The state teams from Assam, Chandigarh, Himachal, Haryana, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Orissa, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh will vie for the top honour during the four-day meet, a Tata Steel press release today said.
Matches will be played on league-cum-knock out basis on two grounds within JRD Tata Sports Complex.
Teams reaching the final will qualify for the final competition to be played in Goa on May 10. AIFF has nominated Binod Kumar Singh of Jharkhand and Bikash Mukherji of West Bengal as the Match Commissioners.
PTI