coral Coast Canada Sanatan and Viti Boys Canada Sanatan, in the Over 50s category.
The groupings for each division are 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.