2016-17 Indian Women's League final round
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Dates28 January – 14 February 2017
Teams6
Final positions
ChampionsEastern Sporting Union
(1st title)
Runner-upRising Students
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored69 (3.83 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Yumnam Devi
(12 goals)

The 2016–17 Indian Women's League final round was played between six teams to decide the champion of Indian Women's League inaugural season. It was held from 28 January to 14 February at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi. The league proper followed a round-robin format with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals.[1]

Eastern Sporting Union and Rising Students entered round by topping their groups in the preliminary round. Alakhpura and Jeppiaar Institute entered after finishing second in their respective groups.[2] Pune City and Aizawl joined them as direct entry teams. Eastern Sporting Union won the final beating Rising Students 3–0.[3]

Teams

Team State Entry
Eastern Sporting Union Manipur Preliminary
Rising Students Odisha Preliminary
Jeppiaar Institute Puduchery Preliminary
Alakhpura Haryana Preliminary
Pune City Maharashtra Direct
Aizawl Mizoram Direct

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rising Students 5 4 0 1 20 3 +17 12 Semi Final
2 Eastern Sporting Union 5 4 0 1 15 4 +11 12
3 Alakhpura 5 2 2 1 8 4 +4 8
4 Pune City 5 2 1 2 6 8 −2 7
5 Jeppiaar Institute 5 1 1 3 5 18 −13 4
6 Aizawl 5 0 0 5 5 22 −17 0
Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
28 January 2017 (2017-01-28) Aizawl 1–6 Rising Students Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
10:00 IST Elizabeth Vanlalmawii 8' Report Anju Tamang 13', 88'
Pyari Xaxa 23'
Sasmita Malik 41', 77', 90'
28 January 2017 (2017-01-28) Jeppiaar Institute 1–7 Eastern Sporting Union Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
14:00 IST Sandhiya 63' Report K. Devi 44', 62', 83'
Kashmina MS 71', 88', 90'
Premi Devi 77'
29 January 2017 (2017-01-29) Pune City 0–0 Alakhpura Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
12:00 IST Report
31 January 2017 (2017-01-31) Alakhpura 6–2 Aizawl Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
11:00 IST Sanju Yadav 16', 46', 64'
Kavita Devi 57'
Deepika 36', 85'		 Report Diki 36'
2 February 2017 (2017-02-02) Rising Students 0–1 Alakhpura Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
10:00 IST Report Deepika 28'
2 February 2017 (2017-02-02) Eastern Sporting Union 3–1 Pune City Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
14:00 IST Kamala Devi 36', 48'
Kashmina 70'		 Report Ranikhetwala 65'
3 February 2017 (2017-02-03) Aizawl 2–3 Jeppiaar Institute Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
15:00 IST Elizabeth 11', 30' Report Sandhiya 5'
Pradeepa 16', 17'
5 February 2017 (2017-02-05) Pune City 0–5 Rising Students Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
15:00 IST Report Jabamani Tudu 1', 14'
Anju Tamang 44'
Malik 47', 73'
6 February 2017 (2017-02-06) Jeppiaar Institute 1–1 Alakhpura Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
11:00 IST Sandhiya 44' Report Ritu 24'
6 February 2017 (2017-02-06) Aizawl 0–3 Eastern Sporting Union Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
15:00 IST Report Kamala Devi 24'
Mandakini 70'
Kashmina 77'
8 February 2017 (2017-02-08) Rising Students 7–0 Jeppiaar Institute Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
11:00 IST Pyari 28', 42'
Lochana 32'
Tudu 68', 69', 76', 90+2'		 Report
8 February 2017 (2017-02-08) Pune City 4–0 Aizawl Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
15:00 IST Roja 19'
Estibeiro 31'
Dalima Chhibber 85'
Senorita 90+1'		 Report
9 February 2017 (2017-02-09) Alakhpura 0–1 Eastern Sporting Union Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
15:00 IST Report Kamala Devi 2'

Knock out stage

Semi-finals

Rising Students2–0Pune City
Malik 30'
Pyari 65'		 Report
Eastern Sporting Union4–1Alakhpura
Kashmina 11'
Kamala Devi 39', 84', 90'		 Report Sanju 60'

Final

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Yumnam Kamala Devi Eastern Sporting Union 12
2 Sasmita Malik Rising Student 7
3 Jabamani Tudu Rising Student 6
Kashmina M. S. Eastern Sporting Union
5 Pyari Xaxa Rising Student 4
6 Sanju Yadav Alakhpura 3
Deepika Alakhpura
Elizabeth Vanlalmawii Aizawl
Anju Tamang Rising Student
R. Sandhiya Jeppiaar Institute

Hat-tricks

Result column shows goal tally of player's team first.
No. Player For Against Goals Result Date Ref.
1 India Sasmita Malik Rising Student Aizawl 3 6–1 28 January 2017 [4]
2 India Yumnam Kamala Devi Eastern Sporting Union Jeppiaar Institute 3 7–1 28 January 2017 [5]
3 India Kashmina M. S. 3
4 India Sanju Yadav Alakhpura Aizawl 3 6–2 31 January 2017 [6]
5 India Jabamani Tudu Rising Student Jeppiaar Institute 4 7–0 8 February 2017 [7]
6 India Yumnam Kamala Devi Eastern Sporting Union Alakhpura 3 4–1 11 February 2017 [8]

Awards

The following awards were announced at the end of the season, following the final on 14 February:[3]

References

  1. ↑ "AIFF launches professional league for women footballers". Outlook India. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Eastern Sporting Union and Rising Student FC makes it to the Final round of the Indian Women's League 2017". The All India Football Federation. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Eastern Sporting Union win inaugural Indian Women's League". ESPN. espn.in. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Rising Student to the Occasion". All India Football Federation. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Two Hat-tricks help ESU rout JIT". All India Football Federation. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "STERLING SANJU LEADS ALAKHPURA TO 6–2 WIN OVER AIZAWL FC". All India Football Federation. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "RISING STUDENT'S CLUB QUALIFY FOR IWL SEMIS, FINISH GROUP WITH 12 POINT". All India Football Federation. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "EASTERN SPORTING UNION DEFEATS ALAKHPURA TO BECOME IWL FINALIST". All India Football Federation. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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