\n| \n Teams<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n| \n Date<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n Nepal Vs Maldives<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n September 22, 2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Nepal Vs Bhutan<\/td>\n | \n September 24, 2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n The tournament will be held in the league cum knockout format<\/em>, where there will be two matches in the group stage for each day of the tournament.<\/p>\nThis year\u2019s championship will see Pakistan and Sri Lanka\u2019s presence for the first time since the championship began.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have won the title of the second edition of the tournament. We have been practicing hard to defend our title in this edition. We have called upon 46 players for the preliminary selection. 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