2016–17 I-League U18 Final Round

Main article: 2016–17 I-League U18

The 2016–17 I-League U18 Final Round will feature 12 teams qualified from first round. The teams are drawn into three groups of four teams. Three group winners and one best second placed team enter semifinal.^[1] Matches will be played on various grounds in Kolkata.^[2]

2016–17 I-League U18 Final Round

Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	28 April – 7 May 2017
Teams	12
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	74 (3.52 per match)
All statistics correct as of 7 May 2017.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification[a]		USC	SAL	RW	BBFS
1	United	3	3	0	0	17	3	+14	9	Advance to semifinal		—	5–3	3–0	9–0
2	Salgaocar	3	2	0	1	14	9	+5	6				—	3–2	8–2
3	Royal Wahingdoh	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3					—	2–1
4	Bhaichung Bhutia FS	3	0	0	3	3	19	−16	0						—

Source: U-18 I-league
Notes:

1. All games played at Kalyani Stadium, Kolkata.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification[a]		KEB	PC	TFA	LAJ
1	East Bengal	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to semifinal		—	3–1	1–0	2–2
2	Pune City	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6				—	1–0	1–0
3	Tata Football Academy	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3					—	1–0
4	Shillong Lajong	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1						—

Source: U-18 I-league
Notes:

1. All games played at East Bengal Ground, Kolkata.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification[a]		AIFF	DSK	BFC	MIN
1	AIFF Academy	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advance to semifinal		—	2–1	0–1	4–1
2	DSK Shivajians	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4[b]				—	0–0	4–3
3	Bengaluru FC	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4[b]					—	0–1
4	Minerva Punjab	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3						—

Source: U-18 I-league
Notes:

1. All games played at Barasat Stadium, Kolkata.
2. DSK Shivajians head of Bengaluru FC on number of goals scored, head-to-head record and goal-difference being the same.

Ranking of runner-up teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Salgaocar	3	2	0	1	14	9	+5	6[a]	Advance to semifinal
2	B	Pune City	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6[a]
3	C	DSK Shivajians	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4

Source: U-18 I-league
Notes:

1. Salgaocar ahead of Pune City on goal-difference

Knock–out stage

Bracket

	Semi-Finals					Final
	United		0 (12)
	AIFF Academy		0 (13)
						AIFF Academy		2
						East Bengal		1
	East Bengal		3
	Salgaocar		2			Third Place

Semi-finals

United	0–0	AIFF Academy
	Report
Penalties
	12–13

5 May 2017

09:00 IST

Barasat Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 100

Referee: Valenton Raphael Fernandes

East Bengal	3–2	Salgaocar
Bidyashagar Singh 14' Suranjit Singh 43', 60'	Report	Andrus John 80' Liston Colaco 86'

5 May 2017

15:30 IST

Barasat Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 500

Referee: Ravindra Thapliyal

Final

AIFF Academy	2–1	East Bengal
Lalengmawia 15' Namgyal Bhutia 42'	Report	Bidyashagar Singh 14'

7 May 2017

15:30 IST

Barasat Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 1000

Referee: Valenton Raphael Fernandes