LAHORE, March 14: Thirty-one teams will take part in the regional round of the national hockey championship to be held in Hyderabad and Islamabad from March 18 to 24.

Following regional teams are taking part:

ISLAMABAD CENTRE:

Pool ‘A’: Peshawar , Gujranwala, Northern Areas, Malakand.

Pool ‘B’: Mardan, Sargodha , Hazara, Faisalabad.

Pool ‘C’: Lahore Reds, A.J.K, D.I. Khan, Bannu.

Pool ‘D’: Islamabad , Rawalpindi , Lahore Whites, Kohat.

HYDERABAD CENTRE:

Pool ‘A’: Karachi Colour, Kalat, Nasirabad, Makran, Bahawalpur.

Pool ‘B’: Quetta , D.G. Khan, Zhob, Mirpur Khas, Karachi Whites.

Pool ‘C’: Multan , Sibi, Larkana, Sukkur, Hyderabad.