Dr. T. AO North East Football Trophy: Mizoram champions

Mizoram are the new Dr. T. Ao NorthEast Football Trophy champions after beating Sikkim 9-8 on penalties yesterday at the Paljor Stadium in Gangtok. The match had ended one-all in regulation time. The Dr. T. Ao NorthEast “DONER” Football Trophy was played at the Paljor Stadium from March 2 to 9 with the seven Northeastern states plus hosts Sikkim taking part. The tournaments aim is to promote football in the Northeast.

Mizoram received the champions trophy and Rs 700,000 (7 lakhs) while Sikkim were awarded Rs 400,000 (4 lakhs) and the runners-up trophy. Other prizes were handed out to the players, who performed throughout the tournament.

FIXTURES & RESULTS

Group AArunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Sikkim

02-Mar-2012: Sikkim 2-2 Arunachal Pradesh03-Mar-2012: Mizoram 3-1 Assam04-Mar-2012: Sikkim 1-3 Mizoram05-Mar-2012: Arunachal Pradesh 2-1 Assam06-Mar-2012: Sikkim 1-0 Assam07-Mar-2012: Arunachal Pradesh 1-1 Mizoram

Group BManipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura

02-Mar-2012: Manipur 4-2 Nagaland03-Mar-2012: Meghalaya 1-3 Tripura04-Mar-2012: Manipur 1-0 Tripura05-Mar-2012: Nagaland 0-0 Meghalaya06-Mar-2012: Manipur 1-0 Meghalaya07-Mar-2012: Nagaland 1-1 Tripura

Semifinals08-Mar-2012: Manipur 0-1 Sikkim08-Mar-2012: Tripura 2-4 Mizoram

Final09-Mar-2012: Sikkim 1-1(8-9) Mizoram [on penalties]