Date:07/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/07/stories/2008050755801700.htm

Sport - Hockey

Women’s hockey groupings

Chennai: The Netherlands and Australia head the A and B pools respectively for the women’s hockey competition at the Beijing Olympics in August.

The match schedule for both men and women will be released during the second week of this month.

The women’s groupings:

Pool A: Netherlands (world rank 1), Australia (4), China (5), Spain (8), Korea (9) and South Africa (12);

Pool B: Argentina (2), Germany (3), Japan (6), New Zealand (7), Great Britain (10) and USA (11).