Qualifying Rounds: Cluster I: in Chalakudy. TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS 1. Services 2 2 0 0 06-00 + 6 6 2. Gujarat 2 1 0 1 05-03 - 3 3 3. Rajasthan 2 0 0 2 00-08 - 8 0 . Sikkim * 0 0 0 0 00-00 0 0 * Sikkim pulled out
19-Mar-00: Services 3-0 Gujarat [5 X. Fernandes, 56 Sajith Kumar, 76 R. Das] 21-Mar-00: Rajasthan 0-5 Gujarat [9,85 Rajiv Karir, 30 Ranjit Sisodiya, 73 Anil Tomar, 79 AK Mondal] 23-Mar-00: Rajasthan 0-3 Services [2,41 Preetam Bahadur, 53 Johnny Gangmei]
Cluster II: in Chalakudy. TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS 1. Manipur 2 2 0 0 10-01 + 9 6 2. Bihar 2 1 0 1 07-02 + 5 3 3. Himachal Pradesh 2 0 0 2 00-14 +14 0
26-Mar-00: Bihar 6-0 Himachal Pradesh [20 Deepak Kumar Sinha, 23 Shamim Khan, 44,54 Amjad Hussain, 60 Bablu Thapa, 72 Saluka Kalundia] 27-Mar-00: Manipur 8-0 Himachal Pradesh [29,84,90 Mangelm Jao Singh, 41 Shyamchand, 75 Guneshwor, 78 Bantu Golmei, 83 Stephen Hmar, 85 Nilakumar] 28-Mar-00: Manipur 2-1 Bihar [M: 49,87 T Narendra Singh; B: 10 Saluka Kalundia]
Cluster III: in Chalakudy. TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS 1. Railways 2 2 0 0 19-02 +17 6 2. Andhra Pradesh 2 1 0 1 07-03 + 4 3 3. Daman & Diu 2 0 0 2 00-21 -16 0 . Mizoram * 0 0 0 0 00-00 0 0 * Mizoram pulled out
22-Mar-00: Railways 16-0 Daman & Diu [5,38,44,55,77 Balai Mondal, 13,21,30,59 Manjinder Singh, 25,33,52,67 Kamal Ghosh, 75 Moin-ul-Haq, 88 Nazeem Riyazi, 89 Manjit Singh] 24-Mar-00: Andhra Pradesh 5-0 Daman & Diu [2 Syed Abdul Saleel, 69 T Prasana Kumar, 76 Sriram, 78 Johnson, 79 Nagarjuna] 25-Mar-00: Andhra Pradesh 2-3 Railways [A: 65,87 Johnson; R: 25,39 Balai Mondal, 40 Majinder Singh]
Cluster IV: in Chalakudy. TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS 1. Punjab 2 2 0 0 03-00 + 3 6 2. Tripura 2 1 0 1 02-01 + 1 3 3. Pondicherry 2 0 0 2 00-04 - 4 0
02-Apr-00: Pondicherry 0-2 Tripura [6 Sujith Ghosh, 53 Arindam Ghosh] 03-Apr-00: Punjab 1-0 Tripura [70 Kuldeep Singh] 04-Apr-00: Pondicherry 0-2 Punjab [11,69 Jaswinder Singh]
Cluster V: in Chalakudy. TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS 1. Uttar Pradesh 2 1 1 0 03-02 + 1 4 2. Madhya Pradesh 2 0 2 0 01-01 0 2 3. Assam 2 0 1 1 03-04 - 1 1 . Andaman & Nicobar Island 0 0 0 0 00-00 0 0 * Andaman & Nicobar Island pulled out
02-Apr-00: Uttar Pradesh 3-2 Assam [U: 42 Nandan Singh, 51 Ajay Singh Rawat, 81 Jatin Singh Bisht; A: 80,81 Akum Ao] 03-Apr-00: Madhya Pradesh 1-1 Assam [M: 19 Mustak Ali Khan; A: 73 Akum Ao] 05-Apr-00: Madhya Pradesh 0-0 Uttar Pradesh
Cluster VI: in Chalakudy. TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS 1. Karnataka 1 1 0 0 10-02 + 8 3 2. Jammu & Kashmir 1 0 0 1 02-10 - 8 0 . Nagaland * 0 0 0 0 00-00 0 0 * Nagaland pulled out
05-Apr-00: Karnataka 10-2 Jammu & Kashmir [K: 2,31 RC Prakash, 22 Murali, 25,27 Sunil, 26,47,62,81 Peter, 28 Xavier Vijayakumar; J: 32 Ranjeet Singh, 63 Gurmeet Singh]
Cluster VII: in Chalakudy. TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS 1. Orissa 2 1 1 0 02-01 + 1 4** 2. Delhi 2 1 1 0 02-01 + 1 4 3. Chandigarh 2 0 0 2 02-04 - 2 0 . Arunachal Pradesh * 0 0 0 0 00-00 0 0 * Arunachal Pradesh pulled out ** Orissa move on by draw of lots.
29-Mar-00: Chandigarh 1-2 Orissa [C: Rajeev Rattan; O: 59 Meghrai Tudu, 78 Kapur Chand Yadav] 31-Mar-00: Delhi 0-0 Orissa 02-Apr-00: Delhi 2-1 Chandigarh [D: 34 Vimal Thapa, 83 Hitender Rawat; C: 8 Viney Kanwar]
Cluster VIII: in Chalakudy. TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS 1. Maharashtra 1 1 0 0 07-00 + 7 3 2. Haryana 1 0 0 1 00-07 - 7 0 . Meghalaya * 0 0 0 0 00-00 0 0 * Meghalaya pulled out
07-Apr-00: Maharashtra 7-0 Haryana [24,62 Mohammed Najeeb, 28,50 Manjit Singh, 42 Khalid Siddique, 64 Aqueel Ansari, 77 Asif Jamal]
Quarterfinal Playoffs: 30-Mar-00: Services 4-0 Manipur [VK Mishra, 35 Amar Bahadur Thapa, 44 Johnny Gangmei, 75 Sajith Kumar] 07-Apr-00: Railways 0-2 Punjab [64 Jaswinder Singh, 80 Rampal] 07-Apr-00: Uttar Pradesh 0-2 Karnataka [54 Peter, 56 Sunil] 08-Apr-00: Orissa 1-5 Maharashtra [O: 32 Nipendra Das; M: 22,35,79 Mohammed Najeeb, 30 Manjith Singh, 75 Ali Abbas Rizvi]
Quarterfinals: Group X: in Thrissur. TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS 1. Kerala 3 2 1 0 08-04 + 4 7 2. Bengal 3 1 2 0 07-03 + 4 5 3. Karnataka 3 0 2 1 04-05 - 1 2 4. Services 3 0 1 2 03-10 - 7 1
10-Apr-00: Bengal 2-2 Karnataka [B: 1 Dipankar Roy, Raman Vijayan; K: 79 Sunil Kumar, 88 RC Prakash] 11-Apr-00: Kerala 5-2 Services [K: 2 Sylvester Ignatius, 43,62,64,69 Asif Saheer; S: 20 Preetam Bahadur, 54 Johnny Gangmei] 13-Apr-00: Bengal 4-0 Services [51,74 Raman Vijayan, 57,81 James Singh] 14-Apr-00: Kerala 2-1 Karnataka [Ke: 5 K Naushad, 41 IM Vijayan; Ka: 67 RC Prakash] 16-Apr-00: Services 1-1 Karnataka [S: 44 Sajith Kumar; K: 28 Murali] 16-Apr-00: Kerala 1-1 Bengal [K: 82 B Edison; B: 36 RP Singh]
Group Y: in Thrissur. TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS 1. Maharashtra 3 2 1 0 07-01 + 6 7 2. Goa 3 1 2 0 06-03 + 3 5 3. Punjab 3 0 2 1 03-05 - 2 2 4. Tamil Nadu 3 0 1 2 01-08 - 7 1
09-Apr-00: Tamil Nadu 1-1 Punjab [T: 79 Syed Shabir Pasha; P: 90 Sukhjit Singh] 11-Apr-00: Tamil Nadu 0-4 Maharashtra [2 Mohammed Najeeb, 8 Khalid Jamil, 17 Khalid Siddique, 68 Naushad Moosa] 12-Apr-00: Goa 2-2 Punjab [G: 33 Francis Silveira, 71 Alvito D'Cunha; P: 45,79 Sukhjit Singh] 14-Apr-00: Punjab 0-2 Maharashtra [67,87 Mohammed Najeeb] 15-Apr-00: Tamil Nadu 0-3 Goa [24,26 Alvito D'Cunha, 88 Bruno Cuntinho] 17-Apr-00: Goa 1-1 Maharashtra [G: 58 Mario Soares; M: 75 Bungo Singh]
Semifinals: 19-Apr-00: Kerala 2-0 Goa [40,66 Sylvester Ignatius] 20-Apr-00: Maharashtra 3-1 Bengal [M: 32 Manjit Singh, 45 Naushad Moosa, 87 Bungo Singh; B: 36 Raman Vijayan]
Third Place Playoff: 22-Apr-00: Bengal 2-0 Goa [16 Dharamjit Singh (own goal), 46 James Singh]
Final: 23-Apr-00: Kerala 0-1 Maharashtra [18 Mohammed Najeeb]
List of Awardees:
Fair Play Trophy: Kerala
Man of Tournament: Aqueel Ansari - Maharashtra
Best Goalkeeper: Virender Singh - Maharashtra
Best Defender: Jo Paul Ancheri - Kerala
Best Midfielder: Khalid Jamil - Maharashtra
Best Striker: Sylvester Ignatius - Kerala