[3] From 2014, the tournament was divided into five zones, namely Kolkata, Mumbai, Shillong, Goa and Rest of India.

For younger categories, in most cases teams play each other in their respective zonal groups twice – home and away.

For Youth League, the latest tournament took place across ten venues, with single round-robin format in the group and knockout stage.

The most successful team currently is AIFF Elite Academy, who won three titles.

On 7 December 2018 AIFF decided to change its name to Hero Elite League.