The 2017–18 Senior Women's National Football Championship is the 23rd edition of the

Senior Women's National Football Championship The Senior Women's National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy, also known as Senior Women’s National Football Championship or simply the Rajmata Jijabai Trophy since 2024, is a women's football tournament contested by state a ...

, the premier competition in

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for women's teams representing regional and state football associations.

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were the defending champions, having defeated

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in the final during the 2016–17 edition of the tournament. The tournament was hosted in

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and ran from 28 January to 14 February 2018 at the

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won the championship, beating

2–1 in the final. Their story inspired the 2019 film ''

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''.

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was both Player of the Final and Player of the Tournament.

Format

The 29 teams in the tournament are split into 8 groups of 2–4 teams each. On 9 February and 10 February, there will be four quarter-final matches and on 12 February there will be two semi-final matches. The Final itself will occur on 14 February.

Round dates

The schedule will be follows.

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Bracket

Quarter-finals

''*Quarter-finals were played on 9 and 10 February 2018.''

Semi-finals

''*Semi-finals were played on 12 February 2018.''

Final

References

External links

Senior Women's National Football Championship on the All India Football Federation website
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