2018 IFA Shield

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2018 IFA Shield
IFA Shield 2018
Country India
Dates5 July – 19 July 2018
Teams20 (8 in final round)
ChampionsEast Bengal (29th title)
Runners-upMohun Bagan
Matches played15
Goals scored57 (3.8 per match)
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The 2018 IFA Shield was the 122nd edition of the IFA Shield. The tournament was designed as a U19 youth football tournament since 2015. 8 clubs participated in final round in the edition.

Venue[]

All the matches were held at Barasat Stadium, East Bengal Ground, Mohun Bagan Ground and Howrah Stadium.

Qualifying round[]

14 teams participated in the qualifying round and Bengal Football Academy as the winners of qualifiers. FC Pune City later withdrew from the tournament and were replaced by runners-up of qualifying round, SAIL (Burnpur) Academy.[1] [2]

Final round[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 East Bengal 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Advance to the semifinals
2 SAIL (Burnpur) 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6
3 ATK 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
4 Mohammedan 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1
Source: kolkatafootball.com

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mohun Bagan 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Advance to the semifinals
2 Tata Football Academy 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
3 Bengal Football Academy 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4 Churchill Brothers 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: kolkatafootball.com

Semi-finals[]

East Bengal4–1 (a.e.t.)Tata Football Academy
  • T. Suranjit Singh Goal 64'
  • Gurmukh Singh Goal 114'
  • Dip Saha Goal 120+1'
  • Jhantu Prasad Goal 120+2'
 Report
  • Chetan Hansdah Goal 49'
Mohun Bagan2–1SAIL (Burnpur)
  • Asif Ali Molla Goal 25'
  • Subha Ghosh Goal 85'
 Report
  • Israfil Deewan Goal 27'

Final[]

East Bengal1–1 (a.e.t.)Mohun Bagan
Dip Saha Goal 83' Report Sourav Das Goal 47'
Penalties
4–2
Attendance: 5000

References[]

  1. ^ "IFA Shield 2018:Defending champions Pune pull out". Sportskeeda. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. ^ http://www.kolkatafootball.com/122nd_ifa_shield_2018/qlf_result.html#04_july
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