In Group A, the tournament hosts Bangladesh, will go head-to-head with Nepal, Pakistan, and Bhutan after an exciting ceremony at the Pan Pacific Hotel Sonargaon.
The SAFF Suzuki Cup, the region's premier football tournament, will be played in Bangladesh from September 4 to 15 - marking the third time it has been staged in the country.
India have faced Maldives three times in the SAFF Cup final defeating them in 1997 and 2009 - when the event was last played in Dhaka.
In 2008, the Maldives got the better of their prestigious rivals for what remains as their sole success in the competition.
India are also the defending champions following their success in 2015, when they overcame Afghanistan in the final. The latter team is not competing this year having joined the Central Asian Football Association.
The Bangabandhu National Stadium will host all the matches in September with the top four teams qualifying for the semi-finals.
Bangladesh will hope that the return of the SAFF Suzuki Cup to home turf will mean a second title. When the tournament was hosted by the country for the first time in 2003, the Bangladeshis came out trumps by defeating Maldives on penalties in the final.
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