124th Durand Cup: Churchill Bros regain trophy

Goan giants Churchill Brothers SC have regained the Durand Cup trophy with a 5-4 penalty shootout victory against defending champions Prayag United SC from Kolkata. The 124th edition of the Durand Cup, India's oldest football tournament, was held from September 24 to October 15 at Delhi's Ambedkar Stadium with two stages - the qualifiers and the tournament proper.

With top teams like East Bengal Club, Mohun Bagan AC and Dempo SC giving the tournament a miss and others dropping out days before they were supposed to play that has taken away some shine from the tournament, but for those I-League sides who took part it was part of their preparations for the I-League which is set to kick-off next week.


TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Qualifiers

Round 1
26-Sep-2011: Assam Green 0-0,1-3 Bhowanipore Club, Kolkata
26-Sep-2011: Border Security Force 1-1,5-3 Jammu&Kashmir Bank

Round 2
24-Sep-2011: Delhi United 2-0 MEG, Bangalore
24-Sep-2011: Assam Rifles 5-1 State Bank of India, Hyderabad
25-Sep-2011: Shahdara Club 0-0,3-4 Indian Air Force
25-Sep-2011: Assam Regimental Centre, Shillong 2-1 State Bank of Travancore
27-Sep-2011: Army Juniors 1-2 CRPF
27-Sep-2011: Punjab Police 0-1 Indian Navy
28-Sep-2011: Bhowanipore Club, Kolkata 2-4 Border Security Force

Semifinals
28-Sep-2011: Delhi United 1-2 Assam Rifles
29-Sep-2011: Indian Air Force 2-1 Assam Regimental Centre, Shillong
29-Sep-2011: CRPF 2-1 Indian Navy
30-Sep-2011: Tata Football Academy 0-2 Border Security Force

Final
01-Oct-2011: Indian Air Force 1-0 CRPF
03-Oct-2011: Assam Rifles 3-4 Border Security Force [penalties]

Quarterfinal League

Group 1
Prayag United SC, Salgaocar SC, Border Security Force (Qualifier A)

04-Oct-2011: Prayag United SC 2-0 Border Security Force
07-Oct-2011: Salgaocar SC 1-0 Border Security Force
09-Oct-2011: Prayag United SC 2-0 Salgaocar SC

Group 2
Shillong Lajong FC, Sikkim United FC, Indian Air Force (Qualifier B)

04-Oct-2011: Shillong Lajong FC 2-1 Indian Air Force
07-Oct-2011: Sikkim United FC 3-0 Indian Air Force
09-Oct-2011: Shillong Lajong FC 3-1 Sikkim United FC

Group 3
Pune FC, Air India, ONGC

05-Oct-2011: Pune FC 1-1 ONGC
08-Oct-2011: ONGC 0-3 Air India
10-Oct-2011: Pune FC 2-1 Air India

Group 4
Mohammedan Sporting Club, Churchill Brothers SC, Army Red

05-Oct-2011: Mohammedan Sporting Club 1-0 Army Red
08-Oct-2011: Churchill Brothers SC 5-0 Army Red
10-Oct-2011: Mohammedan Sporting Club 0-2 Churchill Brothers SC

Semifinals
12-Oct-2011: Prayag United SC 2-0 Pune FC
13-Oct-2011: Shillong Lajong FC 1-4 Churchill Brothers SC

Final
15-Oct-2011: Prayag United SC 0-0,4-5 Churchill Brothers SC [penalties]