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The 2023–24 Senior Women's National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy was the 28th edition of the Senior Women's National Football Championship, the premier competition in India for women's teams representing regional and state football associations.[1]
Format
Thirty teams have been divided into six groups in the qualifying round, which will be played in six different venues across the country. The Final Round of the competition will have a total of 12 teams. Three teams have gained direct entry to the final round - defending champions Tamil Nadu, last season's runners-up Haryana and final round hosts West Bengal.
The six group winners and three best runners-up will qualify for the final round which will be held in West Bengal in April 2024. The final round will be held with two groups of six teams each. The top two teams will qualify for the semi-finals.[2][3]
Schedule
| Matchday | Dates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F | |
| Matchday 1 | 24 November 2023 | 15 November 2023 | 23 November 2023 | 15 November 2023 | 12 November 2023 | 21 November 2023 |
| Matchday 2 | 26 November 2023 | 17 November 2023 | 25 November 2023 | 17 November 2023 | 14 November 2023 | 23 November 2023 |
| Matchday 3 | 28 November 2023 | 19 November 2023 | 27 November 2023 | 19 November 2023 | 16 November 2023 | 25 November 2023 |
| Matchday 4 | 1 December 2023 | 30 November 2023 | 22 November 2023 | 19 November 2023 | 27 November 2023 | |
| Matchday 5 | 3 December 2023 | 3 December 2023 | 24 November 2023 | 21 November 2023 | 29 November 2023 | |
Centralised venues
- Group A → Mahamaya Sports Stadium, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
- Group B → DL Roy Memorial District Stadium, Krishnanagar, West Bengal
- Group C → Bangalore Football Stadium, Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Group D → GNDU Sports Complex, Amritsar, Punjab
- Group E → Sundargarh Stadium and Biju Patnaik Mini Stadium, Sundargarh, Odisha
- Group F → SAI Ground and NIT Ground, Anu, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Final Round
Qualified teams
- Tamil Nadu (Automatic qualification)
- Haryana (Automatic qualification)
- West Bengal (Hosts)
- Manipur (Group A winners)
- Delhi (Group B winners)
- Sikkim (Group C winners)
- Punjab (Group D winners)
- Odisha (Group E winners)
- Railways (Group F winners)
- Chandigarh (Group C runners-up)
- Jharkhand (Group D runners-up)
- Maharashtra (Group F runners-up)
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals
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Final
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References
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