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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}
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|nextseason          = [[2019 Santosh Trophy qualification|2019]]
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The '''2017–18 Santosh Trophy qualifiers''' was the qualifying round for the [[2017–18 Santosh Trophy|72nd edition]] of the [[Santosh Trophy]], the premier competition in [[India]] for teams representing their regional and state football associations.

==North Zone==
The North Zone matches of the Santosh Trophy qualifiers were scheduled to start on 15 January 2018 in [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news|title=DSA to hold selection trials for Santosh Trophy|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/dsa-to-hold-selection-trials-for-santosh-trophy/1207875|accessdate=9 January 2018|work=Outlook India|date=12 December 2017}}</ref> The North Zone qualifiers consisted of eight teams divided into two groups.<ref>{{cite web|title=North Zone Qualifiers|url=https://us.soccerway.com/national/india/santhosh-trophy/2018/north/r40570/|website=Soccerway}}</ref>

===Group A===
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|source=[https://us.soccerway.com/national/india/santhosh-trophy/2018/north/group-a/g11109/ Soccerway]

|team1=CH |team2=HA |team3=UP |team4=UT
|result1=KO

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|win_HA=1 |draw_HA=1 |loss_HA=1 |gf_HA=4 |ga_HA=3
|win_UP=1 |draw_UP=1 |loss_UP=1 |gf_UP=5 |ga_UP=5
|win_UT=1 |draw_UT=0 |loss_UT=2 |gf_UT=3 |ga_UT=6

|name_CH=[[Chandigarh football team|Chandigarh]]
|name_HA=[[Haryana football team|Haryana]]
|name_UP=[[Uttar Pradesh football team|Uttar Pradesh]]
|name_UT=[[Uttarakhand football team|Uttarakhand]]

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|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO={{nobreak|Advance to [[2017–18 Santosh Trophy|Final Round]]}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
}}

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|date       = 15 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Chandigarh football team|Chandigarh]]
|score      = 3–1
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|team2      = [[Uttarakhand football team|Uttarakhand]]
|goals1     = B. Singh {{goal|13}}<br/>Joshi {{goal|70||88}}
|goals2     = Rawat {{goal|27}}
|stadium    = [[Noida]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 17 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Uttarakhand football team|Uttarakhand]]
|score      = 2–1
|report     = [https://www.livehindustan.com/ncr/noida/story-uttar-pradesh-team-lose-2-1-to-uttarakhand-1754411.html Report]
|team2      = [[Uttar Pradesh football team|Uttar Pradesh]]
|goals1     = Mamgai {{goal|16}}<br/>Ansari {{goal|53}}
|goals2     = Azhar {{goal|77}}
|stadium    = [[Noida]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 17 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Haryana football team|Haryana]]
|score      = 1–1
|report     = [https://www.livehindustan.com/ncr/noida/story-uttar-pradesh-team-lose-2-1-to-uttarakhand-1754411.html Report]
|team2      = [[Chandigarh football team|Chandigarh]]
|goals1     = Kumar {{goal|38}}
|goals2     = Joshi {{goal|33}}
|stadium    = [[Noida]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 19 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Uttar Pradesh football team|Uttar Pradesh]]
|score      = 2–2
|report     =
|team2      = [[Chandigarh football team|Chandigarh]]
|goals1     = Yadav {{goal|6}}<br/>P. Singh {{goal|59}}
|goals2     = Rana {{goal|74}}<br/>Joshi{{goal|85}}
|stadium    = [[Noida]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 19 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Uttarakhand football team|Uttarakhand]]
|score      = 0–2
|report     = [https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttar-pradesh/noida/haryana-beat-uttarakhand-2-0/articleshow/62573010.cms Report]
|team2      = [[Haryana football team|Haryana]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = Manish {{goal|55}}<br/>Aditya {{goal|86}}
|stadium    = [[Noida]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 21 January 2018
|time       = 
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|score      = 2–1
|report     = 
|team2      = [[Haryana football team|Haryana]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Noida]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}

===Group B===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
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|update=complete
|source=[https://us.soccerway.com/national/india/santhosh-trophy/2018/north/group-b/g11110/ Soccerway]

|team1=PU |team2=DE |team3=JK |team4=HP
|result1=KO

|win_DE=1 |draw_DE=1 |loss_DE=1 |gf_DE=7 |ga_DE=2
|win_HP=0 |draw_HP=0 |loss_HP=3 |gf_HP=1 |ga_HP=13
|win_JK=1 |draw_JK=1 |loss_JK=1 |gf_JK=6 |ga_JK=2
|win_PU=3 |draw_PU=0 |loss_PU=0 |gf_PU=4 |ga_PU=0

|name_DE=[[Delhi football team|Delhi]]
|name_HP=[[Himachal Pradesh football team|Himachal Pradesh]]
|name_JK=[[Jammu and Kashmir football team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|name_PU=[[Punjab football team|Punjab]]

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|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO={{nobreak|Advance to [[2017–18 Santosh Trophy|Final Round]]}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
}}

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|date       = 16 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Delhi football team|Delhi]]
|score      = 1–1
|report     = [http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/sports/santosh-trophy-j-k-held-to-1-1-draw-by-delhi/272468.html Report]
|team2      = [[Jammu and Kashmir football team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|goals1     = John {{goal|90+}}
|goals2     = Farooq {{goal|52}}
|stadium    = [[Noida]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
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|date       = 16 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Punjab football team|Punjab]]
|score      = 2–0
|report     = [http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/nandini-bags-boxing-gold/529799.html Report]
|team2      = [[Himachal Pradesh football team|Himachal Pradesh]]
|goals1     = K. Singh {{goal|44}}<br/>Jhamat {{goal|71}}
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Noida]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
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|date       = 18 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Jammu and Kashmir football team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|score      = 0–1
|report     = [http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/sports/santosh-trophy-punjab-beat-j-k-by-1-0/272725.html Report]
|team2      = [[Punjab football team|Punjab]]
|goals1     = K. Singh {{goal|31|pen}}
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Noida]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
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|date       = 18 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Himachal Pradesh football team|Himachal Pradesh]]
|score      = 0–6
|report     = [http://www.ptinews.com/news/9414366_Delhi-crush-HP-6-0-in-Santosh-preliminary Report]
|team2      = [[Delhi football team|Delhi]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = P. Singh {{goal|8}}<br/>Thapa {{goal|24||30||70}}<br/>John {{goal|46}}<br/>Bisht {{goal|90+5}}
|stadium    = [[Noida]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 20 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Punjab football team|Punjab]]
|score      = 1–0
|report     = [http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/santosh-trophy-jammu-kashmir-punjab-tamil-nadu-clinch-wins-118012000893_1.html Report]
|team2      = [[Delhi football team|Delhi]]
|goals1     = Harjinder Singh {{goal|7}}
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Noida]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 20 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Himachal Pradesh football team|Himachal Pradesh]]
|score      = 1–5
|report     = [http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/santosh-trophy-jammu-kashmir-punjab-tamil-nadu-clinch-wins-118012000893_1.html Report]
|team2      = [[Jammu and Kashmir football team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|goals1     = {{goal}}
|goals2     = {{goal}} {{goal}} Aaakif Reshi <br> {{goal}} Asif <br> {{goal}} Raja Musharaf <br> {{goal}} Furqan
|stadium    = [[Noida]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}

==East Zone==
The East Zone qualifiers consisted of six teams divided into two groups of three.<ref>{{cite web|title=East Zone Qualifiers|url=https://us.soccerway.com/national/india/santhosh-trophy/2018/east/r40567/|website=Soccerway}}</ref>

===Group A===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
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|update=complete
|source=[https://us.soccerway.com/national/india/santhosh-trophy/2018/east/group-a/g11105/ Soccerway]

|team1=OD |team2=SK |team3=BI
|result1=KO

|win_BI=0 |draw_BI=1 |loss_BI=1 |gf_BI=0 |ga_BI=3
|win_OD=1 |draw_OD=1 |loss_OD=0 |gf_OD=2 |ga_OD=0
|win_SK=1 |draw_SK=0 |loss_SK=1 |gf_SK=3 |ga_SK=2

|name_BI=[[Bihar football team|Bihar]]
|name_OD=[[Odisha football team|Odisha]]
|name_SK=[[Sikkim football team|Sikkim]]

<!--Qualification and relegation column definitions-->
|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO={{nobreak|Advance to [[2017–18 Santosh Trophy|Final Round]]}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
}}

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|date       = 28 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Sikkim football team|Sikkim]]
|score      = 3–0
|report     = [http://www.sikkimexpress.com/NewsDetails?ContentID=8563&SectionID= Report]
|team2      = [[Bihar football team|Bihar]]
|goals1     = [[Palsang Lama|Lama]] {{goal|21||90+3|pen.}}<br/>[[Nagen Tamang|Tamang]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Patna]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 30 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Odisha football team|Odisha]]
|score      = 2–0
|report     = [http://www.sikkimexpress.com/NewsDetails?ContentID=8598 Report]
|team2      = [[Sikkim football team|Sikkim]]
|goals1     = Naik {{goal}}<br>Padhiary {{goal}}
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Patna]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 1 February 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Bihar football team|Bihar]]
|score      = 0–0
|report     =
|team2      = [[Odisha football team|Odisha]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Patna]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}

===Group B===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
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|update=complete
|source=[https://us.soccerway.com/national/india/santhosh-trophy/2018/east/group-b/g11106/ Soccerway]

|team1=WB |team2=JK |team3=CH
|result1=KO

|win_CH=0 |draw_CH=0 |loss_CH=2 |gf_CH=0 |ga_CH=3
|win_JK=1 |draw_JK=0 |loss_JK=1 |gf_JK=1 |ga_JK=2
|win_WB=2 |draw_WB=0 |loss_WB=0 |gf_WB=4 |ga_WB=0

|name_CH=[[Chhattisgarh football team|Chhattisgarh]]
|name_JK=[[Jharkhand football team|Jharkhand]]
|name_WB=[[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]

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|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO={{nobreak|Advance to [[2017–18 Santosh Trophy|Final Round]]}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
}}

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|date       = 29 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]
|score      = 2–0
|report     = 
|team2      = [[Chhattisgarh football team|Chhattisgarh]]
|goals1     = Murmu (2 goals)
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Patna]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 31 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Chhattisgarh football team|Chhattisgarh]]
|score      = 0–1
|report     = 
|team2      = [[Jharkhand football team|Jharkhand]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Patna]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 2 February 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Jharkhand football team|Jharkhand]]
|score      = 0–2
|report     =
|team2      = [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Patna]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}

==North-East Zone==
===Group A===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
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|update=complete
|source=[https://us.soccerway.com/national/india/santhosh-trophy/2018/north-east/r40571/ Soccerway]

|team1=MZ |team2=AS |team3=AP
|result1=KO

|win_AP=0 |draw_AP=0 |loss_AP=2 |gf_AP=0 |ga_AP=3
|win_AS=1 |draw_AS=0 |loss_AS=1 |gf_AS=1 |ga_AS=3
|win_MZ=2 |draw_MZ=0 |loss_MZ=0 |gf_MZ=5 |ga_MZ=0

|name_AP=[[Arunachal Pradesh football team|Arunachal Pradesh]]
|name_AS=[[Assam football team|Assam]]
|name_MZ=[[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]

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|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO={{nobreak|Advance to [[2017–18 Santosh Trophy|Final Round]]}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
}}

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|date       = 8 January 2018
|time       = 
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|score      = 1–0
|report     = [https://www.facebook.com/mfamizoramfootballassociation/posts/1889979424647207 Report]
|team2      = [[Arunachal Pradesh football team|Arunachal Pradesh]]
|goals1     = Ete {{goal|73|o.g.}}
|goals2     = 
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|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 10 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Arunachal Pradesh football team|Arunachal Pradesh]]
|score      = 0–2
|report     = [https://www.facebook.com/mfamizoramfootballassociation/photos/a.1625418564436629.1073741829.1620953128216506/1890815784563571/?type=3 Report]
|team2      = [[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = [[R Malsawmtluanga|Malsawmtluanga]]<br/>[[Lalrinchhana Tochhawng|Lalrinchhana]]
|stadium    = [[Lammual]], [[Mizoram]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 12 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]
|score      = 3–0
|report     = [https://www.facebook.com/mfamizoramfootballassociation/posts/1891731924471957 Report]
|team2      = [[Assam football team|Assam]]
|goals1     = Lalromawia (2 goals)<br/>[[R Malsawmtluanga]]
|goals2     = 
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|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}

===Group B===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
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|update=complete
|source=[https://us.soccerway.com/national/india/santhosh-trophy/2018/north-east/r40571/ Soccerway]

|team1=MA |team2=ME |team3=TR
|result1=KO

|win_MA=2 |draw_MA=0 |loss_MA=0 |gf_MA=6 |ga_MA=1
|win_ME=1 |draw_ME=0 |loss_ME=1 |gf_ME=6 |ga_ME=3
|win_TR=0 |draw_TR=0 |loss_TR=2 |gf_TR=0 |ga_TR=8

|name_MA=[[Manipur football team|Manipur]]
|name_ME=[[Meghalaya football team|Meghalaya]]
|name_TR=[[Tripura football team|Tripura]]

<!--Qualification and relegation column definitions-->
|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO={{nobreak|Advance to [[2017–18 Santosh Trophy|Final Round]]}}

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}}

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|date       = 9 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Tripura football team|Tripura]]
|score      = 0–3
|report     = [https://www.facebook.com/mfamizoramfootballassociation/posts/1890460281265788 Report]
|team2      = [[Manipur football team|Manipur]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = Pulamte {{goal|10}}<br/>Sharma {{goal|20}}<br/>Naocha {{goal|62}}
|stadium    = [[Lammual]], [[Mizoram]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 11 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Meghalaya football team|Meghalaya]]
|score      = 5–0
|report     = [https://www.facebook.com/mfamizoramfootballassociation/posts/1891297974515352 Report]
|team2      = [[Tripura football team|Tripura]]
|goals1     = Pale {{goal|18||19}}<br/>Diengdoh {{goal|44||58}}<br/>Nongkhlaw {{goal|74}}
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Lammual]], [[Mizoram]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 13 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Manipur football team|Manipur]]
|score      = 3–1
|report     = [https://www.facebook.com/mfamizoramfootballassociation/posts/1892294694415680 Report]
|team2      = [[Meghalaya football team|Meghalaya]]
|goals1     = Naocha {{goal|38||60}}<br/>Pulamte {{goal|45}}
|goals2     = Diengdoh {{goal|65}}
|stadium    = [[Lammual]], [[Mizoram]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}

==West Zone==
===Group A===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
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|update=complete
|source=[https://us.soccerway.com/national/india/santhosh-trophy/2018/west/r40574/ Soccerway]

|team1=GO |team2=GA |team3=RA
|result1=KO

|win_GO=2 |draw_GO=0 |loss_GO=0 |gf_GO=22 |ga_GO=1
|win_GA=0 |draw_GA=1 |loss_GA=1 |gf_GA=6 |ga_GA=13
|win_RA=0 |draw_RA=1 |loss_RA=1 |gf_RA=5 |ga_RA=19

|name_GO=[[Goa football team|Goa]]
|name_GA=[[Gujarat football team|Gujarat]]
|name_RA=[[Rajasthan football team|Rajasthan]]

<!--Qualification and relegation column definitions-->
|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO={{nobreak|Advance to [[2017–18 Santosh Trophy|Final Round]]}}

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}}

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|date       = 8 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Gujarat football team|Gujarat]]
|score      = 5–5
|report     = [http://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/sports/local-sports/a-day-of-twists-and-turns/articleshow/62420363.cms Report]
|team2      = [[Rajasthan football team|Rajasthan]]
|goals1     = [[Akshay Mall|Mall]] {{goal|11||64||68}}<br/>Abbasi {{goal|38}}<br/>Krushnapal {{goal|90}}
|goals2     = I. Khan {{goal|3||52}}<br/>Kaushik {{goal|12||42}}<br/>Chundawat {{goal|56}}
|stadium    = [[The Arena (Ahmedabad)|The Arena]], [[Ahmedabad]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 10 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Rajasthan football team|Rajasthan]]
|score      = 0–14
|report     = [http://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/sports/local-sports/goa-ring-the-warning-bell/amp_articleshow/62449371.cms Report]
|team2      = [[Goa football team|Goa]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = [[Beevan D'Mello|D'Mello]] {{goal|7}}<br/>[[Peter Carvalho|Carvalho]] {{goal|19}}<br/>[[Mackroy Peixote|Peixote]] {{goal|23||50}}<br/>[[Victorino Fernandes|Fernandes]] {{goal|28||43||64||79}}<br/>Pereira {{goal|76}}<br/>Hoble {{goal|84}}<br/>Carneiro {{goal|86}}<br/>Niasso {{goal|88||90}}<br/>Castanha {{goal|90+3}}
|stadium    = [[The Arena (Ahmedabad)|The Arena]], [[Ahmedabad]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}
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|date       = 12 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Goa football team|Goa]]
|score      = 8–1
|report     =
|team2      = [[Gujarat football team|Gujarat]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[The Arena (Ahmedabad)|The Arena]], [[Ahmedabad]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}

===Group B===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
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|update=complete
|source=[https://us.soccerway.com/national/india/santhosh-trophy/2018/west/r40574/ Soccerway]

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|name_LA=[[Lakshadweep football team|Lakshadweep]]
|name_MD=[[Madhya Pradesh football team|Madhya Pradesh]]
|name_MA=[[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]

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|goals1     = D'Costa {{goal|12}}<br/>Mangela {{own goal|37}}<br/>Shinde {{goal|40}}<br/>Joshi {{goal|77}}<br/>[[Lineker Machado|Machado]] {{goal|81}}<br/>Stephen {{goal|86}}<br/>Menezes {{goal|90}}
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|team2      = [[Madhya Pradesh football team|Madhya Pradesh]]
|goals1     = R. Singh (2 goals)
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==South Zone==
The South Zone qualifiers consisted of eight teams divided into two groups of four.<ref>{{cite web|title=South Zone Qualifiers|url=https://us.soccerway.com/national/india/santhosh-trophy/2018/south/r40573/|website=Soccerway}}</ref> Matches were held at the [[Bangalore Football Stadium]] in [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]] from 16 January to 22 January 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=South Zone-leg of Santosh Trophy from January 17|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/south-zone-leg-of-santosh-trophy-from-january-17/article22413648.ece/amp/|accessdate=13 January 2018|work=The Hindu|date=10 January 2018}}</ref>

In Group B, [[Andaman and Nicobar football team|Andaman and Nicobar]] withdrew just before the qualifiers due to lack of funds to travel to Bangalore.<ref>{{cite news|title=Andaman pull out of qualifiers|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/653592/andaman-pull-qualifiers.html|accessdate=21 January 2018|work=Deccan Herald|date=13 January 2018}}</ref>

===Group A===
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|team1=KA |team2=SE |team3=TA |team4=PO
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|win_PO=0 |draw_PO=0 |loss_PO=3 |gf_PO=1 |ga_PO=10
|win_SE=2 |draw_SE=0 |loss_SE=1 |gf_SE=7 |ga_SE=6
|win_TA=1 |draw_TA=0 |loss_TA=2 |gf_TA=5 |ga_TA=7

|name_KA=[[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]
|name_PO=[[Pondicherry football team|Pondicherry]]
|name_SE=[[Services (football)|Services]]
|name_TA=[[Telangana football team|Telangana]]

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|goals2     = Karthikeyan {{goal|9}}
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|time       = 
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|score      = 0–2
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|time       = 
|team1      = [[Telangana football team|Telangana]]
|score      = 1–2
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|goals1     = Dhanala {{goal|59}}
|goals2     = N. Singh {{goal|25}}<br/>L. Singh {{goal|89}}
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|team2      = [[Pondicherry football team|Pondicherry]]
|goals1     = Kumar {{goal|14||64}}<br/>Abid {{goal|18||60}}
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===Group B===
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|team1=KE |team2=AP |team3=TN
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|win_AP=1 |draw_AP=0 |loss_AP=1 |gf_AP=7 |ga_AP=8
|win_KE=1 |draw_KE=1 |loss_KE=0 |gf_KE=7 |ga_KE=5
|win_TN=0 |draw_TN=1 |loss_TN=1 |gf_TN=1 |ga_TN=2

|name_AP=[[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]]
|name_KE=[[Kerala football team|Kerala]]
|name_TN=[[Tamil Nadu football team|Tamil Nadu]]

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|goals1     = Poulose {{goal|3}}<br/>Rahul KP {{goal|13||49}}<br/>S. Vinod {{goal|16|o.g.}}<br/>Thomas {{goal|53}}<br/>Afdal VK {{goal|63||75}}
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|time       = 
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|team2      = [[Tamil Nadu football team|Tamil Nadu]]
|goals1     = S. Sai Varun {{goal|61||73}}
|goals2     = Nagappan {{goal|57}}
|stadium    = [[Bangalore Football Stadium]], [[Karnataka]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
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|date       = 22 January 2018
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Tamil Nadu football team|Tamil Nadu]]
|score      = 0–0
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|team2      = [[Kerala football team|Kerala]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Bangalore Football Stadium]], [[Karnataka]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = 
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/tournaments-details.htm?tnmt_id=112 Santosh Trophy on the All India Football Federation website].

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