Football tournament season
The 2017–18 Independence Cup was the 9th edition of the Independence Cup association football tournament in Bangladesh . It was known as the Walton Independence Cup 2017–18 [ 1] [ 2] for sponsorship reasons.
A total of 12 teams competed beginning 16 January 2018.[ 3] Only local players are eligible to play.[ 4]
Chittagong Abahani won the previous edition of the tournament.
Venues
Draw
The draw ceremony of the tournament was held the BFF house Motijheel, Dhaka on 11 January 2018.[ 5] The twelve participants were divided into four groups, and the top two teams from each groups advanced to the quarter-finals .
Group stages
Key to colours in group tables
Group Winners and Runners-up advance to the Quarter-Finals
Group A
Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2018. Source:
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Group B
Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2018. Source:
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Group C
Updated to match(es) played on 25 January 2018. Source:
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Group D
Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2018. Source:
ScoreBing
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Goalscorers
There were 38 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
2 own goals
References
Domestic leagues Domestic cups League cups Super Cups Regional club competitions AFC club competitions National team competitions