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Olympic hockey pools announced

India have been grouped along with Australia, Poland, South Africa, South Korea and Spain for the men's competition in the coming Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

The International Hockey Federation today announced the pools for the men's and women's hockey tournaments at the Games. The competition will be held from 16-30 September at the State Hockey Centre, Sydney Olympic Park.

Women's Tournament:

Pool A: Argentina, Australia, Great Britain, South Korea, Spain
Pool B: China, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa
First reserve country - USA.

Men's Tournament:

Pool A: Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Malaysia, Netherlands, Pakistan
Pool B: Australia, India, Poland, *South Africa, South Korea, Spain
First reserve country - Argentina

The pools were determined taking into account the results of the men's and women's qualifying tournaments for the Olympic Games, the 1998 World Cups, the 1998 and 1999 Champions Trophies, and the most recent Continental Cups.

The final match schedule will be released as soon as it is finalised.

*The National Olympic Committee of South Africa had previously stated that it did not intend to include the men's hockey team in South Africa's Olympic contingent. However, negotiations are still underway regarding the possible reversal of this decision. The FIH is waiting until these negotiations are complete before officially announcing a replacement team, if necessary, which would be the first reserve team for the men's hockey tournament.