Avyaan Negi

Bangalore Champions Cup (BCC) · U-11 · 2026–27

The bounce-back — the season’s real first tournament.

4 W · 1 D · 1 LU-112 goals · 1 recorded assist

The Bangalore Champions Cup was the first official tournament of the 2026-27 season — and, after the early KSFA setback, the first real sign that the brand-new Sporthood U-11 Elite group was starting to come together. Four straight wins to open, before a flat draw and a narrow, semifinal-in-all-but-name defeat. Not a trophy — but the point where the coach’s “give them two or three months” finally started to make sense.

Team in this tournament
6
matches
4
won
1
lost
14
GF
4
GA
67%
win %
Avyaan in this tournament
6
matches
6
played
0
missed
2
goals
1
assists
0.33
scoring ratio

Goals and assists are family-recorded from match reports, video and observation — grassroots tournaments don’t keep official stats. How we keep the record.

About the tournament

What this competition is.

The Bangalore Champions Cup is a multi-club tournament run by Sporthood at its Centre of Football Excellence, HAL — group games into knockouts, played across several age groups. Avyaan's team was in the U-11 Elite category (2016-born), so he was playing up.

The competitionPart of Bangalore Champions Cup (BCC)

More detailFull tournament details are on the official tournament page

From the organisers

Posters, brochures & guidelines.

The branding and paperwork that came with the tournament — the posters, the fixtures, the rules — kept here for the record.

Images
PDFs
The facts
Tournament
Bangalore Champions Cup (BCC)
Organizer
Sporthood
Category
U-11
Team
Sporthood Elite U-11
Season
2026–27
Edition
2nd
Format
7-a-side
Surface
Turf
Location
Bangalore
Dates
04 Jul 2026 – 05 Jul 2026
Avyaan’s position
Midfield · Wing · Striker
Jersey number
#11
The squad
Avyaan Negi
Abel Binoy
Aman
Arnav
Avnish
Darshil Podishetty
Dhruv Deepesh
Kabir Sharma
Nihal Rajesh
Nilan
Ninad
Prathyush
Ravish Singh
Vidhaan Abhishek
Vivaan Kallimath
Coaches
Anjith KumarCoach
Participating teams

Who else was there.

The groups · U-11 Elite

Group A

#TeamMPWDLPtsGFGAGD
1BYFL4211785+3
2Sporthood FC U-10Sporthood’s other team4211745-1
3Young Blues Elite4202685+3
4Roots Football4130621+1
5Sparrows FA4013117-6

Group B

#TeamMPWDLPtsGFGAGD
1Ace Football Academy440012133+10
2Sporthood FC U-11Avyaan’s team4211792+7
3Ultras Football Club42026106+4
4Aurora Sports Academy4022227-5
5The Football People40131117-16
The finalAce Football Academy 6–4 BYFL🏆 Ace Football Academy — championsThe two group winners — Ace (Group B) and BYFL (Group A).

On the fieldSporthood entered two teams in the category — Avyaan’s U-11 (Group B) and a U-10 (Group A). These are the group-stage tables; the knockouts and full fixtures are on the official Sporthood page.

Who they played

Match record
Group stageLost
01vs Ace Football Academy
05 Jul 2026 · 1:30 PM
0 goals

A 0–1 loss in a winner-takes-the-final tie — chances that wouldn't go in.

Match report
Group stageDrawn
11vs Aurora Sports Academy
05 Jul 2026 · 12:30 PM
0 goals

Held to a 1–1 draw by a side they'd beaten 4–2 a day earlier.

Match report
Group stageWon
70vs The Football People
05 Jul 2026 · 11:00 AM
1 goal

A one-sided win — a hat-trick for Abel and a goal for Avyaan.

Match report
Group stageWon
10vs Ultras Football Club
05 Jul 2026 · 10:00 AM
0 goals1 assist

Avyaan's assist sets up the only goal in a 1–0 win.

Match report
Group stageWon
10vs Sparrows FA
04 Jul 2026 · 10:30 AM
0 goals

A second win, 1–0 — Nilan with the goal.

Match report
Group stageWon
42vs Aurora Sports Academy
04 Jul 2026 · 12:00 PM
1 goal

A comfortable opening 4–2 win to start the season.

Match report

On the recordFull fixtures and standings are on the official Sporthood tournament page. A couple of caveats, though. The organisers wiped Day 1 entirely — those games can’t be seen there at all — so we’ve kept them here for a complete record. Their page also carries a fair few errors: Avyaan’s name spelled “Abiyan”, the squad listed as 2014-born instead of 2016, and more — part of why we keep our own honest version.

The story

The whole story — not just the scoreline.

Before the football began

This was officially the first tournament of the season for the Sporthood Elite U-11 team. The last one this group had played was the KSFA Youth Cup — which they lost badly. But they’d come a long way since, and this one turned out to be worth the wait.

The story

Four wins — then a hard lesson across two days.

After the KSFA disappointment, the boys responded almost exactly as the coach had promised they would. Four wins on the trot — a comfortable 4–2 to open against ASPEX, then three tight, disciplined results — and a group that suddenly started to look like a team.

Then, on the second day, the wheels wobbled. The same ASPEX side they’d beaten 4–2 held them to a 1–1 draw; the boys couldn’t break a packed defence and never quite got going.

The last game was a semifinal in all but name — win and you’re in the final. Against Ace Football Academy they played some of their best football, created chance after chance, and lost 0–1 to the one that got away. Avyaan fought to the final whistle — even carving out a great chance in the last minute that the team couldn’t finish.

Learnings
  • He still needs to create more chances.
  • Finishing — learning to put his chances away properly.
Honest observations
  • The team looked better — a real step up.
  • They lost only one match — and unfortunately it was the one that kept them out of the final.
  • This side looked far better than the group that played the KSFA Youth Cup.
Coach’s corner

“Give the team some time” had been the coach’s line all along. This was the tournament where it finally made sense — and I’m sure he’s proud of how the boys played.

Other parents’ observations & feedback

The other parents were extremely happy too — everyone came away pleased with the way the boys played.

Gallery
Registration, onboarding & awards

Everything around the football.

The off-pitch record — dashes mark what’s still to be recorded.

Registration

Documentation
Handled end to end by Sporthood — the team's documents were submitted at the time of enrolment, so there was nothing to do on the day.
Tournament fees
Included in Sporthood's academy fee — nothing charged separately for this tournament.

Onboarding & goodies

Onboarding process
Reporting was at the HAL Football Ground — the same ground the team trains on every week.
Age verification
A dedicated counter checked the original documents to verify each player's age.
Goodies distribution
Nothing from the organisers. The team was given a fluorescent-yellow kit — but Avyaan's was missing, so his coach taped his old No. 11 shirt with black tape to carry the number.
Player booklet / card
None for this tournament.

Individual match awards

POTM certificate
None
POTM medal
None
POTM trophy
None

Tournament awards & goodies

Trophy
Winners & runners-up medals
Gifts & goodies
Awards

The tournament honours.

Player of the tournament
NA
Top scorer
NA
Best goalkeeper
NA
Best defender
NA
Avyaan’s reflections

In his words.

To fillAvyaan’s own words on this tournament are still to be added.

Parent’s reflection

From the sidelines.

After KSFA I’d come away wondering if this was the team he’d be with all season. The coach said give them two or three months. One tournament later — four wins and a group that finally looked settled — I started to see exactly what he meant. Disappointed with the last two games, but the team looks ok now.