East Bengal and Mohun Bagan are playing in this prestigious tournament after a gap of two years.

Sixteen teams will fight out in the knock-out qualifying stage for two berths in the quarterfinal league stage starting Sep 11. The semi-final will be played Sep 20 and the final is slated for Sep 22.

The winning team will get Rs.500,000 while the runners-up will be richer by Rs.300,000.

--Indo-Asian New Service

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