# 2024 Durand Cup group stage

The 2024 IndianOil Durand Cup group stage will be played from July to 31 August 2024. A total of 24 teams, consisting 13 ISL clubs, 2 I-League clubs, 2 regional league team, 6 Indian Armed Forces teams and 1 Foreign armed force teams, compete in the group stage to decide the 8 places in the knockout stage.

## Format

In the group stage, each group is played on a single round-robin format. The table-toppers from each group & two best second-placed teams from group stage advances to the knockout stage.

### Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
* Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* Drawing of lots.

## Centralised venues

On 4 July, Durand Cup Organising Committee announced that the tournament would be played across more than one city—4 cities—Kolkata, Jamshedpur, Shillong and Kokrajhar. The six groups were assigned one or more than one centralised venue, with five out of the six groups having at least one of the teams in the group based from the host city, except Group C.
* Group A: Kolkata, West Bengal (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan and Kishore Bharati Krirangan)
* Group B: Kolkata, West Bengal (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan and Kishore Bharati Krirangan)
* Group C: Kolkata, West Bengal (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan and Kishore Bharati Krirangan)
* Group D: Jamshedpur, Jharkhand (JRD Tata Sports Complex)
* Group E: Kokrajhar, Assam (SAI Stadium)
* Group F: Shillong, Meghalaya (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium)

## Groups
### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MBG | EAB | DTH | IAF |
| 1 | Mohun Bagan SG (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage | — | CAN | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | East Bengal (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage | — | — | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Downtown Heroes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Indian Air Force | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | | — | — | 0–2 | — |
* ↑ The match was cancelled by the organising body on security grounds and both teams were awarded 1 point each.

#### Matches
### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BEN | MSC | IKA | INV |
| 1 | Bengaluru | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage | — | — | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Mohammedan (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Inter Kashi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Indian Navy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | | — | — | 1–2 | — |

#### Matches
### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KER | PUN | CIS | MCI |
| 1 | Kerala Blasters | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 7–0 | — |
| 2 | Punjab | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | CISF Protectors | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | | — | 0–3 | — | — |
| 4 | Mumbai City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | | 0–8 | — | 0–2 | — |

#### Matches
### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARM | JAM | CHN | ASR |
| 1 | Indian Army | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 2 | Jamshedpur (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Chennaiyin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | | 0–1 | — | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Assam Rifles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | | — | — | — | — |

#### Matches
### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NEU | BDO | OFC | BSF |
| 1 | NorthEast United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage | — | — | 5–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Bodoland (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–3 |
| 3 | Odisha | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | | — | — | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | BSF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | | — | — | — | — |

#### Matches
### Group F

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SHI | GOA | TRI | RDU |
| 1 | Shillong Lajong (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage | — | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Goa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–3 |
| 3 | Tribhuvan Army | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Rangdajied United (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | | — | — | 0–2 | — |

#### Matches
## Ranking of 2nd placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | C | Punjab | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | A | East Bengal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | F | Goa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | |
| 4 | D | Jamshedpur | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |
| 5 | E | Bodoland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | |
| 6 | B | Mohammedan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |