News9 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 and 15 to 17 years across the country. The scouting process will engage talented youngsters in the country and the best of the lot – 20 boys and 20 girls – will be felicitated in Germany in early 2025. 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.
July till Mid-December: Call for registrations and an online screening of the participants through AI-enabled scouting.
January onwards: Offline scouting across 50+ schools pan India followed by second round of shortlisting
End of January to February: 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:
After screening of all entries, selected participants will move to phase 2 of the contest.
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 training and shortlisting camp 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.