2025 Durand Cup knockout stage

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2025 Durand Cup knockout stage
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Teams8
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored23 (3.29 per match)
Attendance144,246 (20,607 per match)
  2024
2026  

The 2025 Durand Cup knockout stage will begin with the quarter-finals on 16 August and conclude with the final match on 23 August 2025 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata, West Bengal, which will be the 2025 Durand Cup. [1] [2] A total of 8 teams will compete in the knockout stage.

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Qualified teams

The top-placed team and the two best runners-up from each of the six groups will qualify for the knockout stage.

GroupWinnersBest Runners-up
(Best two qualify)
Group A East Bengal
Group B Mohun Bagan Diamond Harbour
Group C Jamshedpur
Group D Bodoland
Group E NorthEast United Shillong Lajong
Group F Indian Navy

Ranking of second-placed teams

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 E Shillong Lajong 3201103+76 knockout stage
2 B Diamond Harbour 3201117+46
3 A Namdhari 320163+36
4 F Real Kashmir 320164+26
5 C Indian Army 320153+26
6 D Punjab 31112204
Source: DFTS

Schedule

The schedule was as follows.

RoundDates
Quarter-finals16–17 August 2025
Semi-finals19–20 August 2025
Final23 August 2025

Bracket

In the knockout stage, for any draws matches would be directly decided by a penalty shootout.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
16 Aug – Shillong
 
 
Shillong Lajong 2
 
19 Aug – Shillong
 
Indian Navy 1
 
Shillong Lajong 0
 
16 Aug – Kokrajhar
 
NorthEast United 1
 
Bodoland 0
 
23 Aug – Kolkata
 
NorthEast United 4
 
NorthEast United 6
 
17 Aug – Jamshedpur
 
Diamond Harbour 1
 
Jamshedpur 0
 
20 Aug – Kolkata
 
Diamond Harbour 2
 
Diamond Harbour 2
 
17 Aug – Kolkata
 
East Bengal 1
 
East Bengal 2
 
 
Mohun Bagan 1
 

Quarter-finals

Match 37 (1st Quarter-finals)
Shillong Lajong 2–1 Indian Navy
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Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium , Shillong, Meghalaya
Attendance: 8,337
Referee: Pratik Mondal
Man of the Match: Everbrightson Mylliempdah (Shillong Lajong)

Match 38 (2nd Quarter-finals)
Bodoland 0–4 NorthEast United
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SAI Stadium , Kokrajhar (BTR), Assam
Attendance: 14,970
Referee: Surajit Das
Man of the Match: Alaaeddine Ajaraie (NorthEast United)

Match 39 (3rd Quarter-finals)
Jamshedpur 0–2 Diamond Harbour
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JRD Tata Sports Complex , Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
Attendance: 11,472
Referee: Lakshay
Man of the Match: Sairuat Kima (Diamond Harbour)

Match 40 (4th Quarter-finals)
East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan
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Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan , Kolkata, West Bengal
Attendance: 58,676
Referee: Venkatesh Ramachandran
Man of the Match: Dimitrios Diamantakos (East Bengal)

Semi-finals

Match 41 (1st Semi-finals)
Shillong Lajong 0–1 NorthEast United
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Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium , Shillong, Meghalaya
Attendance: 14,911
Referee: Senthil Nathan (sub. Lalit Singh Rawat)
Man of the Match: Redeem Tlang (NorthEast United)

Match 42 (2nd Semi-finals)
Diamond Harbour 2–1 East Bengal
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Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan , Kolkata, West Bengal
Attendance: 18,960
Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Mirshad Michu (Diamond Harbour)

Final

The final match will be held on 23 August 2025 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.

NorthEast United 6–1 Diamond Harbour
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Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan , Kolkata, West Bengal
Attendance: 16,920
Referee: Venkatesh Ramachadran
Man of the Match: Alaaeddine Ajaraie (NorthEast United)

References

  1. "Durand Cup 2025: Tentative Fixtures Released, Mohun Bagan Included at the Last Moment". Rev Sportz.in. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  2. "Durand Cup 2025: Participating Teams, Groups And Full Fixtures". News18. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.