AIFF Media Team
NEW DELHI: The draw for the 2025-26 Indian Women’s League 2 Group Stage was conducted on Friday, February 20, 2026. It will be the third season of the second tier of the Indian women’s football league system.
It saw a total of 14 teams split into two groups of five each and one group of four. The group stage will be played in a single round-robin format in two centralised locations in Kerala and Karnataka between March 20 and 29, 2026.
The top two teams from each group will qualify for the IWL 2 Final Round. The top two teams in the Final Round will be promoted to the 2026-27 Indian Women’s League. Garhwal United FC were the champions of the previous edition of the IWL 2 last season. They were promoted to the 2025-26 IWL alongside Sesa FA.
2025-26 Indian Women’s League 2 Group Stage Draw
GROUP A (Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, Bengaluru):
Roots FC (hosts)
Odisha FC
Mumbai Knights FC
DFA Raisen
Juba Sangha FC
GROUP B (Corporation Stadium, Thrissur):
Kerala United FC (hosts)
KASA Girls FC
HOPS FC
Krida Prabodhini Pune
DKR Football Academy
GROUP C (Padukone – Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, Bengaluru):
Kemp FC (hosts)
MGM Ambush FC
FC Imphal
Suruchi Sangha FC
