2018 IFA Shield

The 2018 IFA Shield was the 122nd edition of the IFA Shield. The tournament was designed as a U19 youth football tournament since 2015. 8 clubs participated in final round in the edition.

2018 IFA Shield
IFA Shield 2018
Country India
Dates5 July – 19 July 2018
Teams20 (8 in final round)
ChampionsEast Bengal (29th title)
Runners-upMohun Bagan
Matches played15
Goals scored57 (3.8 per match)
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Venue

All the matches were held at Barasat Stadium, East Bengal Ground, Mohun Bagan Ground and Howrah Stadium.

Qualifying round

14 teams participated in the qualifying round and Bengal Football Academy as the winners of qualifiers. FC Pune City later withdrew from the tournament and were replaced by runners-up of qualifying round, SAIL (Burnpur) Academy.[1] [2]

Final round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 East Bengal 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Advance to the semifinals
2 SAIL (Burnpur) 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6
3 ATK 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
4 Mohammedan 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1
Source: kolkatafootball.com

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mohun Bagan 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Advance to the semifinals
2 Tata Football Academy 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
3 Bengal Football Academy 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4 Churchill Brothers 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: kolkatafootball.com

Semi-finals
East Bengal4–1 (a.e.t.)Tata Football Academy
  • T. Suranjit Singh  64'
  • Gurmukh Singh  114'
  • Dip Saha  120+1'
  • Jhantu Prasad  120+2'
 Report
  • Chetan Hansdah  49'
Mohun Bagan2–1SAIL (Burnpur)
  • Asif Ali Molla  25'
  • Subha Ghosh  85'
 Report
  • Israfil Deewan  27'

Final
East Bengal1–1 (a.e.t.)Mohun Bagan
Dip Saha  83' Report Sourav Das  47'
Penalties
4–2
Attendance: 5000

References
  1. ":IFA Shield 2018:Defending champions Pune pull out". Sportskeeda. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. http://www.kolkatafootball.com/122nd_ifa_shield_2018/qlf_result.html#04_july
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