DESCRIPTION:
*     Odisha, Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand and Tripura will be the five teams in the fray.
*     Nitish Niranjan Samantray will lead a 16-member Odisha team in their opening match against Bengal.

SCHEDULE:
Dec 1-3, 2016: Assam vs Jharkhand in Assam
Dec 1-3, 2016: Bengal vs Odisha at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Dec 7-9, 2016: Odisha vs Jharkhand in Odisha
Dec 7-9, 2016: Assam vs Tripura in Assam
Dec 13-15, 2016: Jharkhand vs Tripura in Jharkhand
Dec 13-15, 2016: Bengal vs Assam in Bengal
Dec 19-21, 2016: Jharkhand vs Bengal in Jharkhand
Dec 19-21, 2016: Odisha vs Tripura in Tripura
Dec 25-27, 2016: Odisha vs Assam in Odisha
Dec 25-27, 2016: Bengal vs Tripura in Tripura

ODISHA U-16 TEAM FOR MATCH AGAINST BENGAL: Nitish Niranjan Samantray (Captain), M Prashant, Binayak Mohanty, Saswat Mohanty (Vice-captain), Shashang Rungta, Abinash Singh, Aryaman Mishra, Manas Ranjan Nayak (WK), Suman Das, Priya Ranjan Swain, Sibashish Sahoo, Prashant Gangai, Satyakam Bharadwaj, Spandan Sabat, Ankit Kar Jaiswal, Pratysh Pradhan (WK).
Manager: Amit Behera, Coach: Subrat Behera, Physio: Somu Mallick, Trainer: Sourya Ranjan Ray.