The 2018 IFA Shield was the 122nd edition of the

IFA Shield The IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association. The IFA is the governing body of football in the state of West Bengal, came into existence in 1893. Named after the association, the IFA Shield to ...

. 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,

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and Howrah Stadium.

Qualifying round

14 teams participated in the qualifying round and Bengal Football Academy as the winners of qualifiers.

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later withdrew from the tournament and were replaced by runners-up of qualifying round, SAIL (Burnpur) Academy.http://www.kolkatafootball.com/122nd_ifa_shield_2018/qlf_result.html#04_july

Final round

Group A

Group B

Semi-finals

Final

References

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Ifa Shield The IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association. The IFA is the governing body of football in the state of West Bengal, came into existence in 1893. Named after the association, the IFA Shield to ...