Groups and fixtures for Santosh Trophy final round announced
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.
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 |
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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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