Stage set for quarter-finals of 69th National School Games Football for U-19 girls
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, January 25 2026: The quarterfinal line up of the 69th National School Games Football for U-19 girls being hosted by the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of Manipur in Imphal.

Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu posted contrasting pre-quarterfinal wins this morning to move into the quarterfinals.

Pool E winners Chhattisgarh beat Pool C runners up Gujarat 1-0 at Main Stadium courtesy of Muskan's 36th minute strike to seal their quarterfinal ticket.

Pool C winners Tamil Nadu meanwhile demolished Pool E runners up Bihar 15-0 to advance to the quarterfinals at Practice Ground-I .

S Akshita (18', 34', 52', 68') and M Apharva (7', 32', 53') shared 7 goals in this one sided match to hand Tamil Nadu the convincing win.

S Sridharshini (41', 44'), Neethika (15'), Kaviya (22'), S Sowndariya (40'), JN Nisha (59'), and T Thamini (62') contributed the other 7 goals as Silpi of Bihar conceded an own goal in the 49th minute to make it 15-0 .

In the third and fourth pre-quarterfinal encounters staged at Main Stadium and Practice Ground-I, hosts and Pool B winners Manipur outlasted Pool G runners up CBSE 4-0 and Pool F winners Tripura blanked Pool D runners up Himachal Pradesh 5-0 .

A Luxmi (9') and L Menaka (21') scored one goal each to hand Manipur a 2-0 first half lead against CBSE before Linthoi scored a brace in the second half (45', 65') to set up the 4-0 win.

Meanwhile, Shriya Deb (8', 43', 46') scored thrice and Sarmila J (13') and Sonia Sinha (65') netted a goal apiece to earn Tripura a 5-0 win over Himachal Pradesh.

In the 5th pre-quarterfinal match, Pool A winners Jharkhand outlasted Pool H runners up Uttar Pradesh 3-0 courtesy of goals from Mamta Kumari (4'), Elizabeth (24') and Lalita (70+1') at Practice Ground-II before Chandigarh, who finish Pool G winners Haryana overwhelmed Pool B runners up Chandigarh 8-0 in the 6th pre-quarterfinal match riding on goals from Luxmi (7', 38', 50'), Bharti (8', 16'), Nisha (25'), Tamanna (42'), and Ritika (70') at the same venue.

In the 7th pre-quarterfinal match staged at Main Stadium in the afternoon, Pool H winners West Bengal crushed Pool A runners up Punjab 6-0 thanks to a treble from Sarjida Khatun (37', 48', 56') and a goal apiece from Bristi Shantra (11'), Kumkum Sajen (59') and Sohani Roy (68') .

In the last pre-quarterfinal match staged at Practice Ground-I, Pool D winners Kerala prevailed 8-0 over Pool F runners up CISCE with goals coming from Bhagya Vinod (13', 70+2'), Anu (58', 69'), Sona (23'), Lakshmi Priya (25'), Meenakshi (52') and Flavia (62') .

Jharkhand will play Tamil Nadu in the first quarterfinal match tomorrow from 9 am tomorrow before Haryana take on Kerala in the second quarterfinal match from 11.30 am, hosts Manipur play Tripura in the third quarterfinal match from 1.30 pm and West Bengal meet Chhattisgarh in the last quarterfinal match from 3 pm .

All the quarterfinal matches will be held at Main Stadium.

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