DESCRIPTION:
* Altogether 20 teams, including two from Odisha, would vie for the title in this championship.
* Teams have been placed in four pools and after completion of pool league matches, top two teams from each pool would qualify for quarterfinals.
* Hockey Odisha have been placed in Pool-D along with Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy, Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu, Hockey Maharashtra and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Hockey Association.
* Pool-B has been formed with Hockey Gangpur-Odisha, Hockey Haryana, Hockey Bhopal, Chhattisgarh Hockey and Hockey Uttarakhand.
FIXTURE OF ODISHA TEAMS:
May 4: Hockey Gangpur-Odisha vs Hockey Uttarakhand; Hockey Odisha vs Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu.
May 5: Hockey Gangpur-Odisha vs Hockey Bhopal.
May 6: Hockey Odisha vs Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy.
May 7: Hockey Gangpur-Odisha vs Hockey Chhattisgarh; Hockey Odisha vs Dadra & Nagar Haveli Hockey Association.
May 9: Hockey Gangpur-Odisha vs Hockey Haryana; Hockey Odisha vs Hockey Maharashtra.
May 11: Quarterfinals
May 13: Semifinals
May 14: FINAL