ORGANISED BY: All India Football Federation
DESCRIPTION:
* The first ever Women’s Professional League is to be contested among six teams, including Cuttack-based Rising Student Club.
* The six participating teams _ FC Alakhpura (Haryana), Jeppiaar Institute of Technology FC (Puducherry), Aizawl FC (Mizoram), FC Pune City (Maharashtra), Rising Student Club (Odisha) and Eastern Sporting Union (Manipur) would play each other in a round-robin format with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals.
* Altogether 20 teams from across nine states had taken part in the first leg of the qualifiers from which nine teams qualified for the IWL prelims which were held in Cuttack in October 2016.
LEAGUE FIXTURE:
Jan 28 (Match No 1): Rising Students Club vs Aizwal FC
Jan 28 (Match No 2): Jeppiaar Institute of Technology FC vs Eastern Sporting Union
Jan 29 (Match No 3): Aizwal FC vs FC Alakhpura
Jan 30 (Match No 4): Rising Students Club vs Eastern Sporting Union
Jan 31 (Match No 5): Aizwal FC vs FC Alakhpura
Jan 31 (Match No 6): FC Pune City vs Jeppiaar Institute of Technology FC
Feb 2 (Match No 7): Rising Students Club vs FC Alakhpura
Feb 2 (Match No 8): FC Pune City vs Eastern Sporting Union
Feb 3 (Match No 9): Aizwal FC vs Jeppiaar Institute of Technology FC
Feb 5 (Match No 10): Rising Students Club vs FC Pune City
Feb 6 (Match No 11): Jeppiaar Institute of Technology FC vs FC Alakhpura
Feb 8 (Match No 12): Rising Students Club vs Jeppiaar Institute of Technology FC
Feb 9 (Match No 13): FC Alakhpura vs Eastern Sporting Union.