1999–2000 Santosh Trophy qualification
# 1999–2000 Santosh Trophy qualification

The 1999–2000 Santosh Trophy qualifiers began on 19 March and ended on 8 April 2000. A total of 22 teams completed the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide four of the eight places in the final round.

A total of 28 teams entered the competition and were divided into eight 'clusters' with three or four teams in each cluster. Six teams — Sikkim, Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya — pulled before the start of the competition reducing the number to 22. Following the round-robin stages, eight teams played the play-offs, and Services, Punjab, Karnataka and Maharashtra made it to the final round.

## Qualification

### Cluster I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Services | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Gujarat | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 | Rajasthan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | |

### Cluster II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Manipur | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Bihar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 3 | |
| 3 | Himachal Pradesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | |

### Cluster III

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Railways | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 6 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 3 | |
| 3 | Daman and Diu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 | |

### Cluster IV

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Punjab | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Tripura | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Pondicherry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | |

### Cluster V

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Assam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 | |

The first game of Cluster V was played between Uttar Pradesh and Assam on 1 April. However, at 30 minutes into the first half, play had to stopped due to rain. Assam were up 1–0 after a 20th minute penalty kick conversion by Akom Ao. The match was replayed the next day.

### Cluster VI

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 3 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Jammu and Kashmir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | |

### Cluster VII

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Orissa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Delhi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Chandigarh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 | |

### Cluster VIII

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 3 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Haryana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | |

## Play-offs

The winner of each 'cluster' played a play-off game each and the final two qualification spots were determined.

