Format The Futsal Club Championship 2021 featured a total of 16 teams, who were divided into four groups, and played in a round-robin format. The highest-placed team from each group made it to the semi-final stage, which was played in a knockout format amongst the four teams. The winners of the tournament, Delhi FC , became the first-ever futsal champions of India, and thus India's first ever AFC Futsal Club Championship representative.[5]
Teams AIFF invited clubs playing in Indian Super League , I-League and state level futsal champions to participate in the inaugural season,[4] and 16 teams participated.
Imphal teams :
TRAU Classic FA Locations of Hero Futsal Club Championship teams
Team City/State Baroda FA Vadodara , Gujarat Bengaluru FC Bengaluru , Karnataka Chanmari Zothan Aizawl , Mizoram Classic FA Imphal , Manipur Delhi FC Delhi Kuppuraj FC Puducherry Mangala Club Cuttack , Odisha Mohammedan SC Kolkata , West Bengal Niaw Wasa F.C. Shillong , Meghalaya Real Kashmir Srinagar , Jammu and Kashmir Sudeva Delhi FC Delhi SC Goa Panaji , Goa Speed Force FC Telangana Super Strikers FC Bengaluru , Karnataka Telongjem FC Kohima , Nagaland TRAU FC Imphal , Manipur
Group stage Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Mohammedan SC 3 3 0 0 18 4 +14 9 Knockout stage 2 Super Strikers FC 3 1 0 2 13 13 0 3 3 Chanmari Zothan 3 1 0 2 12 12 0 3 4 Baroda FA 3 1 0 2 6 20 −14 3
Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Bengaluru FC 3 2 0 1 14 7 +7 6[a] Knockout stage 2 SC Goa 3 2 0 1 13 10 +3 6[a] 3 Speed Force FC 3 1 0 2 16 24 −8 3[b] 4 Kuppuraj FC 3 1 0 2 12 14 −2 3[b]
Group C Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Delhi FC 3 3 0 0 44 11 +33 9 Knockout stage 2 Niaw Wasa F.C. 3 1 1 1 14 19 −5 4 3 Telongjem FC 3 1 0 2 20 31 −11 3 4 TRAU 3 0 1 2 10 27 −17 1
Group D Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Mangala Club 3 3 0 0 29 10 +19 9 Knockout stage 2 Classic FA 3 2 0 1 25 7 +18 6 3 Sudeva Delhi 3 1 0 2 13 16 −3 3 4 Real Kashmir 3 0 0 3 8 42 −34 0
Knock-out stage Bracket
Semi-finals Final
Mohammedan SC 2
Bengaluru FC 0
Mohammedan SC 2
Delhi FC 7
Delhi FC 12
Mangala Club 7
Semi-final Final Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Nikhil Mali Delhi FC 24 2 Dinabandhu DasMangala Club 17 3 LalpekhluaDelhi FC 11 Babul Kumar RoutMangala Club 5 Ganningam MalangmeiClassic FA 10 6 PursunepTelongjem 8 7 Ibrahim AliSpeed Force FC 7
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