Meghalaya pulled a rabbit of it hat as they defeated Kerala 1-0 to show them the exit gate from the U-21 Championship. Meghalaya after going down in both the matches have already been ruled out for a place in the last four.
Meghalaya finished third, while Kerala finished fourth in the Group B with two points.
Jharkhand beat Andhra Pradesh 1-0 but both teams advanced to the semifinals.
Source: AIFF
From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Monday 22 February 2010, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.