Groups and fixtures for Santosh Trophy final round announced

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Defending champions West Bengal will take on Manipur on the opening day as the 72nd edition of the National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy kicks-off in Kolkata on March 19, 2018.

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Ten teams who qualified from the preliminary stages have been divided into two groups of five teams each with the top two from each group advancing to the semi-finals which are to be played on March 30, 2018. The final is slated for April 1, 2018.

All India Football Federation General Secretary Mr. Kushal Das wished luck to all the participating teams.

“We are delighted to have the Santosh Trophy being hosted in Kolkata. I wish success to the 10 finalists and look forward to a successful hosting of the prestigious event by the Indian Football Association,” he said.

The groupings are as follows:

Group A: West Bengal, Chandigarh, Manipur, Kerala, Maharashtra.

Group B: Goa, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Karnataka.

The fixtures of the tournament are as follows:

GROUP A:

Date Fixture
19/03/2018 Chandigarh vs Kerala
19/03/2018 Manipur vs Bengal
21/03/2018 Maharashtra vs Bengal
21/03/2018 Chandigarh vs Manipur
23/03/2018 Kerala vs Manipur
23/03/2018 Maharashtra vs Chandigarh
25/03/2018 Bengal vs Chandigarh
25/03/2018 Kerala vs Maharashtra
27/03/2018 Manipur vs Maharashtra
27/03/2018 Bengal vs Kerala

Also Read: Gokulam Kerala’s giant killing continues, shock title-favourites Minerva

GROUP B

Date Fixture
20/03/2018 Odisha vs Punjab
20/03/2018 Mizoram vs Goa
22/03/2018 Karnataka vs Goa
22/03/2018 Odisha vs Mizoram
24/03/2018 Punjab vs Mizoram
24/03/2018 Karnataka vs Odisha
26/03/2018 Goa vs Odisha
26/03/2018 Punjab vs Karnataka
28/03/2018 Mizoram vs Karnataka
28/03/2018 Goa vs Punjab

SEMI-FINALS

30/03/2018 – Winner Group A vs Runners-Up Group B

30/03/2018 – Winner Group B vs Runners-Up Group A

FINAL

01/04/2018 – Winner Semi-Final 1 vs Winner Semi-Final 2

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