postponement and cancellation had been its fate for the last twoandahalf years with two deferrings in the first part of this year alone but the u17 womens national football championship in the year that india will compete in the fifa u17 world cup as hosts having completed the group stage will be entering the knockout phase in assam on wednesdaythe tournament will also shift from the five venues around the state and host all the remaining fixtures at the indira gandhi athletic stadium in guwahati where the toppers from the eight groups will vie for spots in semifinalthe first quarterfinal is expected to be an attacking affair with the two most prolific teams from the group stage facing one another while manipur has a history of winning performance at the national championship bihar will be in opposition to make a history of their own for the first timewith attackers lucky kumari and shruti kumari having scored 20 goals between them to earn bihar a quarters berth from group c leaving behind the likes of delhi and meghalaya they will look to control the game with their attacking prowesson the other hand group a toppers manipur will look to beat bihar and continue their stride into the semis striker kimte langel with nine goals from three games will once again be vital for the northeast sidein the second quarterfinal on the day group d leaders arunachal pradesh who made it to the quarters with better goal difference than secondplaced mizoram will lock horns with toppers from group d chhattisgarh