TheSenior Women's National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy, or simply theRajmata Jijabai Trophy,[a][1] is awomen's football tournament contested bystate associations and government institutions in India.[2] The first edition was held in 1991 and is organized by theAll India Football Federation to crown the national women's football champion each year. It is based on a league and knockout format.
The format consists of zonal group stages where all the state teams participate. It is followed by the final round.[3]
When the number of teams is known, those are divided into eight groups with equal number of teams. The preliminary qualifying league will be played on a single leg league basis. The eight winners move on to the two quarter final leagues. That is played as a single leg league, with the best two teams of each group qualifying for the semi-finals stage. From there on it is a knock out format with single leg matches.Tie breakers in the league stages are:
Superior number of points in all matches
Superior number of points in bilateral matches of tied teams
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