The 34th edition of the Sub-Junior Under-16 National Football Championship for the Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy ended yesterday with the final which Assam won 2-0 against Chandigarh. For the Northeastern state it was their first title since 1981, when they had jointly won with Kerala. Now it was the fourth title for Assam.
The Coca Cola sponsored Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy saw more then 40,000 children participate in the district, then state and zonal levels with the best 10 Under-16 state teams playing in the final round in Goa.
FIXTURES & RESULTS
Group AGoa, Karnataka, Meghalya, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh
08-Mar-2012: Meghalaya 2-4 Karnataka08-Mar-2012: Goa 1-0 Orissa10-Mar-2012: Uttar Pradesh 3-3 Karnataka10-Mar-2012: Orissa 1-0 Meghalaya12-Mar-2012: Uttar Pradesh 1-0 Goa12-Mar-2012: Karnataka 0-5 Orissa14-Mar-2012: Uttar Pradesh 2-1 Meghalaya14-Mar-2012: Karnataka 1-5 Goa16-Mar-2012: Orissa 2-1 Uttar Pradesh16-Mar-2012: Goa 0-1 Meghalaya
Group BAssam, Chandigarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
09-Mar-2012: Tamil Nadu 0-1 Madhya Pradesh09-Mar-2012: Jharkhand 3-1 Assam11-Mar-2012: Chandigarh 7-1 Madhya Pradesh11-Mar-2012: Assam 6-1 Tamil Nadu13-Mar-2012: Chandigarh 4-2 Jharkhand13-Mar-2012: Madhya Pradesh 2-2 Assam15-Mar-2012: Chandigarh 8-0 Tamil Nadu15-Mar-2012: Madhya Pradesh 2-1 Jharkhand17-Mar-2012: Assam 1-0 Chandigarh17-Mar-2012: Jharkhand 6-2 Tamil Nadu
Semifinals19-Mar-2012: Orissa 0-5 Assam20-Mar-2012: Chandigarh 3-1 Uttar Pradesh
Final23-Mar-2012: Assam 2-0 Chandigarh
