The silver jubilee Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament will take place from December 15 to 21 at the Shivaji stadium here.
The tournament committee has also decided to introduce U-16 girls' hockey competition for the Delhi NCR schools, which will be held from December 12 to 15.
The 25th edition of the men's tournament will see eight teams -- defending champions BPCL, last year's runners-up CRPF, Air India, ONGC, Indian Oil, PNB, Mandhari XI and Eastern Railways -- participating in the competition.
A committee consisting of eminent hockey experts will select the best player of each match. A fairplay trophy instituted by the State Bank of India will be awarded to a team. Bank of Baroda will present the best player's trophy of the tournament.
