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2023 Women's IFA Shield

The 2023 Women's IFA Shield was the inaugural edition of the Women's IFA Shield, the premier women's football cup competition organized by the Indian Football Association in West Bengal.[1][2] It had 6 teams participating in the edition including Indian Women's League team – East Bengal and other five Kanyashree Cup teams – Sreebhumi, Mohammedan Sporting, Chandney SC, WB Police and Nadia DSA. The inaugural edition was held at the Tehatta and Krishnanagar City of Nadia District in West Bengal.[3][4] On 2 June 2023, East Bengal defeated Sreebhumi 5–0 in the final to lift the inaugural Women's IFA Shield title.[5][6]

2023 Women's IFA Shield
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Dates25 May – 2 June
Teams6
Final positions
ChampionsEast Bengal (1st title)
Runner-upSreebhumi
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored51 (5.67 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Tulsi Hembram (15 goals)
Best playerTulsi Hembram
All statistics correct as of 2 June 2023.

Teams edit

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 East Bengal 2 2 0 0 19 0 +19 6 Advance to the semi-finals
2 Chandney SC 2 1 0 1 4 12 −8 3
3 Nadia DSA 2 0 0 2 1 12 −11 0
Source: IFAWB


Matches edit

25 May 2023 East Bengal 8–0 Nadia DSA Tehatta
15:30 IST
  • Tulsi Hembram   6', 23', 61'
  • Mousumi Murmu   22', 41', 80'
  • Sushmita Bardhan   29'
  • Sulanjana Raul   71'
 Report Stadium: Harichand Guruchand Krirangan
27 May 2023 Chandney SC 4–1 Nadia DSA Tehatta
15:30 IST
  • Koyel Mazumdar
  • Kajali Deheri (2)
  • Poonam Baria
  • Ankita Santra
 Stadium: Harichand Guruchand Krirangan
29 May 2023 East Bengal 11–0 Chandney SC Tehatta
15:30 IST
  • Tulsi Hembram   1', 5', 34', 48', 50', 55'
  • Mousumi Murmu   2', 46', 58'
  • Barnali Karar   19'
  • Sulanjana Raul   90+3' (pen)
 Report Stadium: Harichand Guruchand Krirangan

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sreebhumi 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 6 Advance to the semi-finals
2 West Bengal Police 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
3 Mohammedan Sporting 2 0 1 1 2 8 −6 1
Source: IFAWB


Matches edit

25 May 2023 Sreebhumi 6–0 Mohammedan Sporting Krishnanagar
15:30 IST
  • Sarjida Khatun (3)
  • Titli Sarkar (2)
  • Sujata Mahata
 Stadium: Krishnanagar Ground
27 May 2023 Sreebhumi 3–0 West Bengal Police Krishnanagar
15:30 IST
  • Titli Sarkar (3)
 Stadium: Krishnanagar Ground
29 May 2023 Mohammedan Sporting 2–2 West Bengal Police Krishnanagar
15:30 IST
  • Sonali Soren   7'
  • Sonali Mondal   10'
  • Nasimul Khatun
  • Sandhya Maiti
 Stadium: Krishnanagar Ground

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

Semifinals
31 May 2023 		Final
2 June 2023
      
1 East Bengal 3
4 West Bengal Police 0
East Bengal 5
Sreebhumi 0
3 Sreebhumi 5
2 Chandney SC 1

Semi-final edit

The top two teams from both groups: East Bengal, Chandney SC, Sreebhumi and West Bengal Police qualified for the semi-finals.[7][8]

Team 1 Score Team 2
East Bengal 3–0 West Bengal Police
Sreebhumi 5–1 Chandney SC

Matches edit

31 May 2023 SF1 East Bengal 3–0 West Bengal Police Tehatta
10:00 hrs IST
  • Tulsi Hembram   51', 90+3'
  • Mousumi Murmu   87'
 Report Stadium: Harichand Guruchand Krirangan
Attendance: 100
Referee: Akshay Kumar Haldar
31 May 2023 SF2 Sreebhumi 5–1 Chandney SC Tehatta
15:30 hrs IST
  • Sujata Mahata   9', 16', 50'
  • Titli Sarkar   12', 24'
 Report
  • Poonam Barla   31'
 Stadium: Harichand Guruchand Krirangan
Attendance: 100
Referee: Abir Sarkar

Final edit

Summary edit

The inaugural 2023 Women's IFA Shield final was held at the Harichand Guruchand Krirangan, Tehatta on 2 June 2023 between East Bengal and Sreebhumi. East Bengal and Sreebhumi reached the final winning all the matches on their way, defeating West Bengal Police and Chandney SC in the semi-finals respectively.[9][10][11] East Bengal, who were already the 2022–23 Kanyashree Cup champions, dominated the game from the beginning as they took a 2–0 lead within eighteen minutes with goals from Tulsi Hembram and Barnali Karar. Tulsi Hembram scored three more goals in the second half as East Bengal defeated Shreebhumi 5–0 to lift the inaugural Women's IFA Shield title.[12][13][14]

Match edit

East Bengal5–0Sreebhumi
  • Tulsi Hembram   13', 47', 77', 82'
  • Barnali Karar   18'
 Report
Harichand Guruchand Krirangan, Tehatta
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Akshay Kumar Haldar


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
East Bengal
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sreebhumi
GK 41 Gurubari Mandi
RB 20 Trisha Mallick
CB 5 Ratna Halder
CB 27 Mamata Sing
LB 2 Anita Oraon
CM 7 Puja Karmakar   65'
CM 11 Barnali Karar   80'
CM 16 Sushmita Bardhan   62'
LW 14 Rimpa Halder
CF 28 Tulsi Hembram
RW 21 Mousumi Murmu (c)
Substitutions:
GK 1 Rani Bhowmick
RB 4 Bandana Roy
CM 26 Sashwati Sarkar   80'
CM 8 Kabita Saren   62'
RW 29 Mamata Mahata
LW 22 Sulanjana Raul   65'
CF 18 Tanushree Oraon
CM 9 Tamalika Sarkar
LB 3 Riya Sarkar
CM 6 Birsi Oraon
Head Coach:
Indrani Sarkar
GK 1 Rinki Oraon
RB 27 Atasi Pal (c)
CB 3 Jhanu Roy
CB 4 Mollika Tudu
LB 5 Mangali Murmu
CM 16 Jyoti Sharma   52'
CM 7 Sathi Debnath   52'
RW 9 Sarjida Khatun
LW 11 Deblina Bhattacharjee
CF 28 Sujata Mahata
LF 12 Chapa Mistry
Substitutions:
GK 41 Poushali Howladar
FW 8 Moumita Chakraborty
DF 36 Titli Sarkar
MF 29 Barnali Mahata   52'
FW 21 Shyamali Baskey   52'
MF 17 Anjali Soren
MF 15 Debarati Dey
FW 36 Asrafi Khatun
FW 18 Sonamoni Soren
FW 25 Arpita Paul
Head Coach:
Pratima Biswas

Player of the Match:
Tulsi Hembram (East Bengal)[14]

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Ten named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

Statistics edit

As of 2 June 2023

Top goal scorers edit

Rank Nat. Player Club Goals
1   Tulsi Hembram East Bengal 15
2   Mousumi Murmu East Bengal 7
  Tili Sarkar Sreebhumi
4   Sujata Mahata Sreebhumi 4
5   Sarjida Khatun Sreebhumi 3
6   Sulanjana Raul East Bengal 2
  Kajali Deheri Chandney SC
  Poonam Barla Chandney SC
  Barnali Karar East Bengal

Season awards edit

The following awards were announced at the end of the tournament:[5][14]

  • Player of the Tournament: Tulsi Hembram (East Bengal)
  • Highest Goalscorer: Tulsi Hembram (East Bengal) – 15 goals in 4 matches

References edit

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