DD to telecast live final of Surjit hockey tournament

Jalandhar, Nov 5 (UNI) Doordarshan Sports Channel(DD-Sports) will telecast live the final match of the 23rd Indian Oil All India Surjit Hockey Tournament to be played at the Burlton Park Surjit Hockey Stadium here on November 15.

An Organisers' spokesman said here today that formal approval for the telecast had been conveyed by the officials to the organisers.

As many as 20 teams, including a Pakistani team, will participate in the tournament which begins here tomorrow.

While 14 teams will participate in Men's section, six teams will play in the Women's section.

He said that 11 teams including defending Champions India Oil Corporation Mumbai will play directly in the Super League round while three teams will play in initial knock out round to compete for one berth in the super league. Corps of Signals, EME Jalandhar and Sports Authority of India will play in the knock out round and one of these three teams will qualify for the knock round.

Besides this 11 teams--Indian Oil Corporation Mumbai, Railway Coach Factory(RCF) Kapurthala, Border Security Force Jalandhar, Bharat Petroleum, Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) Delhi, Namdhari XI, Punjab Police, Punjab National Bank Delhi, Air India Mumbai, Punjab and Sindh Bank Delhi and Shadman Hockey Club Rawalpindi are grouped in four pools to play super league.

In the Women's section RCF Kapurthala, Central Railway, Pepsu XI, Northen Railway, Western Railway and Chandigarh XI will participate.

While Kukoo Walia would be Umpire Manager, Haribudh Singh Bawa would be Tournament Director.

Besides trophies, winner of the Men's section would get cash prize of Rs One lakh and winner in the Women section would get cash reward of Rs 31,000.

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