Delhi Grouped With Defending Champions Services as Santosh Trophy Final Round Draw Takes Place

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The Santosh Trophy final round will take place from January 10 next year to January 23 in Aizawl, Mizoram.

New Delhi: Delhi will take on the winner of Group A of the South Zone Qualifiers on the opening day of the 74th edition of the Santosh Trophy, which kicks off in Aizawl, Mizoram on January 10, 2020. The final is slated for January 23, 2020.

The draw was conducted at AIFF Headquarters, Football House in Dwarka, New Delhi on Friday, wherein AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, Senior Vice-President Subrata Dutta, members of the League Committee including Anil Kumar, Souter Vaz, Chirag Tanna were present on the occasion.

Sunando Dhar, CEO I-League, and Isac Doru, AIFF Technical Director were also in attendance. The draw was conducted by Anil Kamat, Director Competitions, AGS, AIFF.

Eight teams have already qualified for the final phase and they will be joined by two more teams from the South Zone qualifiers (from the two groups), which kick off on November 5.

Defending champions Services have been clubbed with Delhi, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, and winner Group A (South Zone qualifiers) while 32-time champions West Bengal are in Group B along with Punjab, Goa, hosts Mizoram, and Winner Group B (South Zone qualifiers).

Group A: Delhi, Services, Jharkhand, Winner Group A (South Zone qualifiers), Meghalaya.

Group B: West Bengal, Punjab, Winner Group B (South Zone qualifiers), Goa, Mizoram.

The draw is as follows:

January 10, 2020:

Delhi vs Winner Group A (South Zone Qualifiers).

Services vs Jharkhand.

January 11, 2020:

West Bengal vs Goa.

Punjab vs Winner Group B (South Zone Qualifiers).

January 12, 2020:

Meghalaya vs Jharkhand.

Delhi vs Services.