It is the preliminary round. 10 teams split into 2 groups of 5. The winners of each group go into the final round... that is where I expect the ISL and I-League clubs to come from.
Fixtures for the preliminary rounds. Seems like all games will be at one venue... a game a day, teams only getting a day of rest for the most part (or 48 hours between games). 17 October to 26 October.
Hopefully the league itself won't be like this. I would not mind if the Women's League was 18 matches long, be done in around 3 months. Most likely I would expect just 9 straight games and maybe a finals series so the top 2 teams get 12 games around maybe.
I think they could be one of the teams to really watch for. A former India international (women's) as head coach, current women's captain on the team, and the Emerging player of the year from AIFF (Pyari Xaxa) all on the team.
According to this, 5 ISL teams will have women's teams in this league while 3 I-League teams will field sides. None of this is officially confirmed by the AIFF.
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https://www.the-aiff.com/upcoming-fixtures.htm?tnmt_id=76
Hopefully the league itself won't be like this. I would not mind if the Women's League was 18 matches long, be done in around 3 months. Most likely I would expect just 9 straight games and maybe a finals series so the top 2 teams get 12 games around maybe.
I think they could be one of the teams to really watch for. A former India international (women's) as head coach, current women's captain on the team, and the Emerging player of the year from AIFF (Pyari Xaxa) all on the team.
Royal Wahingdoh Women’s Football Team to take part in first Indian Women’s League prelim round
According to this, 5 ISL teams will have women's teams in this league while 3 I-League teams will field sides. None of this is officially confirmed by the AIFF.
KRYPHSA win 7-0... Rising Student of Odisha win 13-0 over Royal Wahingdoh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016–17_Indian_Women's_League_preliminary_round
They have existed for a while but I have not had the time or energy to update