~ 18 teams will vie for top honours along with Defending Champions Railway Sports Promotion Board ~
Bengaluru, 25th February: Hockey stars from 18 departments have descended in Bengaluru for the 3rd Hockey India Senior Men Inter-Department National Championship 2023 which will be held at the Field Marshal KM Cariappa Hockey Arena from Sunday, 26th February. The inaugural edition of this prestigious tournament was also held in Bengaluru in 2021.
The 18 teams are divided into four pools. Railways Sports Promotion Board are grouped in pool A with Central Reserve Police Force, Food Corporation of India, Air India Sports Promotion Board, Sports Authority of Gujarat - Hockey Academy.
In pool B, last year's finalist Petroleum Sports Promotion Board are grouped with Sports Authority of India, Canara Bank, All India Police Sports Control Board and Tamil Nadu Police while in pool C, Services Sports Control Board, Cromptroller and Auditor General of India, Central Industrial Security Force and BSES (Delhi) will fight to make it to the next round.
In pool D, Punjab National Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank, ITBP Central Hockey Team and Sashastra Seema Bal will take on each other.
"The tournament promises to be accelerating with the best departmental teams taking part. We saw some exceptional talent in the previous editions of this tournament, some of whom also received a call-up to the Senior Men's National Coaching Camp. We look forward to unearthing more such talent this edition who can fight for a place in the 33-member core probable group," said Hockey India President Padma Shri Dr Dilip Tirkey.
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