It was after a close fight featuring three other former champions that Thrissur could kiss the cup. The team finished with 1,008 points, just one more than Palakkad, the winner of 2019 and 2020. Kannur, the defending champion, was third with 1003 points, while Kozhikode, the 2023 winner and the most successful district in the history of the competition with 21 titles, finished fourth, with 1,002 points