CUTTACK 04-May-2017
Meghalaya emerged champions in the 51st Junior National Football Championship (Boys) for Dr B C Roy Trophy (Tier-II), beating Karnataka in the hard-fought final by 3-2 goals, via tie-breaker at Barabati Stadium here today. The match went to the tie-breaker after play in regulation and time time ended in goalless draw.
Football Association of Odisha (FAO) hosted the tournaent at two venues here from April 22. Altogether 18 states are participating in this championship. Matches were played at Ravenshaw University Ground and Bidanasi Ground.
Additional Police DG Satyajit Mohanty handed over the winners’ trophy at the closing ceremony. Odisha Athletic Association secretary Asirbad Behera and Football Association of Odisha (FAO) secretary Sanjay Behera were present on the occasion.
During the interval of the final match, Football Association of Odisha released an audio for the promotion Federation Cup Football Tournament, which is scheduled to be held at Barabati Stadium from May 7 to 21, 2017. The song has been composed by singer Abhijit Mazumdar and lyrics by Nirmal Naik.
RESULTS:
April 22:
Match No 1: Telangana (D Srihari 65th, 73rd) beat Jammu & Kashmir (Ajay Lakha 35th) 2-1.
Match No 2: Rajasthan drew with Arunachal Pradesh 2-2.
Match No 3: Lakshadweep (Md Safeek 9th, Shuaib A 38th) beat Sikkim (Bikram Barily 67th) 2-1.
Match No 4: Tripura beat Himachal Pradesh 1-0.
April 24:
Match No 5: Services (Rakesh Sunuwar 6th, 11th) beat Rajasthan (Yash Jaisaiwal 87th) 2-1.
Match No 6: Telangana (Vivian Christopher 48th) beat Arunachal Pradesh 1-0.
Match No 7: Maharashtra (Kamran Ansari 31st, Marc Dsouza 51st, 77th; Sanket Anil Salokhe 76th) beat Himachal Pradesh 5-0.
Match No 8: Tripura drew with Lakshadweep 0-0.
April 25:
Match No 9: Haryana (Sourabh Rawal 52nd) beat Pondicherry 1-0.
Match No 10: Meghalaya (Raikutshisha Buam 7th, 52nd, 58th; Stephanson Pale 9th, 63rd, 79th; Ribhame Dkhar 41st) beat Arunachal Pradesh 7-0.
Match No 11: Gujarat (Ayaan Ilyas Shaikh 21st, Rohit Fariyal 75th) beat Chandigarh (Saksham Shukla 29th) 2-1.
Match No 12: Karnataka (Sudeep Katikela 45th, 46th, 76th) beat Manipur 3-0.
April 26:
Match No 13: Services (Renzong Lepcha 1st, Rakesh Sunuwar 2nd, 5th, Samir Tamang 62th, N Suresh Singh 68th) beat Arunachal Pradesh (Pill Takar) 5-1.
Match No 14: Jammu & Kashmir (Numan Zaffer 46th) beat Rajasthan 1-0.
Match No 15: Maharashtra (Marc Dsouza 15th, 30th, 90th; Kamran Ansari 69th, Sanket Salokhe 94th) beat Tripura 5-0.
Match No 16: Himachal Pradesh (Akshay Sharma 6th, 19th; Gaurav Kaundal 88th) beat Sikkim (Kunjaman Thapa 32nd) 3-1.
April 27:
Match No 17: Meghalaya (Pynbhalang Suting 40th, 74th, 84th; Fourstar Pohshna 28th, 47th; Raikutshisha Buam 46th, Teibanskhembha Khongkai 85th) beat Pondicherry 7-0.
Match No 18: Haryana (Jayant Singh 9th, Sourabh Rawal 40th) beat Andra Pradesh 2-0.
Match No 19: Gujarat (Pratik Swamy 65th, Ayaan 92nd) beat Manipur (Ngangbam Naocha 75th) 2-1.
Match No 20: Karnataka (Rudra Ved Moola 93rd) beat Chandigarh 1-0.
April 28:
Match No 21: Arunachal Pradesh (Logyo Chayi 21st) beat Jammu & Kashmir 1-0.
Match No 22: Services (N Suresh Singh 50th, Samir Tamang 59th, Renzong Lepcha 92nd) beat Telangana (Syed Irfan Hussain Razvi 18th) 3-1.
Match No 23: Tripura (Bipul Debrrama 4th, Karna Kalai 78th, Ezaz Ahamed 6th, 14th; Vatra Sadhan Jamatia 47th, 55th, 60th, 74th) beat Sikkim (Kinjaman Thapa 42nd, 57th, 94th) 8-3.
Match No 24: Lakshadweep drew with Maharashtra 0-0.
April 29:
Match No 25: Arunachal Pradesh (Nivas Kumar K 42nd) beat Pondicherry 1-0.
Match No 26: Meghalaya (Pynbhalang Suting 90th) beat Haryana 1-0.
Match No 28: Chandigarh (Arijit Rawat 37th, Ashish Saini 77th, 85th) beat Manipur (Sorokhaibam Kaphoi Singh 75th, Loukrakpam Joshidas Singh 40th) 3-2.
Match No 27: Gujarat (Ayaan Ilyas Shaikh 38th) drew with Karnataka (Rudra Ved Moola 61st) 1-1.
April 30:
Match No 29: Telangana (Dokkari Srihari 58th, Syed Irfan Hussain Razvi 32nd, 79th; Sridhar Thota 86th, Md Nayeem 92nd) beat Rajasthan (Yash Jaisaiwal 5th) 5-1.
Match No 30: Services (Prabin Subba 43rd, 98th; Samir Tamang 8th) beat Jammu-Kashmir (Lakshit Sharma 49th) 3-1.
Match No 31: Lakshadweep (Md Lukman VP 33rd, Shuaib A 10th) beat Himanchal Pradesh 2-0.
Match No 32: Maharashtra (Sanket Salokhe 6th, Romario Nazareth 13th) beat Sikkim (Kunjaman Thapa 34th) 2-1.
May 2:
Match No 33 (SF): Meghalaya (Raikutshisha Buam 32nd, Nanbhakupar Iawphniaw 83rd) beat Maharashtra 2-0.
Match No 34 (SF): Karnataka (Sudeer Katikela 15th, 75th; Surya S 38th) beat Services 3-0.
May 4:
Match No 35 (Final): Meghalaya beat Karnataka 3-2 in tie-breaker.
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PHOTO: Players of Meghalaya team lift the winners’ trophy in Cuttack on May 4, 2017.
