Defending champions Punjab [ Images ] will take on Services while hosts Jammu and Kashmir [ Images ] face Kerala [ Images ] on the first day of the quarter-final league stage in the 62nd Santosh Trophy National Football Championship in Srinagar [ Images ] on June 5.

Punjab, Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir and Services are clubbed in Group A, while Group B comprises West Bengal [ Images ], Maharashtra [ Images ], Karnataka [ Images ] and Goa [ Images ], according to the draw announced on Tuesday.

The four teams in each group will play a round-robin league and top two will qualify for the semi-finals.

Punjab, West Bengal, Kerala and Maharashtra had been given direct entry into the last eight stage as the last edition's semi-finalists while J&K, Services, Goa and Karnataka made the grade after the pre-quarter-final round.

The semi-finals will be on June 12 and 13 and the final on June 15.