Subroto Cup 2023 Sub Junior Boys (U-14): Format, Fixtures, Telecast & more

The Subroto Cup 2023 Sub Junior Boys (U14) tournament starts from the 1st of October.

The 62nd edition of the esteemed Subroto Cup is up and running, and we already have the winner of the Junior Girls (U-17) football tournament, which is St. Patrick’s Gumla, Jharkhand. 

The setting of the new month however, will dawn the start to another chapter of exciting football, as it's now time for the Sub Junior Boys (U-14) to play their stride. 

Initially, the tournament was exclusively for Boys U-17, but it expanded to include Boys U-14 in 1998, at the request of the School Games Federation of India.

Since then, the competition has added to the prestige of the Subroto Cup, and remains to be an integral cog in the youth and grassroot development of Indian football. 

With that said, let us dive into some of the key details of this year's Subroto Cup 2023 Junior Boys (U14).

Groups

POOL – A	POOL – B	POOL –C	POOL – D
MEGHALAYASAINIK SCHOOLKVSTRIPURANVS	MIZORAMCHHATTISGARHDD & DNHAPSWEST BENGAL	KERALASIKKIMUTTAR PRADESHCISCEIPSC	JHARKHANDNCCGUJARATTAFSDELHI
POOL – E	POOL – F	POOL –G	POOL - H
MANIPUR BIHARMADHYA PRADESHCBSENAVY CHILDREN SCHOOL	NAGALANDUTTARAKHANDGOAISSO	CHANDIGARHHARYANAJ&KHIMACHAL PRADESH	ASSAMMAHARASHTRATAMIL NADUBKSP

Format

Competition format

The teams have been divided into eight different pools, from whereon they play against every other group opponent in a round robin format. Once all group games are over, the top two teams in each group advance to the knockout stages.

In the knockout stages, the teams will compete in one off games. The winner of the round of 16 games will make it to the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final match.

The teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria will be applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they are playing each other in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = −1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = −3 points, direct red card = −3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = −4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

Game format

Each game will be of a total time of 50 minutes, with 25 teams stipulated for either halves. A 10 minute break will also be given at the end of the first half. 

In the knockout games, if the scores are level at the end of normal time, then a 14-minute extra-time, consisting of two halves of seven minutes each, will be played. If no verdict prevails at the end of extra-time, the game will be decided on penalties. 

Also, a maximum of five substitutions are allowed to be made. 

Telecast

Matches will be telecasted on the SportsCast YouTube channel.

Fixtures

MATCH NO	DATE	POOL	MATCH	TIME	VENUE
01 OCT 23 (DAY 1)
1	01 OCT 23	A	MEGHALAYA VS SAINIK SCHOOL	0700 HR	AF JAL
2		B	MIZORAM VS CHHATTISGARH	0830 HR	AF JAL
3		B	DD & DNH VS WEST BENGAL	1000 HR	AF JAL
4		D	JHARKHAND VS TAFS	1530 HR	AF JAL
	02 OCT 23 (DAY2)
5	02 OCT 23	A	MEGHALAYA VS KVS	0700 HR	AF JAL
6		A	SAINIK SCHOOL VS TRIPURA	0830 HR	AF JAL
7		D	JHARKHAND VS GUJARAT	1000 HR	AF JAL
8		D	NCC VS TAFS	1230 HR	AF JAL
9		B	MIZORAM VS DD & DNH	1400 HR	AF JAL
10		B	CHHATTISGARH VS APS	1530 HR	AF JAL
11		C	KERALA VS UTTAR PRADESH	0700 HR	AF YEL
12		C	SIKKIM VS CISCE	0830 HR	AF YEL
13		E	MANIPUR VS MADHY PRADESH	1000 HR	AF YEL
14		E	BIHAR VS NAVY	1130 HR	AF YEL
15		F	NAGALAND VS GOA	1400 HR	AF YEL
16		F	UTTARAKHAND VS ISSO	1530 HR	AF YEL
17		G	CHANDIGARH VS J&K	0700 HR	TC
18		G	HARYANA VS HIMACHAL PRADESH	0900 HR	TC
19		H	ASSAM VS MAHARASHTRA	1400 HR	TC
20		H	TAMIL NADU VS BKSP	1530 HR	TC
03 OCT 23 (DAY 3)
21	03 OCT 23	A	SAINKI SCHOOL VS KVS	0700 HR	AF JAL
22		A	TRIPURA VS NVS	0830 HR	AF JAL
23		D	JHARKHAND VS DELHI	1000 HR	AF JAL
24		D	GUJARAT VS TAFS	1230 HR	AF JAL
25		B	MIZORAM VS APS	1400 HR	AF JAL
26		B	CHHATTISGARH VS WEST BENGAL	1530 HR	AF JAL
27		C	KER VS SIKKIM	0700 HR	AF YEL
28		C	UTTAR PRADESH VS IPSC	0830 HR	AF YEL
29		E	MANIPUR VS CBSE	1000 HR	AF YEL
30		E	MADHYA PRADESH VS NAVY SCHOOL	1230 HR	AF YEL
31		F	NAGALAND VS ISSO	1400 HR	AF YEL
32		F	UTTRAKHAND VS GOA	1530 HR	AF YEL
33		G	CHANDIGARH VS HIMACHAL PRADESH	0700 HR	TC
34		G	J&K VS HARYANA	0900 HR	TC
35		H	ASSAM VS TAMIL NADU	1400 HR	TC
36		H	MAHARASHTRA VS BKSP	1530 HR	TC
04 OCT 23 (DAY4)
37	04 OCT 23	A	MEGHALAYA VS NVS	0700 HR	AF JAL
38		A	KVS VS TRP	0830 HR	AF JAL
39		D	NCC VS GUJARAT	1000 HR	AF JAL
40		D	DELHI VS TAFS	1230 HR	AF JAL
41		B	CHHATTISGARH VS DD & DNH	1400 HR	AF JAL
42		B	APS VS WEST BENGAL	1530 HR	AF JAL
43		C	SIKKIM VS UP	0700 HR	AF YEL
44		C	IPSC VS CISCE	0830 HR	AF YEL
45		E	MANIPUR VS NAVY	1000 HR	AF YEL
46		E	BIHAR VS CBSE	1230 HR	AF YEL
47		F	NAGALAND VS UTTRAKHAND	1400 HR	AF YEL
48		F	GOA VS ISSO	1530 HR	AF YEL
49		G	CHANDIGARH VS HARYANA	0700 HR	TC
50		G	J&K VS HIMACHAL PRADESH	0900 HR	TC
51		H	MAHARSHTRA VS TAMIL NADU	1400 HR	TC
52		H	ASSAM VS BKSP	1530 HR	TC
05 OCT 23 (DAY5)
53	05 OCT 23	A	MEGHALAYA VS TRIPURA	0700 HR	AF JAL
54		A	SAINIK SCHOOL VS NVS	0830 HR	AF JAL
55		D	JHARKHAND VS NCC	1000 HR	AF JAL
56		D	GUJARAT VS DELHI	1230 HR	AF JAL
57		B	DD&DNH VS APS	1400 HR	AF JAL
58		B	MIZORAM VS WEST BENGAL	1530 HR	AF JAL
59		C	KERALA VS IPSC	0700 HR	AF YEL
60		C	CISCE VS UTTAR PRADESH	0830 HR	AF YEL
61		E	CBSE VS NAVY SCHOOL	1000 HR	AF YEL
62		E	BIHAR VS MADHYA PRADESH	1230 HR	AF YEL
06 OCT 23 (DAY6)
63	06 OCT 23	A	KVS VS NVS	1530 HR	AF JAL
64		D	NCC VS DELHI	1400 HR	AF JAL
65		C	SIKKIM VS IPSC	0700 HR	AF JAL
66		C	KERLA VS CISCE	0830 HR	AF JAL
67		E	MANIPUR VS BIHAR	1000 HR	AF JAL
68		E	MADHYA PRADESH VS CBSE	1230 HR	AF JAL
	07 OCT 23 (DAY 7)
69	07 OCT 23	QF-1	WINNER POOL A VS WINNER POOL B	0800 HR	ASC
70		QF-2	WINNER POOL C VS WINNER POOL D	1000 HR	ASC
71		QF-3	WINNERB POOL E VS WINNER POOL F	1330 HR	ASC
72		QF-4	WINNER POOL G VS WINNER POOL H	1530 HR	ASC
73	08 OCT 23	SF-1	WINNER QF -1 VS WINNER QF – 2	1330 HR	ASC
74		SF-2	WINNER QF - 3 VS WINNER QF – 4	1530 HR	ASC
09 OCT 23 (REST DAY)
75	10 OCT 23	FINAL	WINNER SF -1 VS WINNER SF-2	1600 HR	ASC