The tournament, highly regarded in the domestic circuit, will have eight teams divided into two clusters. Each cluster will have a league among the teams with the top two making it into the semi-finals. While Group A, to be played in Siliguri, consists of East Bengal, JCT, Tollygunge Agragami and Jurong FC, Group B to be played in Calcutta has Mohun Bagan, Mohameddan Sporting, Air Force (Thailand) and Bengal Mumbai Football Club. JCT of Phagwara was a last minute replacement for Bangladesh side Mukti Jodhha, which pulled out.

Mohameddan Sporting play against Bengal Mumbai FC at the Salt Lake Stadium on Monday.

Fixtures: Group A (in Siliguri): 10-11 East Bengal vs Tollygunge; 11-11 JCT vs Jurong; 12-11 JCT vs Tollygunge; 13-11 East Bengal vs Jurong; 15-11 Jurong vs Tollygunge;16-11 East Bengal vs JCT.

Group B (in Calcutta): 9-11 Md Sporting vs BMFC; 11-11 BMFC vs Air Force; 12-11 Mohun Bagan vs Md Sporting; 14-11 Mohun Bagan vs BMFC and Md Sporting vs air Force; 16-11 Mohun Bagan vs Air Force; Semi-final: 18-11 B-1 vs A-2 (Calcutta); 19-11 A-1 vs B2 (Siliguri).; Final: 21-11 (Calcutta).