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Subroto Cup: Quarterfinal berths confirmed in Junior Boys tournament
NEW DELHI — The business end of the 63rd Subroto Cup Junior Boys International Football Tournament is here as Myngken Christian Higher Secondary School, Meghalaya, T.G English School, Bishnupur, Manipur and Govt. Secondary School, Monigong, Arunachal Pradesh confirmed their spots in the quarterfinals. Myngken Christian Higher Secondary School topped Group F with three wins from three matches to book their spot in the knockouts.
In a winner-takes-all match in Group G, Govt. Secondary School, Arunachal Pradesh and Father Agnel Multipurpose High School, Goa played out a 1-1 draw and the team from Arunachal advanced to the knockouts securing seven points from three matches while the Goan team finished their group stage with five points from the same number of matches.
T.G English School, Manipur and Chowbaga High School, West Bengal also drew their final group stage match 1-1. The Manipur outfit advanced to the quarterfinals on virtue of goal difference, having a plus 11 goal difference while the West Bengal School finished with a plus 6 goal difference.
The remaining quarterfinalists will be decided after the conclusion of the group-stage matches on Friday. Day four, on Thursday will see 10 matches being played at the Ambedkar Stadium, Tejas Football Ground, KIIT Global School and G.D Goenka World School.
RESULTS
GROUP A
Sri Lanka Schools Football Association 1-0 Maharana Pratap Sports College, Dehradun
Numaligarh Higher Secondary School, Assam 10-0 Singapore International School, Mumbai
GROUP B
Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan 7-0 Govt. Senior Sec. Smart School, Punjab
JNV Hansiadih, Jharkhand 4-0 C.N Vidyalaya, Gujarat
GROUP C
T.G English School, Bishnupur, Manipur 1-1 Chowbaga High School West Bengal
Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya, Bhaktapur, Nepal 3-0 Indore Public School, Madhya Pradesh
GROUP D
Guru Govind Singh Sports College, Uttar Pradesh 1-0 DG NCC 2 Bengal Battalion
Government Senior Secondary School, Soreng, Sikkim 5-3 The Air Force School, Gorakhpur
GROUP E
Minerva Public School, Mohali 8-0 Modern School, Barakhamba, New Delhi
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekanand, Chhattisgarh 6-1 The Army Public School, New Delhi
GROUP F
Govt. Model Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh 27-0 St. Francis Xavier High School, D&D & DNH
Myngken Christian HSS, Meghalaya 5-0 Kejariwal +2 Higher Secondary Vidyalaya, Bihar
GROUP G
BSC +2 High School, Jharkhand 6-1 Mahatma Gandhi SSS, Lakshadweep
Father Agnel Multipurpose High School, Goa 1-1 Govt. Secondary School, Arunachal Pradesh
GROUP H
Tripura Sports School 3-0 Tydale Biscoe School, Srinagar
Lord Krishna SSS, Haryana 2-1 Mamta Modern School, New Delhi