West Bengal is placed in Group B along with Punjab, Haryana, Odisha, Delhi, Ladakh for 77th Santosh Trophy, The National Football Championship for 2023-24. The Official Draw was conducted at the Football House in New Delhi, on Wednesday.
38 teams will participate in the tournament with Karnataka and Meghalaya, who were the two finalists of the Santosh Trophy in 2022-23 will gain direct entry into the Final Rounds of the competition.
36 teams have been divided into six groups of six teams each. The winners and the four best second-placed teams, along with the champions and runners-ups from the 2022-23 season will make the Final Rounds.
West Bengal had won Santosh Trophy for a record 32 times and finished Runners-up for 14 times.
Group A: Kerala, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir.
Group B: Punjab, Haryana, Odisha, Delhi, Ladakh, West Bengal.
Group C: Manipur, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh.
Group D: Railways, Bihar, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Assam, Himachal Pradesh.
Group E: Services, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Pondicherry, Sikkim, Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu.
Group F: Maharashtra, Telangana, Andaman & Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Lakshadweep, Tripura.
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