The 2024 Kalinga Super Cup held in Odisha from January 9 to 28, 2024. A total of 16 teams, consisting of 12 ISL and 4 I-League, compete in the group stage to decide the 4 places in the knockout stage.
The draw for the group stage was conducted at the AIFF Football House in New Delhi on Monday, December 18, 2023.
The teams were divided into four pots, with the 12 Indian Super League teams placed in Pots 1–3, according to their points per match in the ISL 2023-24 as of December 17, 2023. The three I-League teams were in Pot 4.
Five I-League teams confirmed their participation in the Kalinga Super Cup – Gokulam Kerala FC, Sreenidi Deccan FC, Shillong Lajong FC, Inter Kashi, and Rajasthan United FC. The top three of these teams, as per the I-League 2023-24 standings after the matches on December 24, 2023, qualified directly for the Kalinga Super Cup group stage as I-League 1, I-League 2, and I-League 3, respectively. The bottom two teams contested a single-leg qualifying play-off on January 9 to determine the fourth and final I-League team in the group stage. This team, known as I-League 4, was not included in the draw pot and automatically got placed in Group D at Position D4.
| width=25% | Pot 1 | width=25% | Pot 2 | width=25% | Pot 3 | width=25% | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mumbai City Goa Mohun Bagan Kerala Blasters | Bengaluru Jamshedpur Hyderabad Punjab | I-League 1 I-League 2 I-League 3 |
Each group was played in a single round-robin format. The top team advanced to the knockout stage.
The teams were ranked according to points. When tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order: