The South Zone qualifiers of the Santosh Trophy National Football Championship will be held in Kochi from October 14.
The matches will be played at the Maharaja's College ground.
Hosts Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar, Puducherry, Telengana and Andhra Pradesh are the teams in the fray.
The seven teams have been divided into two groups.
The group toppers will qualify for the main round.
Six-time former champions Kerala are being coached by Bino George. Bino has coached Gokulam Kerala FC and was also the team's technical director.
Kerala had failed to qualify for the main round last season.
The Kerala team will be announced on Monday.