2024 Durand Cup group stage

The 2024 IndianOil Durand Cup group stage will be played from July to 31 August 2024.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

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:

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. 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;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Drawing of lots.

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.^[2] 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)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MBG	EAB	DTH	IAF
1	Mohun Bagan (H)	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7	7	Advanced to knockout stage		—	CAN[a]	1–0	6–0
2	East Bengal (H)	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7			—	—	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	—

Pos	Team	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	—

Pos	Team	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			—	—	—	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	—

Pos	Team	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			—	—	—	—

Pos	Team	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			—	—	—	—

Pos	Team	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	—

Pos	Grp	Team	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
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