# 2017–18 Senior Women's National Football Championship

The 2017–18 Senior Women's National Football Championship is the 23rd edition of the Senior Women's National Football Championship, the premier competition in India for women's teams representing regional and state football associations.
Manipur were the defending champions, having defeated Railways in the final during the 2016–17 edition of the tournament. The tournament was hosted in Odisha and ran from 28 January to 14 February 2018 at the Barabati Stadium.
Tamil Nadu won the championship, beating Manipur 2–1 in the final. Their story inspired the 2019 film Bigil. Indumathi Kathiresan was both Player of the Final and Player of the Tournament.

## Format

The 29 teams in the tournament are split into 8 groups of 2–4 teams each. On 9 February and 10 February, there will be four quarter-final matches and on 12 February there will be two semi-final matches. The Final itself will occur on 14 February.

### Round dates

The schedule will be follows.
| Round | Match dates |
| Group stage | 28 January – 7 February 2018 |
| Quarter-finals | 9 February – 10 February 2018 |
| Semi-finals | 12 February 2018 |
| Final | 14 February 2018 |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Delhi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Assam | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Chhattisgarh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Telangana | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Manipur | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | +31 | 9 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Maharashtra | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 6 | |
| 3 | Karnataka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Rajasthan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | −36 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 7 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Goa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | |
| 3 | Sikkim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Uttarakhand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Punjab | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 6 | |
| 3 | Jharkhand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Railways | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | +27 | 9 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Kerala | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | |
| 3 | Bihar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Chandigarh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 0 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Haryana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 2 | +34 | 7 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Puducherry | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5 | +26 | 7 | |
| 3 | Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 3 | |
| 4 | Jammu and Kashmir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | −44 | 0 | |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Odisha | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 6 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Gujarat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | West Bengal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 6 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Mizoram | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | |
| 3 | Himachal Pradesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | | | | |
| Odisha | 0 | | | | |
| Odisha | 0 | Tamil Nadu | 4 | | |
| | | West Bengal | 1 | | |
| Delhi | 1 | West Bengal | 1 | | |
| Railways | 2 | | | | |
| Railways | 2 | | | Tamil Nadu | 2 |
| | | | | Manipur | 1 |
| Punjab | 0 | | | | | Manipur | 1 |
| West Bengal | 2 | | | | |
| West Bengal | 2 | Railways | 1 | | |
| | | Manipur | 2 | | |
| Manipur | 3 | Manipur | 2 | | |
| Haryana | 0 | | | | |

## Quarter-finals

*Quarter-finals were played on 9 and 10 February 2018.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Tamil Nadu | 2–0 | Odisha |
| Delhi | 1–2 | Railways |
| Punjab | 0–2 | West Bengal |
| Manipur | 3–0 | Haryana |

## Semi-finals

*Semi-finals were played on 12 February 2018.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Tamil Nadu | 4–1 | West Bengal |
| Railways | 1–2 | Manipur |