Cuttack will meet Sundargarh in the final of the 59th Senior Men Inter-District Football Championship at Hirakud on November 27. In the semifinals, Cuttack edged out Dhenkanal 4-2 in penalty shoot out, while Sundargarh overcame Sambalpur 6-5 also in penalty shoot out.

As many as 27 district teams have joined the tournament, which is being organised by Sambalpur District Athletic Association, under the aegis of Football Association of Odisha.

RESULTS:

AT HIRAKUD VENUE:
Nov 18: Sundargarh (Kishore Khadia 2, Jamir Oram, Birsa Oram, Swadhin Badhai, Surendra Chita 1 each) beat Ganjam (Tridev Mukhi, Pintu Behera 1 each) 6-2.
Nov 20: Sundargarh (Swadhin Bohei 31’, Mahesh Pradhan 33’, Zameer Khan 61, Khishore Khadia 72 min) beat Kalahandi (Bipin Bihari Duria 11) 4-1.
Nov 21: Rourkela Steel Plant (Bharat Munda 84’) beat Bargarh 1-0.
Nov 22: Rourkela Steel Plant (SS Alam 80’, Ajay Tirkey 84’) beat Bolangir 2-0.
Nov 24: Sundargarh (Birsa Oram 13’, Mahesh Pradhan 41’, Swadhin Badhei 50’, Zamir Oram 71’) beat Rourkela Steel Plant (SS Alam 28’, Ajay Tirkey 82’) 4-2.

AT KUCHINDA:
Nov 18: Jharsuguda (Saroj Benia, Malay Choudhury, Hurshikesh Saw 1 each) beat (Bikash Kumar Nayak) Khurda 3-1.
Nov 19: Keonjhar beat Bhadrak 4-3 via tie-breaker (Full time 1-1 draw).
Nov 20: Jharsuguda (Malaya Choudhury 3’,82’; Saroj Benia 25’, Siroj Khan 51’) beat Keonjhar (Debendra Majhi 13’) 4-1.
Nov 21: Cuttack beat Paradeep Port Trust 3-2 in penalty shoo out (Full time 0-0 draw).
Nov 22 (1st SF): Cuttack beat Jharsuguda 5-4 in penalty shoo out (Full time 1-1 draw).
Nov 25 (2nd SF): Sundargarh (Kishore Khadia 89’) beat Sambalpur (Raju Oram 45’) in 6-5 tie-breaker (Full time 1-1 draw).

AT SAMABLPUR:
Nov 18: Puri (Rashmi Ranjan Pradhan 62’) beat Nayagarh 1-0.
Nov 19: Sambalpur (Prasant Oram 4’,12’,21’,82’; Raju Oram 60’,67’) beat Jagatsinghpur 6-0.
Nov 20: Sambalpur (Prasant Oram 15’,66’) beat Puri 2-0.
Nov 21: Balasore (Subhakanta Singh 10’,60’; Gopal Hembram 56’, Sk Reheman 89’) beat Kendrapara (Sk Md Ali 25’) 4-1.
Nov 21: Angul (Prasan Kumar Soren 31’, Saroj Behera 42’,50’, Bapi Soren 79’,86’; Ganga Baskey 83’) beat Rayagada (Amit Jani 41’) 6-1.
Nov 22: Balasore beat Angul 3-2 in tie-breaker (Full time 0-0 draw).
Nov 24: Sambalpur (Prasanta Oram 30’,52’,87’; Raju Oram 42’,77’) beat Balasore (Gopal Hembram 61’) 5-1.

AT NAKTI DEULA:
Nov 18: Dhenkanal (Doman Marandi 4’, Ruparanjan Naik 57’) beat (Nilesh Bhoi 23’) Deogarh 2-1.
Nov 19: Mayurbhanj (Fagu Hembram 54’,63’) beat Phulbani (Sujit Rajhansh 83’) 2-1.
Nov 20: Dhenkanal (Bishal Tigga 44’) beat Mayurbhanj 1-0.
Nov 21: Bhubaneswar (Alok Dehury 2’, Sashikanta Sandil 64’,90’) beat Jajpur 3-0.
Nov 22: Dhenkanal beat Bhubaneswar 4-3 in tie-breaker (Full time 2-2 draw).
Nov 24: Cuttack beat Dhenkanal 4-2 in tie-breaker (Full time 0-0 draw).