Seven teams have direct entries into the tournament while three others will be decided in a six-team qualifier to be played at Hyderabad from Sept. 19 to 21.
The seven teams with assured places in the main tournament are: South Australia Redbacks and New South Wales Blues from Australia, Warriors and Cape Cobras from South Africa, and Indian teams Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians.
The teams confirmed for the qualifying tournament are Kolkata Knight Riders of India, Trinidad and Tobago of the West Indies and Auckland Aces of New Zealand.
Two other teams from England and one from Sri Lanka, which are yet to be confirmed, will complete the line-up for the qualifying tournament.
New South Wales Blues won the inaugural edition of the Champions League in 2009 while Mahendra Singh Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings to last year’s title.
