AIFF Media Team

NEW DELHI: Hyderabad will host the final rounds of the 78^th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy for the first time in 57 years, it was announced by the All India Football Federation on Wednesday, October 2, 2024.

The last time the City of Pearls hosted the prestigious tournament was in the 1966-67 season when Railways defeated Services to lift the trophy in an all-institutional final.

The final rounds are tentatively scheduled for the first week of December. Telangana has received a bye to the final rounds as the host association. The winners of nine groups and last season's finalists - Services and Goa - will play the final rounds in Hyderabad. The group stages will be played in November.

Group A (Amritsar, Punjab): Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab
November 20: Ladakh vs Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir vs Punjab
November 22: Himachal Pradesh vs Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab vs Ladakh
November 24: Jammu & Kashmir vs Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh vs Punjab

Group B (Phagwara, Punjab): Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi
November 26: Chandigarh vs Delhi, Uttarakhand vs Haryana
November 28: Delhi vs Uttarakhand, Haryana vs Chandigarh
November 30: Chandigarh vs Uttarakhand, Haryana vs Delhi

Group C (Kalyani, West Bengal): Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bengal, Bihar
November 16: Uttar Pradesh vs Bihar, Jharkhand vs West Bengal
November 18: Bihar vs Jharkhand, West Bengal vs Uttar Pradesh
November 20: Uttar Pradesh vs Jharkhand, West Bengal vs Bihar

Group D (Agartala, Tripura): Tripura, Manipur, Sikkim, Mizoram
November 15: Tripura vs Mizoram, Manipur vs Sikkim
November 17: Mizoram vs Manipur, Sikkim vs Tripura
November 19: Tripura vs Manipur, Sikkim vs Mizoram

Group E (Nalbari, Assam): Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland
November 20: Meghalaya vs Arunachal Pradesh, Assam vs Nagaland
November 22: Nagaland vs Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh vs Assam
November 24: Assam vs Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh vs Nagaland

Group F (Amritsar, Punjab): Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha
November 21: Odisha vs Madhya Pradesh
November 23: Chhattisgarh vs Odisha
November 25: Madhya Pradesh vs Chhattisgarh

Group G (Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh): Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Andaman & Nicobar
November 15: Tamil Nadu vs Andaman & Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh vs Karnataka
November 17: Andaman & Nicobar vs Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka vs Tamil Nadu
November 19: Tamil Nadu vs Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka vs Andaman & Nicobar

Group H (Kozhikode, Kerala): Kerala, Pondicherry, Lakshadweep, Railways
November 20: Pondicherry vs Lakshadweep, Kerala vs Railways
November 22: Railways vs Pondicherry, Lakshadweep vs Kerala
November 24: Lakshadweep vs Railways, Kerala vs Pondicherry

Group I (Jaipur, Rajasthan): Maharashtra, Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Rajasthan
November 16: Maharashtra vs Rajasthan, Gujarat vs DNH & DD
November 18: Rajasthan vs Gujarat, DNH & DD vs Maharashtra
November 20: Maharashtra vs Gujarat, DNH & DD vs Rajasthan