2023–24 Independence Cup (Bangladesh)

The following thirteen teams were participated in the tournament. ==Venues==

Originally the Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium in Cumilla was included as one of the host venues for the tournament, however, the district cricket league has prevented the Cumilla District Sports Association from lending the district stadium. Thus, instead of four, the tournament were held at three venues locations. ==Round and dates==

The draw ceremony were held on 23 October 2023 at 3rd floor of BFF house Motijheel, Dhaka. There are thirteen teams were divided into four groups. Top two team from each group will through in the Knockout stage. ==Group Summary==

The following officials were chosen for the competition. ;Referees • Jashim Akther (†) • Md Alamgir Sarker (†) • Md Anisur Rahman Sagor (†) • Mahmud Zamil Farouqee Nahid (†) • Md Mizanur Rahman • Golam Mourshed Chowdhury Nayan • Bituraj Barua • Md Jalal Uddin • Md Saymoon Hasan Sany • Bhubon Mohon Torafder ;Assistant Referees • Md Nuruzzaman • Sujoy Barua • Rasel Mahmud • Bituraj Barua • Junayed Sharif • Md Mizanur Rahman • Shafiqul Islam Emon • Bikash Sarker • Md Mahmudul Hasan Mamun • Sheikh Iqbal Alam • Md Shah Alam • Sabuj Kumar Das • Md Shohrab Hossain • Monir Ahmed Dhali (†): working as both referee and assistant referee. ==Qualifying play-offs==

Matches Play-off All times at local (UTC+6) Elimination play-offs ==Group stages==

;Tiebreakers Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings. • Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; • Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; • Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; • If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; • Goal difference in all group matches; • Goals scored in all group matches; • Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group; • Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); • Drawing of lots. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ==Knockout stage==

• In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. Bracket Quarter-finals ---- Semi-finals Final ==Statistics==

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: ==See also==