DESCRIPTION:
*     Altogether 20 teams, including two from Odisha, would compete in this championship.
*     Teams have been placed in pools and after completion of pool league matches, top two finishers from each pool would qualify for quarterfinals.

POOLS & TEAMS:
Pool-A: Railway Sports Promotion Board, Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy, Hockey Odisha, Hockey Bhopal.
Pool-B: Punjab & Sind Bank, Air India Sports Promotion Board, Hockey Gangpur-Odisha, Hockey Haryana, Hockey Jharkhand.
Pool-C: Hockey Punjab, The Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd, Services Sports Control Board, Hockey Karnataka, Petroleum Sports Promotion Board.
Pool-D: Hockey Chandigarh, Comptroller & Auditor General of India, Association of Indian Universitites, Namdhari XI, Central Reserve Police Force.

MATCH SCHEDULE OF ODISHA TEAMS:
March 15: Hockey Gangpur-Odisha vs Air India Sports Promotion Board and Hockey Odisha vs Railway Sports Promotion Board.
March 16: Hockey Gangpur-Odisha vs Punjab & Sind Bank and Hockey Odisha vs Hockey Bhopal.
March 18: Hockey Gangpur-Odisha vs Hockey Haryana Hockey Odisha vs Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy.
March 19: Hockey Gangpur-Odisha vs Hockey Jharkhand
March 20: Hockey Odisha vs Uttar Pradesh Hockey
March 22: Quarterfinals
March 24: Semifinals
March 25: Match for 3rd/4th place and the FINAL.