2017–18 Indian Women's League final round

Football tournament season

2017-18 Indian Women's League final round
Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	26 March – 14 April 2018
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	Rising Students (1st title)
Runner-up	Eastern Sporting Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	79 (3.29 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Bala Devi (KRYPHSA) (12 goals)
All statistics correct as of 14 April 2018.
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The 2017–18 Indian Women's League final round was played between seven teams to decide the champion of Indian Women's League second season. It was held from 26 March to 14 April 2018 at the JLN stadium in Shillong. The league proper followed a round-robin format with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals.^[1]

Eastern Sporting Union and Rising Student Club entered round by topping their groups in the preliminary round. Due to unavailability of teams from I-League and Indian Super League clubs, four more teams from the preliminary round Sethu FC, Indira Gandhi AS&E, Rush Soccer and KRYPHSA are promoted to final round. Gokulam Kerala FC women's team joined them to make it seven teams in the final round.^[1]

Teams

Team	State	Entry
Eastern Sporting Union	Manipur	Preliminary
Rising Student Club	Odisha	Preliminary
Sethu FC	Tamil Nadu	Preliminary
Indira Gandhi AS&E	Puduchery	Preliminary
Rush Soccer	Maharashtra	Preliminary
KRYPHSA	Manipur	Preliminary
Gokulam Kerala	Kerala	Direct

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KRYPHSA	6	4	2	0	24	3	+21	14	Semi Final
2	Eastern Sporting Union	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14
3	Sethu FC	6	4	1	1	11	9	+2	13
4	Rising Student's Club	6	3	1	2	11	5	+6	10
5	Gokulam Kerala	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4
6	Indira Gandhi AS&E	6	1	0	5	8	29	−21	3
7	Rush Soccer	6	0	1	5	4	12	−8	1

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

Matches

Eastern Sporting Union v Indira Gandhi AS&E

26 March 2018 (2018-03-26)	Eastern Sporting Union	3–2	Indira Gandhi AS&E	Shillong
8:00 IST	Kashmina 25' Prameshwori 47', 59'	Report	Paromita 43' Sandhiya 48'	Stadium: JLN stadium

Rising Student v Gokulam Kerala

26 March 2018 (2018-03-26)	Rising Student	2–0	Gokulam Kerala	Shillong
11:00 IST	Ngoubi Devi 73' Anju Tamang 76'	Report		Stadium: JLN stadium

KRYPHSA v Sethu FC

27 March 2018 (2018-03-27)	KRYPHSA	5–0	Sethu FC	Shillong
11:00 IST	Bala 9' Ratanbala Devi 16', 23' Grace 62' Asharani Devi 74'	Report		Stadium: JLN stadium

Rush Soccer v Indira Gandhi AS&E

28 March 2018 (2018-03-28)	Rush Soccer	1–2	Indira Gandhi AS&E	Shillong
8:00 IST	Chhibber 28'	Report	Pradeepa Sekar 15' Sandhiya 74'	Stadium: JLN stadium

Rising Student v Eastern Sporting Union

28 March 2018 (2018-03-28)	Rising Student	0–1	Eastern Sporting Union	Shillong
17:00 IST		Report	Prameshwori 3'	Stadium: JLN stadium

Sethu FC v Gokulam Kerala

29 March 2018 (2018-03-29)	Sethu FC	2–0	Gokulam Kerala	Shillong
11:00 IST	Sabina 17' Manisha 86'	Report		Stadium: JLN stadium

KRYPHSA v Rising Student

31 March 2018 (2018-03-31)	KRYPHSA	1–1	Rising Student	Shillong
8:00 IST	Ratanbala Devi 77'	Report	Anju Tamang 76'	Stadium: JLN stadium

Rush Soccer v Eastern Sporting Union

31 March 2018 (2018-03-31)	Rush Soccer	1–3	Eastern Sporting Union	Shillong
11:00 IST	Chhibber 85'	Report	Kamala 7', 27' Ranjibala Devi 90+3'	Stadium: JLN stadium

Indira Gandhi AS&E v Gokulam Kerala

31 March 2018 (2018-03-31)	Indira Gandhi AS&E	1–6	Gokulam Kerala	Shillong
15:00 IST	K Sumithra 24'	Report	Fazila Ikwaput 33', 44', 45+2', 58', 76' Anita Rawat 81'	Stadium: JLN stadium

Gokulam Kerala v Eastern Sporting Union

2 April 2018 (2018-04-02)	Gokulam Kerala	0–2	Eastern Sporting Union	Shillong
8:00 IST		Report	Mandakini Devi 24' Kamala 50'	Stadium: JLN stadium

Rising Student v Sethu FC

2 April 2018 (2018-04-02)	Rising Student	0–2	Sethu FC	Shillong
11:00 IST		Report	Sabina 47' Manisha 90'	Stadium: JLN stadium

KRYPHSA v Rush Soccer

2 April 2018 (2018-04-02)	KRYPHSA	2–0	Rush Soccer	Shillong
15:00 IST	Bala 21', 61'	Report		Stadium: JLN stadium

Indira Gandhi AS&E v Rising Student

4 April 2018 (2018-04-04)	Indira Gandhi AS&E	1–6	Rising Student	Shillong
8:00 IST	Amsavalli Narayanan 54'	Report	Pyari 9', 13' Anju Tamang 27', 83' Sanju 50', 87'	Stadium: JLN stadium

Eastern Sporting Union v KRYPHSA

4 April 2018 (2018-04-04)	Eastern Sporting Union	1–1	KRYPHSA	Shillong
14:30 IST	Roja Devi 45+1'	Report	Bala 14'	Stadium: JLN stadium

Rush Soccer v Sethu FC

4 April 2018 (2018-04-04)	Rush Soccer	2–3	Sethu FC	Shillong
17:30 IST	Samiksha 2' Nisha 45'	Report	Sabina 22', 86' Indumathi 44'	Stadium: JLN stadium

Sethu FC v Indira Gandhi AS&E

6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)	Sethu FC	3–1	Indira Gandhi AS&E	Shillong
11:00 IST	Indumathi 27' Sabina 76', 81'	Report	Pradeepa Sekar 35'	Stadium: JLN stadium

Rush Soccer v Gokulam Kerala

6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)	Rush Soccer	0–0	Gokulam Kerala	Shillong
15:00 IST		Report		Stadium: JLN stadium

Indira Gandhi AS&E v KRYPHSA

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)	Indira Gandhi AS&E	1–10	KRYPHSA	Shillong
8:00 IST	Pradeepa Sekar 63'	Report	Grace 2', 66' Bala 17', 47', 73', 89' Ratanbala Devi 35', 45+2', 64', 69'	Stadium: JLN stadium

Rising Student v Rush Soccer

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)	Rising Student	2–0	Rush Soccer	Shillong
11:00 IST	Pyari 37' Jabamani 42'	Report		Stadium: JLN stadium

Eastern Sporting Union v Sethu FC

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)	Eastern Sporting Union	1–1	Sethu FC	Shillong
15:00 IST	Ranjibala Devi 5'	Report	Indumathi 14'	Stadium: JLN stadium

KRYPHSA v Gokulam Kerala

10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)	KRYPHSA	5–0	Gokulam Kerala	Shillong
8:00 IST	Bala 6', 43', 45+1', 60' Grace 25'	Report		Stadium: JLN stadium

Knock out stage

Bracket

Semi-finals			Final

1	KRYPHSA	0 (3)

4	Rising Student	0 (4)
			Rising Student	1 (5)

			Eastern Sporting Union	1 (4)
3	Eastern Sporting Union	2

2	Sethu FC	0

Semi-finals

12 April 2018 (2018-04-12)

11:00 IST

KRYPHSA	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Rising Student
	Report
Penalties
Bala Ratanbala Devi Ashalata Ranjana Chanu Grace	3–4	Sanju Ngoubi Devi Pyari Nandini Munda Jabamani

JLN Stadium, Shillong

12 April 2018 (2018-04-12)

15:00 IST

Eastern Sporting Union	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Sethu FC
Prameshwori Devi 99' Mandakini Devi 105'	Report

JLN Stadium, Shillong

Final

14 April 2018 (2018-04-14)

15:00 IST

Rising Student	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Eastern Sporting Union
Sanju 71'	Report	Roja Devi 13'
Penalties
Sanju Pyari Anju Tamang Sinulata Sahoo Jabamani Supriya Tikina Samal Suprava	5–4	Radharani Devi Mandakini Devi Premi Devi Umapati Devi Prameshwori Devi Manisha Sweety Devi Ranjibala Devi

JLN Stadium, Shillong

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 14 April 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ngangom Bala Devi	KRYPHSA	12
2	Ratanbala Devi	KRYPHSA	7
3	Sabina Khatun	Sethu	6
4	Fazila Ikwaput	Gokulam Kerala	5
5	Anju Tamang	Rising Student	4
	Dangmei Grace	KRYPHSA
	Irom Prameshwori Devi	Eastern Sporting Union
8	Yumnam Kamala Devi	Eastern Sporting Union	3
	Pradeepa Sekar	Indira Gandhi AS&E
	Pyari Xaxa	Rising Student
	Indumathi Kathiresan	Sethu
	Sanju Yadav	Rising Student

Hat-tricks

Result column shows goal tally of player's team first.

No.	Player	For	Against	Goals	Result	Date	Ref.
1	Fazila Ikwaput	Gokulam Kerala	Indira Gandhi AS&E	5	6−1	31 March 2018	^[2]
2	Ratanbala Devi	KRYPHSA	Indira Gandhi AS&E	4	10−1	8 April 2018	^[3]
3	Bala Devi	KRYPHSA	Indira Gandhi AS&E	4	10−1	8 April 2018	^[3]
4	Bala Devi	KRYPHSA	Gokulam Kerala	4	5−0	10 April 2018	^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE TO KICK-OFF ON MARCH 25". Aiff.com. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
^ "Indian Women's League: Ikwaput Fazila scores five goals as Gokulam Kerala rout IGASE to pick up first win". The FirsTpost. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ Noronha, Anselm (8 April 2018). "Indian Women's League 2017-18: KRYHPSA score 10, Rising Student qualify for semis". goal.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "IWL: KRYHPSA tops group as Bala Devi nets four in Gokulam rout". The Sportstar. The Hindu. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

External links

Fixtures and results

Indian Women's League

Seasons

Qualifiers

Finals

Clubs

2023–24 Clubs	East Bengal Gokulam Kerala HOPS Kickstart Odisha Sethu Sports Odisha
Former Clubs	Aizawl Women ARA Baroda FA CRPF Churchill Brothers Women Eastern Sporting Union Indira Gandhi AS&E Jeppiaar Institute Kenkre Kolhapur City KRYPHSA Manipur Police Mumbai Knights PIFA Sports Pune City Rising Student's Club Sreebhumi

Statistics and awards

Associated competitions

Indian Women's Football Championship

Category

2017–18 in Indian football

National teams

Men	Senior (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification) U23 (U-23 Championship qualification) U20 (2017 SAFF U-18 Championship and U-19 Championship qualification) U17 (World Cup and U-16 Championship qualification)
Women	Senior (2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification) U19

League competitions

First division	I-League Indian Super League Playoffs Final
Second division	I-League 2nd Division
State leagues	Assam Goa Karnataka (Bengaluru) Kerala Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Maharashtra (Mumbai) Odisha Punjab Uttarakhand West Bengal (Kolkata)
Women	Indian Women's League Preliminary round Final round
Youth	Youth League U18

Cup competitions

Men	Super Cup Final Santosh Trophy (State) Qualifiers Final
Women	Women's Championship (State)

Club seasons
I-League	Aizawl East Bengal Indian Arrows Minerva Punjab Mohun Bagan
Indian Super League	ATK Bengaluru FC Chennaiyin Delhi Dynamos Goa Jamshedpur FC Kerala Blasters Mumbai City NorthEast United Pune City