Guwahati: The 76th Senior Men’s National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy will be held at Kokrajhar of Assam which will serve as the tournament’s organising body, as confirmed by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
According to a statement from the All India Football Federation, the games for group three of the Santosh Trophy would be contested between December 28, 2022, and January 5, 2023, ANI reported.
Earlier, three venues were finalised. While Group I will be played in Delhi (December 23, 2022 – December 31, 2022), Group II and V will be played in Kozhikode, Kerala (December 26, 2022 – January 8, 2023) and Bhubaneswar, Odisha (December 24, 2022 – January 1, 2023), respectively. The dates and venues of the other two groups will be released soon.
A new format for the Senior National Football Championships will pit the 36 states against one another in six groups for a chance to advance to the Final Round. The three best second-place teams as well as the six group winners will advance to the Final Rounds. Railways and services will be granted direct entry along with the hosts.
Group III: Goa, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland.
December 28: Arunachal Pradesh vs Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh vs Nagaland, Assam vs Goa
December 30: Uttar Pradesh vs Goa, Nagaland vs Tamil Nadu, Assam vs Arunachal Pradesh
January 1: Uttar Pradesh vs Tamil Nadu, Goa vs Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland vs Assam
January 3: Uttar Pradesh vs Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu vs Assam, Goa vs Nagaland
January 5: Uttar Pradesh vs Assam, Arunachal Pradesh vs Nagaland, Tamil Nadu vs Goa