Indian Women’s League 2020 to begin on Jan 24 - Know the participants

The fourth edition of the Indian Women's League (IWL) will start from January 24 at the Bangalore Football Stadium in Bengaluru and will go on until February 13. The teams that have made it to the final round are from Maharashtra, Manipur, Gujarat, Orissa, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab, West Bengal and the Rest of India zones.

The defending champions are Sethu FC, who beat Manipur Police SC 3-1 last year in the final, when the league was played in Ludhiana, Punjab over a span of 18 days. A total of 12 teams had participated in the league last year, with the number remaining unchanged this year as well.

The 12 teams have been divided into two groups of six teams with each playing the other once in the group. The semi-final will be played between the top two teams from each group. The first game will be played between Kryphsa of Manipur and Kickstart FC of Karnataka. All the matches have kick-off timings of 12 PM and 3 PM IST.

11 teams have been confirmed to participate - BBK DAV

Football Club (Punjab), Kickstart FC (Karnataka), Football Club Kolhapur City

(Maharashtra), Kangchup Road Young Physical & Sports Association - Kryphsa

(Manipur), Baroda Football Academy (Gujarat), Kenkre FC (Maharashtra), East Coast

Railway (Odisha), Bangalore United Football Club (Karnataka), SSB Women

Football Club (West Bengal), Bidesh XI Sports Club (Goa), and Sethu FC (Tamil

Nadu)

As for the 12th team, there will be a Rest of India fixture played

between Gokulam Kerala FC and FC Alakhpura to decide which team gets to

participate in the league.