The 2016 IFA Shield (officially known as the LG IFA Shield 2016 for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th edition of the

IFA Shield The IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association. The IFA is the governing body of football in the state of West Bengal, came into existence in 1893. Named after the association, the IFA Shield t ...

. The tournament is designed as a U19 youth football tournament since 2015. This year ten football clubs going to participate including two overseas football clubs. The winners of LG IFA Shield was awarded with an amount of 5 Lakhs, while the second seeded team will get an amount of 3 Lakhs. The tournament was managed by Ekalavya Sports Foundation, run by former international Kalyan Chaubey and other TFA graduates.

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became the champions of the tournament by beating AIFF Elite Academy on 6 March 2016 which was played at

Mohun Bagan Ground Mohun Bagan Ground, also known as Mohun Bagan–Calcutta FC Ground, is a football stadium located in the maidan region of central Kolkata, just opposite the Eden Gardens. The stadium is leased to Mohun Bagan AC and is mostly used as training g ...

. The score was even 2–2 during the regulation time.

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match ended 3–2 in the favour of

. Shubham Ghosh was awarded the man of the match and Baoringdao Bodo player of the tournament.

Venue

Most of the matches were held at East Bengal Ground and

while Kalyani Stadium and Barasat Stadium were the other venues.

Qualifying round

Four teams played in knockout format. The winner of the knockouts qualified for the final phase of the tournament. ''*

qualified for final phase of 2016 IFA U19 Shield.''

Final phase

''All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+05:30.''

Group A

Fixtures and Results

Group B

Fixtures and Results

Knockouts

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 2

Final

Statistics

Top scorers

External links

IFA Shield Results
– Goal.com
IFA Shield U-19 2016
– Thif-Live.com

– KolkataFootball.com
IFA Shield U-19 Section
– KolkataSports.com

References

{{2016 in Asian football (AFC) IFA Shield seasons

Ifa Shield The IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association. The IFA is the governing body of football in the state of West Bengal, came into existence in 1893. Named after the association, the IFA Shield t ...