ROTTERDAM, June 4: Six of the world’s best men’s hockey teams will meet here in Rotterdam, Netherlands in the Champions Trophy which is scheduled at the end of June.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) recently launched special website for this elite tournament in which Australia, Argentina, Germany, Korea, Netherlands and Spain will participate.

The Champions Trophy is the ultimate Olympic test and five of the six participants in Rotterdam qualified for Beijing Olympics hockey tournament, to be held in August this year. Only Argentina didn’t make it to the Olympic Games.—Agencies

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