6th Junior Girls National Football

Manipur girls finish runners-up:

Imphal, Dec 7: Manipur suffered 0-1 loss to Orissa in the final of the 6th Junior Girls National Football Championship at Dindigul in Tamil Nadu on Friday.

Meanwhile, in the 53rd National School Games U-17 Football for boys, Manipur defeated Goa 2-0 on Friday. Manipur boys had earlier (on December 5) humbled Rajasthan 5-0.

Manipur will play Kerala on Saturday.

Source: The Sanghai Express

6th National Junior Girls Football

Manipur girls in final:

Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, Dec 5: Defending champions Manipur blanked Goa 3-0 in the semi-final to set up summit clash against Orissa in sixth Junior Girls National Football Championship here on Wednesday.

This is the sixth time that Manipur will be featuring in the final and they have won the title five times.

Itabala (13th), Ngoubi (17th) and Rashi (30th) scored for Manipur.

Orissa beat hosts Tamil Nadu in the other semi-final today (Wednesday).

The final will be played on Friday (Dec 7).

6th Junior Girls National Football

Manipur drub Assam 7-0:

Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, Nov 30: Manipur inched closer to a semi-final berth in the 6th Junior Girls National Football Championship here on Friday with a seven goal drubbing of Assam in their second quarter-final league encounter.

Ng Bala scored three goals in the 14th, 16th and 32nd minutes while Roma scored a brace in the 37th and 48th minutes.

Naocha and Bembem chipped in with one goal each.

Manipur, who had beaten Orissa (1-0) earlier, take on Jharkhand in their last league encounter on Sunday.

This was the second loss for Assam. They had lost to Jharkhand (0-2) in their first quarter-final league match.

Quarter-final League Groups:
Group I: Manipur, Orissa, Assam, Jharkhand
Group II: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Bihar, Goa

Results:

Nov 30: Manipur vs Assam 7-0
Scorers : Naocha Devi (5th); Ng Bala Devi (14th ,15th , 32nd); Bembem Devi (17th); N Roma Devi (37th, 48th)

Nov 30: Orissa vs Jharkhand 8-0
Scorers: Rasmita Podh (4th, 18th, 21st); Sasmita Mallik (30th, 44th, 45th, 64th); Thili Munda (37th)

Nov 29: Goa vs Bihar 1-0
Scorer: Snehal Morajkar (63rd)

Nov 29: Tamil Nadu vs Kerala 4-1
Scorers: Tamilnadu: Rani Prasanna (13th); R Radhika (17th, 23rd); J Mahalakshmi (32nd); Kerala: M Reshmi (40th)

Nov 28: Manipur vs Orissa 1-0
Scorer: A Roma Devi (32nd)

Nov 28: Jharkhand vs Assam 2-0
Scorers: Shanti Papeiya (37th); Malti Kumar (70th)

Fixture:
Dec 1: Kerala vs Goa; Tamil Nadu vs Bihar
Dec 2: Manipur vs Jharkhand; Orissa vs Assam

Dec 3: Kerala vs Bihar; Tamil Nadu vs Goa

Semi-finals:
Dec 5: Group I Winner vs Group II Runners-up
Dec 5: Group II Winner vs Group I Runners-up

Final: Dec 7