The 2015–16 Senior Women's Football Championship was the 21st edition of

Senior Women's National Football Championship Senior Women's National Football Championship is the women's football tournament which is contested by state associations and government institutions in India. The first edition was held in 1991 and is organized by the All India Football Fede ...

, the women's state competition in Indian football. The tournament qualification round was stated on 12 December 2015 and culminated on 27 December 2015 across five zones – North Zone, South Zone, East Zone, West Zone and North East Zone – throughout the Nation. The final match was played on 15 January 2016 02:30 PM

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at Railway Stadium,

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between

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and

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. Railways defeated 18 times champions Manipur in the

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4–2 after the score line was even 3–3 after

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Format

Twenty Nine states have been divided into five zonal groups. Top two teams from each zone –

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and North East—was progressed to the

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of the competition.

Zonal Round

''All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+05:30.''

North Zone

''*All North Zone matches were played in

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between December 22nd to 27th, 2015.''

Fixtures and results

South Zone

''*All South Zone matches were played in

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between December 19th to 27th, 2015.''

Fixtures and Results

East Zone

''*All East Zone matches were played in

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West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

between December 21nd to 27th, 2015.''

A

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B

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West Zone

''*All West Zone matches were played in

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between December 12th to 19th, 2015.''

Fixtures and results

North East Zone

''*All North East Zone matches were played in

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Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

between December 18th to 23rd, 2015.''

A

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B

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Final round

The final round of the 2015–16 Senior Women's National Football Championship was started on 2 January and culminated on 15 January 2016 with the final.

Semi-final Qualification

''All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+05:30.''
''*All Final Round matches was played in

between January 2nd to 15th, 2016.''

Group A

Fixtures and Results

Group B

Fixtures and Results

Bracket

Semi-finals

''*Semi-finals were played on 13 January 2015.''

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 2

Finals

References

External links

21st Senior Women's National Football Championship

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