AIFF Media Team

NEW DELHI: The draw of the Tier 1 and Tier 2 of the Sub-Junior Boys' National Football Championship 2024-25, along with Tier 1 and Tier 2 of the Sub-Junior Girls' National Football Championship 2024-25 were conducted at the Football House, on Friday, August 2, 2024.

The Tier 1 of the Sub-Junior Boys' NFC will be played at the Bangalore Football Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka, from September 7 to September 22, 2024. Tier 2 will be hosted at the Jorhat Stadium and the Bapuji Stadium in Jorhat, Assam from September 7 to September 20, 2024.

The Tier 1 of the Sub-Junior Girls' National Football Championship will be played at the DSA Ground in Malda and Berhampore Stadium in Berhampore, West Bengal from September 2 to September 11, 2024. Tier 2 will be hosted at the Patva Educational Academy and the Dr Rajendra Prasad Stadium in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh from September 8 to September 17, 2024.

The Sub-Junior Boys' NFC Tier 1 will see 16 teams equally divided into four groups with the group winners progressing to the semi-finals. The Sub-Junior Boys' NFC Tier 2 will have 17 teams divided into four groups - one group with five and three groups with four - with the group winners progressing to the semi-finals.

Both tiers of the Sub-Junior Girls’ NFC will have 15 teams each divided into four groups - three groups with four and one group with three - and the four group winners will move to the semi-finals.

The 2023-24 edition of the Sub-Junior Boys' NFC Tier 1 saw Mizoram being champions in Berhampore, and Bihar winning the Tier 2 title in Ananthapuram.

Jharkhand were crowned champions of the 2023-24 Sub-Junior Girls' NFC Tier 1 in Amritsar, and Karnataka were the winners of Tier 2 in Belgaum.

The groupings for the Sub-Junior Boys' National Football Championship, Tier 1 (Bengaluru, Karnataka, September 7-September 22):

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

FIXTURES (all matches at Bangalore Football Stadium)

Group A:
September 7: Arunachal Pradesh vs Punjab, Karnataka vs Bihar
September 9: Punjab vs Karnataka, Bihar vs Arunachal Pradesh
September 11: Arunachal Pradesh vs Karnataka, Bihar vs Punjab

Group B:
September 14: Manipur vs Kerala, Jharkhand vs Gujarat
September 16: Kerala vs Jharkhand, Gujarat vs Manipur
September 18: Manipur vs Jharkhand, Gujarat vs Kerala

Group C:
September 7: Mizoram vs Delhi, Meghalaya vs Odisha
September 9: Delhi vs Meghalaya, Odisha vs Mizoram
September 11: Mizoram vs Meghalaya, Odisha vs Delhi

Group D:
September 14: Uttar Pradesh vs West Bengal, Maharashtra vs Goa
September 16: West Bengal vs Maharashtra, Goa vs Uttar Pradesh
September 14: Uttar Pradesh vs Maharashtra, Goa vs West Bengal

Semi-finals:
September 13: Winner Group A vs Winner Group C
September 20: Winner Group B vs Winner Group D

Final:
September 22: Winner Semi-final 1 vs Winner Semi-final 2

The groupings for the Sub-Junior Boys' National Football Championship, Tier 2 (Jorhat, Assam, September 7-September 20):

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

FIXTURES

Group A (all matches at Jorhat Stadium):
September 7: Lakshadweep vs Telangana, Madhya Pradesh vs Assam
September 9: Assam vs Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh vs Lakshadweep
September 11: Tamil Nadu vs Madhya Pradesh, Telangana vs Assam
September 13: Telangana vs Madhya Pradesh, Lakshadweep vs Tamil Nadu
September 15: Assam vs Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu vs Telangana

Group B (all matches at Jorhat Stadium):
September 12: Chandigarh vs Tripura, Haryana vs Andaman & Nicobar
September 14: Tripura vs Haryana, Andaman & Nicobar vs Chandigarh
September 16: Chandigarh vs Haryana, Andaman & Nicobar vs Tripura

Group C (all matches at Bapuji Stadium):
September 11: Pondicherry vs Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir vs Rajasthan
September 13: Uttarakhand vs Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan vs Pondicherry
September 15: Pondicherry vs Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan vs Uttarakhand

Group D (all matches at Bapuji Stadium):
September 12: Andhra Pradesh vs Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim vs Chhattisgarh
September 14: Himachal Pradesh vs Sikkim, Chhattisgarh vs Andhra Pradesh
September 16: Andhra Pradesh vs Sikkim, Chhattisgarh vs Himachal Pradesh

Semi-finals (all matches at Jorhat Stadium):
September 18: Winner Group A vs Winner Group C, Winner Group B vs Winner Group D

Final (Jorhat Stadium):
September 20: Winner Semi-final 1 vs Winner Semi-final 2

The groupings for the Sub-Junior Girls' National Football Championship, Tier 1 (Malda and Berhampore, West Bengal, September 2-September 11):

Group A – Mizoram, Manipur, Haryana, Tamil Nadu
Group B - Meghalaya, Gujarat, Karnataka, Bihar
Group C - West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Delhi
Group D – Jharkhand, Punjab, Maharashtra

FIXTURES

Group A (all matches at Berhampore Stadium):
September 2: Mizoram vs Tamil Nadu, Manipur vs Haryana
September 4: Tamil Nadu vs Manipur, Haryana vs Mizoram
September 6: Mizoram vs Manipur, Haryana vs Tamil Nadu

Group B (all matches at DSA Ground):
September 2: Meghalaya vs Bihar, Gujarat vs Karnataka
September 4: Bihar vs Gujarat, Karnataka vs Meghalaya
September 6: Meghalaya vs Gujarat, Karnataka vs Bihar

Group C (all matches at Berhampore Stadium):
September 3: West Bengal vs Delhi, Chhattisgarh vs Assam
September 5: Delhi vs Chhattisgarh, Assam vs West Bengal
September 7: West Bengal vs Chhattisgarh, Assam vs Delhi

Group D (all matches at DSA Ground):
September 3: Maharashtra vs Jharkhand
September 5: Punjab vs Maharashtra
September 7: Jharkhand vs Punjab

Semi-finals (all matches at Bangalore Football Stadium):
September 9: Winner Group A vs Winner Group C (Berhampore Stadium)
September 9: Winner Group B vs Winner Group D (DSA Ground)

Final (Berhampore Stadium):
September 11: Winner Semi-final 1 vs Winner Semi-final 2

The groupings for the Sub-Junior Girls' National Football Championship, Tier 2 (Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh, September 8-September 17):

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

Group A (all matches at Patva Educational Academy):
September 8: Pondicherry vs Andaman & Nicobar, Tripura vs Andhra Pradesh
September 10: Andaman & Nicobar vs Tripura, Andhra Pradesh vs Pondicherry
September 12: Pondicherry vs Tripura, Andhra Pradesh vs Andaman & Nicobar

Group B (all matches at Patva Educational Academy):
September 9: Kerala vs Jammu & Kashmir, Chandigarh vs Goa
September 11: Jammu & Kashmir vs Chandigarh, Goa vs Kerala
September 13: Kerala vs Chandigarh, Goa vs Jammu & Kashmir

Group C (all matches at Dr Rajendra Prasad Stadium):
September 8: Madhya Pradesh vs Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh vs Sikkim
September 10: Uttarakhand vs Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim vs Madhya Pradesh
September 12: Madhya Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim vs Uttarakhand

Group D (all matches at Dr Rajendra Prasad Stadium):
September 9: Odisha vs Telangana
September 11: Rajasthan vs Odisha
September 13: Telangana vs Rajasthan

Semi-finals (all matches at Dr Rajendra Prasad Stadium):
September 14: Winner Group A vs Winner Group C
September 15: Winner Group B vs Winner Group D

Final (Dr Rajendra Prasad Stadium):
September 17: Winner Semi-final 1 vs Winner Semi-final 2