The Indian Football Association on Thursday announced the preliminary round fixture of the 64th National Championship for the Santosh Trophy 2009-10 which will be held in Kolkata from 15th July - 8th August.
In a cluster I match, Karnataka will take on Meghalaya, while in cluster two, Maharashtra-Chandigarh and Tripura-Andhra Pradesh will lock horns to kick off the tournament.
However, the venues of the tournament are yet to be finalised, according to the IFA.
Hosts and the last edition's runner-up
Bengal, reigning champions Goa and semifinalists Tamil Nadu and Services have been directly seeded into the quarterfinal league stage.
A total of 32 teams will take part in the Santosh Trophy with 28 unseeded teams divided into eight clusters where they will play round-robin league.
The winners of each cluster will then battle it out in the knock-out pre-quarterfinal stage for a place in the quarterfinal league.
The quarterfinal league will be held from 30th July - 4th August, while the semi-finals will be played on 6th August.
In the last edition held in Tamil Nadu,
Goa lifted the title after defeating Bengal in the penalty shootout.
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