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Champions Trophy hockey fixtures revised

December 07, 2005 21:55 IST
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The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has agreed to a combined request from Doordarshan and the Indian Hockey Federation for a late reschedule of the Sahara Champions Trophy, which will be held in Chennai from December 10 to 18.

Doordarshan had requested that India's matches be rescheduled to 1830 IST in order to screen the games live on its nationwide terrestrial channel. 

Delayed highlights of other nations matches will also be screened the following morning on its satellite channel, DD Sports.

In a statement, the FIH said, "In order to keep the match programme as equitable as possible and to guarantee all teams the required amount of rest between matches, the FIH has been required to completely reschedule all matches, details below. 

"Though some of the teams will now be required to play a greater number of matches earlier in the day, normal weather conditions in Chennai at this time of year provide relatively little difference in temperature and humidity between the match times."

The revised fixtures:

Date Match # IST GMT Match
Sat 10 Dec 2005 01 16h30 1100 Germany vs Australia
02 18h30 1300 Spain vs India
03 20h30 1500 Netherlands vs Pakistan
Sun 11 Dec 2005 04 16h30 1100 Australia vs Spain
05 18h30 1300 Pakistan vs India
06 20h30 1500 Netherlands vs Germany
Mon 12 Dec 2005 Rest Day
Tue 13 Dec 2005 07 16h30 1100 Netherlands vs Spain
08 18h30 1300 India vs Australia
09 20h30 1500 Pakistan vs Germany
Wed 14 Dec 2005 10 16h30 1100 Australia vs Netherlands
11 18h30 1300 India vs Germany
12 20h30 1500 Pakistan vs Spain
Thu 15 Dec 2005 Rest Day
Fri 16 Dec 2005 13 16h30 1100 Spain vs Germany
14 18h30 1300 India vs Netherlands
15 20h30 1500 Pakistan vs Australia
Sat 17 Dec 2005 Rest Day
Sun 18 Dec 2005 16 15h00 0930 5th vs 6th
17 17h30 1200 3rd vs 4th
18 20h00 1430 1st vs 2nd

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