Santosh Trophy final phase to kick-off in Kolkata
Defending champion West Bengal will take on Manipur on the opening day of the 72nd edition of the Santosh Trophy in Kolkata on March 19, 2018.
Published : Feb 21, 2018 17:38 IST
Defending champion West Bengal will take on Manipur on the opening day of the 72nd edition of the Santosh Trophy in Kolkata on March 19, 2018.
Ten teams, which 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 semifinals which are to be played on March 30, 2018. The final is slated for April 1, 2018.
All India Football Federation General Secretary 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 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
GROUP B 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
SEMIFINALS 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 SemiFinal 1 vs Winner SemiFinal |