Hindustan Football Club will open their campaign against newly-promoted Uttrakhand FC in the inaugural match on July 25 while another newly-promoted Indian Air Force (New Delhi) will take on Delhi United FC in the second match of the day.
Top four teams from each group will qualify for the round-robin league while bottom two from each group will face relegation to the lower division.
The groupings of participating teams were decided in the meeting of club secretaries held at DSA office.