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The All India Football Federation announced on 18 September 2026 that the inaugural U15 Women's Youth League will begin on 15 October 2026.
All matches will be played at the Sporting Planet Sports Complex in Belagavi, Karnataka, with the final on 31 October 2026.
Sixteen teams from across India are divided into four groups of four; the top two from each group reach the quarter-finals.
The competition follows the AIFF U17 Women's Youth League, which was launched in July 2026.
National governing body for football in India; organises domestic men's and women's competitions and the age-group pathway of which this league is part
Belagavi, formerly Belgaum, lies in north-western Karnataka close to the Maharashtra border, in the Deccan plateau region drained by the Krishna's tributaries. It is one of Karnataka's larger cities and sits away from the coastal belt that runs along the Arabian Sea.
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All India Football Federation, the national governing body for football in India, founded in 1937 and based at Football House, Dwarka, New Delhi.
The ladder of age-group competitions - here U15 and U17 - through which players progress towards national teams.