Shillong, Aug 3: The draws for Tiers 1 and 2 of the Sub-Junior Boys’ National Football Championship and the corresponding draws for the Girls’ event were conducted in New Delhi yesterday.
Meghalaya is in Tier 1 of both the boys’ and girls’ championships. The sub-junior girls were semifinalists last year and were awarded joint bronze medals.
The Tier 1 of the Sub-Junior Boys’ NFC will be played in Karnataka from 7th September, while Tier 1 of the Sub-Junior Girls’ NFC will be played in West Bengal from 2nd September.
Meghalaya have been drawn with Mizoram, Odisha and Delhi in Group C of the boys’ event and Gujarat, Karnataka and one other team (the All India Football Federation website has Gujarat listed twice) in Group B of the girls’.
The 2023-24 edition of the Sub-Junior Boys’ NFC Tier 1 saw Mizoram become champions while and Bihar won the Tier 2 title.
Jharkhand (who defeated Meghalaya in the semifinals) were crowned champions of the 2023-24 Sub-Junior Girls’ NFC Tier 1 and Karnataka were the winners of Tier 2.
Sub-Junior Boys’ NFC (Tier 1):
Group A – Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Punjab
Group B – Manipur, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Kerala
Group C – Mizoram, Meghalaya, Odisha, Delhi
Group D – Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, West Bengal
Sub-Junior Girls’ NFC (Tier 1):
Group A – Mizoram, Manipur, Haryana, Tamil Nadu
Group B – Meghalaya, Gujarat, Karnataka, ?
Group C – West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Delhi
Group D – Jharkhand, Punjab, Maharashtra
Sub-Junior Boys’ NFC (Tier 2):
Group A – Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Lakshadweep, Assam, Madhya Pradesh
Group B – Chandigarh, Haryana, Andaman & Nicobar, Tripura
Group C – Pondicherry, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
Group D – Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh
Sub-Junior Girls’ NFC (Tier 2):
Group A – Pondicherry, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar
Group B – Kerala, Chandigarh, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir
Group C – Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand
Group D – Telangana, Rajasthan, Odisha
