The 2022–23 Youth League, also known as 2022–23 Hero U-17 Youth Cup (for sponsorship ties with
Hero MotoCorp), was the thirteenth season of the Indian
Youth League and the first season of the competition as an under-17 category.
The 2019–20 season was abandoned midway and the league was not held since then due to the
coronavirus pandemic
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.
Changes in format
The new season saw reduction in number of games with a short format spanning over a month.
* The tournament would take place across ten venues, with single
round-robin format in the
group
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Groups of people
* Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity
* Ethnic group, a group whose members share the same ethnic iden ...
and
knockout stage
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, w ...
.
* The 49 teams from 29 states and union territories were divided in ten groups. Ten group winners and six best group runners-up qualified for the knockout stage.
* Round of 16 has been introduced for the first time ever.
Teams
A total of 49 teams from 29 states and union territories participate in the tournament. States and union territories without any teams include:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India comprising 572 islands, of which only 38 are inhabited. The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by a ...
,
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...
,
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeast India. It was formed from the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and India declared it as a state on 20 February 1987. Itanagar is its capital and la ...
,
Haryana
Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...
,
Mizoram
Mizoram is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its Capital city, capital and largest city. It shares 722-kilometres (449 miles) of international borders with Bangladesh to the west, and Myanmar t ...
,
Nagaland
Nagaland () is a States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, north-eastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south, and the Naga Sel ...
and
Tripura
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.
Group stage
Group A
All matches will be held in
Bengaluru
Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...
.
Group B
All matches will be held in
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
.
Group C
All matches will be held in
Patna
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.
Group D
All matches will be held in
Imphal
Imphal (; , ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (officially known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the former Kingdom of Manipur, surrounded by a ...
.
Group E
All matches will be held in
Hyderabad
Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...
.
Group F
All matches will be held in
Phagwara.
Group G
All matches will be held in
Bokaro.
Group H
All matches will be held in
Rudrapur.
Group I
All matches will be held in
Bhilai.
Group J
All matches will be held in
Goa.
Ranking of second-placed teams
Due to Group H having lesser number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams in five-team groups are not considered for this ranking.
Knockout stage
Bracket
Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Top scorers
Clean sheets
Hat-tricks
See also
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2022–23 Indian Super League
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2022–23 I-League
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2022–23 I-League 2
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2022–23 Indian State Leagues
References
External links
Elite League on the I-League websiteElite League on the AIFF website
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Indian Youth League
2022–23 in Indian football