BENGALURU: The Karnataka State Police will host the prestigious 70th All India Police Hockey Championships which gets underway at the Field Marshal KM Cariappa Hockey Stadium in Bengaluru from 2nd to 11th December.
A total of 30 teams, including six women’s teams, will vie for top honours in the tournament, which was previously won by Central Reserve Police Force. Border Security Force had finished runners-up and Odisha Police finished third.
The event’s logo was launched here Wednesday.
In the men’s category, CRPF Delhi is grouped with Madhya Pradesh and Chandigarh in Pool A, while BSF Jalandhar, Uttarakhand and Punjab are grouped in Pool B. Odisha Police, SSB and Gujarat are in pool C. Haryana Police, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh are grouped in Pool D while Chhattisgarh, Puducherry and Jharkhand are in Pool E. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Manipur are in Pool F. CISF, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir are in Pool G while Pool H features ITBP, Rajasthan and Kerala.
In the women’s category, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and CRPF are grouped in Pool A while Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and SSB are in Pool B.
The tournament also features some of the top international hockey players including India’s star striker Ramandeep Singh and Baljit Singh among others turning up for their respective teams.
