Overview

• The BFI Cup will run October 1–7 in Chennai across 10 men’s and 10 women’s weight categories, with gold and silver medallists earning entry to the elite national camp.
• Eligibility includes top-eight state units from the 8th Elite Nationals, SAI NCOE Rohtak, host Tamil Nadu, recent Elite Nationals participants, recent international medallists, National Games medallists, and 6th Youth Nationals medallists.
• BFI has also begun a training camp at NS NIS Patiala through October 20 for its Asian Youth Games contingent after announcing a 23-member squad for Bahrain.
• Selections for the youth squad were based on the 6th U-17 Junior Nationals, with gold medallists gaining direct spots and silvers named as reserves under head coaches Vinod Kumar and Jitender Raj Singh.
• Coverage notes an unresolved discrepancy in squad size, citing both a 23-member announcement and a separate breakdown listing 14 athletes plus six coaches, two physiotherapists, and a doctor.