New Delhi [India], August 2 : The draws for the Tier 1 and Tier 2 of the Sub-Junior Boys' and Girls' National Football Championships for 2024-25 took place at the Football House on Friday.
Tier 1 of the Sub-Junior Boys' NFC will kick off in Karnataka on September 7, with the dates and location for Tier 2 to be announced later, according to the AIFF. The Sub-Junior Girls' NFC Tier 1 will start in West Bengal on September 2, while Tier 2 will commence in Madhya Pradesh on September 8.
The Sub-Junior Boys' NFC Tier 1 will feature 16 teams divided into four groups, with group winners advancing to the semi-finals. Tier 2 will have 17 teams across four groups, one with five teams and three with four, also progressing group winners to the semi-finals.
Both tiers of the Sub-Junior Girls' NFC will have 15 teams divided into four groups, with the group winners advancing to the semi-finals.
Last season, Mizoram clinched the Sub-Junior Boys' NFC Tier 1 title in Berhampore, while Bihar won Tier 2 in Ananthapuram. Jharkhand were the champions of the Sub-Junior Girls' NFC Tier 1 in Amritsar, and Karnataka secured the Tier 2 title in Belgaum.
The groupings for the Sub-Junior Boys' NFC Tier 1 in Karnataka from September 7 are as follows:
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
For Tier 2, dates and location to be confirmed, the groupings are:
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
The groupings for the Sub-Junior Girls' NFC Tier 1 in West Bengal from September 2 are:
Group A - Mizoram, Manipur, Haryana, Tamil Nadu
Group B - Meghalaya, Gujarat, Karnataka, Gujarat
Group C - West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Delhi
Group D - Jharkhand, Punjab, Maharashtra
For Tier 2 in Madhya Pradesh from September 8, the groupings are:
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.
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