Defending champions Punjab will take on Services while hosts Jammu and Kashmir face Kerala on the first day of the quarter-final league stage in the 62nd Santosh Trophy National Football Championship in Srinagar on June 5.
Punjab, Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir and Services are clubbed in Group A, while Group B comprises West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa, according to the draw announced on Tuesday.
The four teams in each group will play a round-robin league and top two will qualify for the semi-finals.
Punjab, West Bengal, Kerala and Maharashtra had been given direct entry into the last eight stage as the last edition's semi-finalists while J&K, Services, Goa and Karnataka made the grade after the pre-quarter-final round.
The semi-finals will be on June 12 and 13 and the final on June 15.
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