As many as 16 teams will be seen in action in the 2002-03 Federation Cup football tournament, which will kick-off on July 26 at YBK stadium, in Kolkata [ Images ].

Mohammedan Sporting Club will take on Indian Telephone Industries while Indian Bank [ Get Quote ] will lock horns with Salgaocar on the opening day of the tournament, All India Football Federation secretary Alberto Colaco said in a statement on Thursday.

Colaco also released fixtures of the tournament. The final is scheduled for August 8.

The other teams in the fray are Mohun Bagan, State Bank of Travancore [ Get Quote ], Churchill Bros, JCT, East Bengal, HAL, DTDC Tollygunge, Vasco SC, Sporting Clube, Mahindra United, Air-India and Dempo SC.