Indian Football News: The Kalinga Super Cup will kick off in Odisha from January 9, 2024

Exciting Indian Football news is coming in as The Kalinga Super Cup will kick off in Odisha from January 9, 2024. Both Indian Super League and I-League are invited to take part in the tournament. The tournament will consist of four groups of four teams each, who will play single-leg matches amongst themselves. The group winners will qualify for the semifinals followed by the final to be played on January 28, 2024.

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The I-League teams will play the qualifiers to get into the group stage of the Kalinga Super Cup. Four slots are reserved for them in the group stage. The Champions of Kalinga Super Cup will play in the ACL 2 Preliminary Stage of of AFC 2023-24 season.

AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey said, "As per the decision we took earlier, the annual Super Cup tournament will now be organized in a bigger and broader perspective. The tournament will now be known as the Kalinga Super Cup and will be played in Odisha in January 2024. This is a positive development for Indian domestic football. I am confident the Kalinga Super Cup will be a huge hit both in terms of organization and spectators interest."