67th Santosh Trophy: Quarterfinal League groups and fixtures!

The qualifiers of the 67th edition of the National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy being co-hosted by the states of Uttar Pradesh and Kerala are over with 12 teams making it to the quarterfinal league stage with the final scheduled for March 3.

There has been a change in fixtures with the quarterfinal league matches all pushed back by a day due to the national strike on February 20 and 21, which the organisers saw as a risk to holding matches.

While Lucknow and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh hosted qualifying round I and II matches, while two cities in Kerala, Kollam hosted hosted qualifying round II and Kochi hosted qualifying round I matches. From the quarterfinals onwards all matches would be played in Kerala.


Quarterfinal round - Fixtures

Group A (Kochi)
Services, Indian Railways (Qualifying Group I, A-1), Odisha (Qualifying Group I, B-2), Madhya Pradesh (Qualifying Group II, winner of Cluster D)

23-Feb-2013: Services - Railways (4.15pm)
23-Feb-2013: Odisha - Madhya Pradesh (6.30pm)
25-Feb-2013: Railways - Odisha (4.15pm)
25-Feb-2013: Madhya Pradesh - Services (6.30pm)
27-Feb-2013: Services - Odisha (4.15pm)
27-Feb-2013: Railways - Madhya Pradesh (6.30pm)


Group B (Kollam)
Tamil Nadu, Goa (Qualifying Group I, D-1), Maharashtra (Qualifying Group I, C-2), Jharkhand (Qualifying Group II, Cluster A winner)

22-Feb-2013: Tamil Nadu - Goa (3.30pm)
22-Feb-2013: Maharashtra - Jharkhand (5.30pm)
24-Feb-2013: Goa - Maharashtra (3.30pm)
24-Feb-2013: Jharkhand - Tamilnadu (5.30pm)
26-Feb-2013: Tamilnadu - Maharashtra (3.30pm)
26-Feb-2013: Goa - Jharkhand (5.30pm)

Group C (Kochi)
Kerala, Uttar Pradesh (Qualifying Group I, C-1), Haryana (Qualifying Group I, D-2), Jammu&Kashmir (Qualifying Group II, Cluster C winner)

22-Feb-2013: Haryana - Uttar Pradesh (4.15pm)
22-Feb-2013: Kerala - Jammu&Kashmir (6.30pm)
24-Feb-2013: Jammu&Kashmir - Haryana (4.15pm)
24-Feb-2013: Uttar Pradesh - Kerala (6.30pm)
26-Feb-2013: Uttar Pradesh - Jammu&Kashmir (4.15pm)
26-Feb-2013: Kerala - Haryana (6.30pm)


Group D (Kollam)
Manipur, Punjab (Qualifying Group I, B-1), West Bengal (Qualifying Group I, A-2), Karnataka (Qualifying Group II, Cluster B winner)

23-Feb-2013: Manipur - Punjab (3.30pm)
23-Feb-2013: West Bengal - Karnataka (5.30pm)
25-Feb-2013: Punjab - West Bengal (3.30pm)
25-Feb-2013: Karnataka - Manipur (5.30pm)
27-Feb-2013: Manipur - West Bengal (3.30pm)
27-Feb-2013: Punjab - Karnataka (5.30pm)


Semifinals (Kochi)
28-Feb-2013: Winner Group B v Winner Group C (6.30pm)
01-Mar-2013: Winner Group A v Winner Group D (6.30pm)

Final (Kochi)
03-Mar-2013: Winner SF1 - Winner SF2 (6.30pm)