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Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy

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Sub Junior National Football Championship
Founded1977; 47 years ago (1977)
RegionIndia
Number of teams36
Current championsMeghalaya (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)West Bengal
(12 titles)
Television broadcastersIFA TV (YouTube)
SportsKPI
WebsiteHero Sub Junior NFC
2023–24

The Sub Junior National Football Championship,[1] also known as Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy, is an Indian annual football tournament for under-13 teams representing states of India. The tournament was started in 1977 for boys under the age 16 years. The tournament was constituted at the Darjeeling meeting of the AIFF on 12 June 1976.[2] AIFF donated the trophy in the memory of former President of Karnataka State Football Association, Mir Iqbal Hussain.

From the 2009–10 season onwards, the championship has been sponsored by Coca-Cola and was rechristened as the Coca-Cola MIHT for a period of three years. This also saw a change in the format of the tournament where there are three different levels before the selection of national team. At national level, a total of 12 state teams compete to decide the national winner state.[citation needed]

The 32nd edition of Sub-junior National Football Championship was conducted in 2009 with the new format. Subsequently, tournament has been held from last three years with similar format.[citation needed]

Conduct and format

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The three levels of the tournament are as explained
1. District Level
The district football association would select a team of 16 players from among all the young footballers to represent the state at zonal level tournament. This would be done through Inter-School competitions conducted between participating school teams in each district.
2. Zonal Level
All the state teams will be divided into 5 zones. The state teams from each zone would play in a tournament at a zonal level. The top 2 teams will qualify for the National finals.
3. National Level
Total 12 teams - 10 teams (2 from each zones) plus the last years winners and the home team would compete at the National finals. Each team would then play in a round robin format. The top four teams with the maximum points would advance to the Semi-Final stage, two of them would progress to the Final Stage. The winning team would be rewarded the Coca-Cola Mir Iqal Hussain Trophy. At the National Finals, AIFF would identify and select 40 of the most promising football talent. These 40 footballers would be groomed by AIFF to become the Official National Under-16 Sub-Junior Team.

Results

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The following is the list of winners and runners-up:[3]

Season Host Winner Score Runner-up
1977 Ernakulam Bengal and Manipur (joint winners) – 0–0
1978 Coimbatore Karnataka 6–0 Uttar Pradesh
1979 Guwahati Assam 1–0 Karnataka
1980 Calcutta Assam 1–0 Uttar Pradesh
1981 Madras Assam and Kerala (joint winners) – 0–0, 1–1
1982 Calicut Kerala 1–0 Assam
1984 Tiruchirappalli Bengal and Tamil Nadu (joint winners) – 0–0
1985 Mysore Karnataka 1–0 Manipur
1986 Jammu Jammu and Kashmir (5–4 p) Bengal
1987 Cuttack Goa (5–4 p) Bengal
1988 Dhanbad Bengal 3–0 Punjab
1989 Margao Goa (3–2 p) Punjab
1991 Kota Rajasthan 3–0 Goa
1992 Malda Bengal 3–0 Orissa
1993 Hyderabad Bengal (4–3 p) Andhra Pradesh
1994 Daltonganj Bihar 1–0 Punjab
1995 Midnapore Bihar 0–0 (4–3 p) Bengal
1996 Allahabad Bihar 2–0 Mizoram
1997 Delhi Bengal 1–0 Bihar
1998 Delhi Bengal 1–0 Tamil Nadu
1999–00 Midnapore Bengal 2–0 Orissa
2000–01 Tirunelveli Bihar 1–1 (5–4 p) Bengal
2001–02 Shillong Bengal 1–0 Mizoram
2002–03 Neyveli Bengal 2–0 Manipur
2003–04 Aizawl Mizoram 2–0 Meghalaya
2004–05 Goa Mizoram 2–1 West Bengal
2005–06 Jabalpur Mizoram 2–1 West Bengal
2006–07 Chennai Bengal 3–0 Mizoram
2007–08 Haldwani Bengal 2–1 Uttar Pradesh
2008–09 Mahilpur Mizoram 1–0 Punjab
2009 Haldwani Uttar Pradesh 2–1 West Bengal
2009–10 Gurugram Jharkhand 1–0 Karnataka
2010 Mahilpur Mizoram 1–0 Punjab
2010–11 Kolkata Jharkhand 2–1 Mizoram
2011–12 Margao Assam 2–0 Chandigarh
2012–13 Pune Meghalaya 1–0 Orissa
2015–16 Delhi West Bengal 1–0 Odisha
2016–17 Calicut Mizoram 1–0 Meghalaya
2017–18 Hoshiarpur Meghalaya 1–1 (3–1 p) Sports Authority of India
2018–19 Naharlagun Odisha 0–0 (5–4 p) Arunachal Pradesh
2019–20 Kalyani Meghalaya 3–0 Arunachal Pradesh
2023–24 Ongoing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Hero Sub Junior NFC". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  2. ^ Basu, Jaydeep (8 September 2019). "The tournament where stars are born: Subroto Cup burns bright". Sports Lounge. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  3. ^ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (Under-15)". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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