# 2021–22 Santosh Trophy qualification

The 2021–22 Santosh Trophy qualifiers is the qualifying round for the 2021–22 Santosh Trophy, the premier competition in India for teams representing their regional and state football associations. A total of 37 teams competed in the qualifiers to decide the 10 places in the final round of the tournament.

## Schedule

| Matchday | Dates | Dates | Dates | Dates | Dates | Dates | Dates | Dates | Dates | Dates |
| Matchday | North | North | East | East | North-East | North-East | South | South | West | West |
| Matchday | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B |
| Matchday 1 | 21 November 2021 | 1 December 2021 | 1 December 2021 | 21 November 2021 | 28 November 2021 | 28 November 2021 | 23 November 2021 | 1 December 2021 | 24 November 2021 | 1 December 2021 |
| Matchday 2 | 23 November 2021 | 3 December 2021 | 3 December 2021 | 23 November 2021 | 30 November 2021 | 30 November 2021 | 25 November 2021 | 3 December 2021 | 26 November 2021 | 3 December 2021 |
| Matchday 3 | 25 November 2021 | 5 December 2021 | 5 December 2021 | 25 November 2021 | 2 December 2021 | 2 December 2021 | 27 November 2021 | 5 December 2021 | 28 November 2021 | 5 December 2021 |
| Matchday 4 | 27 November 2021 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Matchday 5 | 29 November 2021 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

### Venues

* North Zone:
** Group A → Chandigarh (Sports Complex)
** Group B → New Delhi, Delhi (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium)
* East Zone:
** Group A → Bhubaneswar, Odisha (Kalinga Stadium)
** Group B → Kalyani, West Bengal (Kalyani Stadium)
* North-East Zone:
** Group A → Shillong, Meghalaya (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium)
** Group B → Imphal, Manipur (Khuman Lampak Main Stadium)
* South Zone:
** Group A → Bangalore, Karnataka (Bangalore Football Stadium)
** Group B → Kochi, Kerala (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium)
* West Zone:
** Group A → Bhavnagar, Gujarat (Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University Ground)
** Group B → Jaipur, Rajasthan (Poornima University Ground)

## North Zone
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SE | CH | UP | JK | HP |
| 1 | Services | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 12 | Final Round | — | — | 2–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 2 | Chandigarh (H) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | — | — |
| 3 | Uttar Pradesh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 5 | | — | — | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Jammu and Kashmir | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Himachal Pradesh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | | — | 0–2 | — | 2–3 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PU | DE | HA | UT |
| 1 | Punjab | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 9 | Final Round | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | — |
| 2 | Delhi (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 6 | | — | — | — | 11–1 |
| 3 | Haryana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | | — | 0–4 | — | 6–0 |
| 4 | Uttarakhand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 28 | −27 | 0 | | 0–11 | — | — | — |

## East Zone
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OD | JH | BH |
| 1 | Odisha (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 4 | Final Round | — | — | 5–0 |
| 2 | Jharkhand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | | 1–1 | — | — |
| 3 | Bihar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | | — | 0–2 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WB | SK | CG |
| 1 | West Bengal (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | Final Round | — | 0–1 | — |
| 2 | Sikkim | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Chhattisgarh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | | 0–2 | — | — |

## North-East Zone
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ME | AP | AS |
| 1 | Meghalaya (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | Final Round | — | 2–0 | — |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | | — | — | 0–0 |
| 3 | Assam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | | 2–6 | — | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MA | MZ | NA | TR |
| 1 | Manipur (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Final Round | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| 2 | Mizoram | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 | | — | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Nagaland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 | | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Tripura | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | | — | — | 0–6 | — |

## South Zone
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KA | TN | TL | AP |
| 1 | Karnataka (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Final Round | — | 4–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 2 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 6 | | — | — | — | 1–0 |
| 3 | Telangana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | | — | — | — | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KE | PO | LK | AN |
| 1 | Kerala (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 9 | Final Round | — | 4–1 | 5–0 | — |
| 2 | Pondicherry | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 4 | | — | — | — | 8–0 |
| 3 | Lakshadweep | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | | — | 1–1 | — | — |
| 4 | Andaman and Nicobar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 | | 0–9 | — | 1–5 | — |

## West Zone
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GJ | GO | DN | DD |
| 1 | Gujarat (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Final Round | — | — | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Goa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | | 0–1 | — | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 4 | | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Daman and Diu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | | — | — | 0–1 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RJ | MH | MP |
| 1 | Rajasthan (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Final Round | — | — | — |
| 2 | Maharashtra | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | | 0–1 | — | — |
| 3 | Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | — |

## Broadcast

* All matches of West Bengal were broadcast on R Plus News TV channel and Aajkaal Facebook page.
* All matches of South Zone Group A and North Zone Group B were broadcast on Sportscast India YouTube channel.