The scheduled time ended in a 2-2 draw with striker Srikanta Dutta scoring both goals for Tollygunge and striker Raman Vijayan and Ranjan Dey drawing parity for East Bengal.

The tie-breaker had to be introduced as neither side could find the net one more time in the extra time that could have decided the match by the golden goal.

Tollygunge thus repeated their performance in the semi-final wherein they ousted giant favourite Mohun Bagan 4-2 also in the penalty shoot out.

In the penalty shootout today, Tollygunge keeper Bibhash Ghosh again rose to the occasion saving a stinger from East Bengal striker Supriyo Dasgupta to provide a vital 4-3 lead to his team after Biswarup Bishu and Rashmohan Mullick successfully converted while Ranjan Dey of East Bengal found the mark.

East Bengal'schances took a nose dive when their Chanchal Bhattacharjee shot wide after Tollygunge defender Partha Sarathi Dey Scored. Tolly medio Jayanta Sen hit the last nail on East Bengal's coffin converting his penalty to give an unassailable 6-3 lead to his team.

Tollygunge were the deserved winners today and they should have clinched the issue during the scheduled period itself as they were leading 2-0 till the 65th minute of the game. But the adverse situation seemed to bring out some of the brilliance of the East Bengal players who went all out for the equalisers.

Fresh from their victory over strong contenders Mohun Bagan, Tollygunge today began confidently combining well and with accurate passes outplayed their higher-rated rivals in all departments of the game.

On the other hand East Bengal, who scraped through to the final edging past a depleted Mohammed Sporting 1-0 in the semi final, looked a confused lot from the beginning. Not not only did they mispass galore, their deep defence crumbled wheneverthere was pressure.

Tollygunge took an early lead when striker Srikanta Dutta scored a gem of a goal in the 14th minute. Collecting the ball inside the rival half from a breakaway move, Tollygunge skipper Biswarup Bishu darted through the left flank and gave a pass to Srikanta who took an accurate side volley while on the move and it beat the East Bengal custodian Gopal Das hands down (1-0).

Inspired by the early Lead, Tollygunge kept up their pressure and buttressed the lead in the 38th minute again through Srikanta Dutta. This time Srikanta's stingy shot hit East Bengal defender Chanchal Bhattacharjee's feet and went in (2-0).

Earlier, East Bengal missed their lone chance in the first half when medio Dinesh Dhundyal shot wide from close off Carlton Chapman.