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Stage set for 40th Surjit Hockey tournament kicks off in Jalandhar today
The tournament will be inaugurated by cabinet minister Balkar Singh and the opening match will be played between Indian Navy Mumbai and FCI New Delhi.
The 40th Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament will start at the local Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium, Burlton Park, from Wednesday onwards.
The tournament will be inaugurated by cabinet minister Balkar Singh and the opening match will be played between Indian Navy Mumbai and FCI New Delhi.
Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal said the 40th edition of the tournament would be played on a knockout-cum-league basis. Last year’s champions Indian Railways, New Delhi, Army-XI, Delhi and Punjab National Bank, New Delhi have been placed in Pool-A, while last year’s runners-up Indian Oil, Mumbai, former champions Punjab and Sind Bank, New Delhi and the Indian Air Force, Delhi has been seeded in Pool-B.
The two teams will qualify from the knockout stage. The teams to play the league stage are namely BSF, Jalandhar, Punjab Police, Indian Navy, Mumbai, CAG, New Delhi and FCI, New Delhi. The other teams in this round are CRPF, Delhi, Army (Green), Bangalore, RCF, Kapurthala, ITBP Chandigarh and CISF, New Delhi.
