{"id":6443,"date":"2012-05-22T11:11:20","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T11:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6443"},"modified":"2012-05-22T11:11:20","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T11:11:20","slug":"london-olympics-india-to-face-holland-in-first-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6443","title":{"rendered":"London Olympics: India to face Holland in first match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/hock-men.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"London Olympics: India to face Holland in first match\" width=\"250\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>Bangalore<\/strong>: India face Netherlands in their first match in the <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=2012+Olympics&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=2012+Olympics&amp;sa=Search\">2012 Olympics<\/a> hockey competition in London on July 30, according to the schedule released by the International Hockey Federation (IHF) Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>India, ranked No.10, are clubbed with holders Germany (No.2), Korea (6), New Zealand (7) and Belgium (11), besides the Netherlands in Pool B of the 12-team competition that will be held from July 30 to August 11.<\/p>\n<p>Pool A has world champions and top-ranked Australia, Great Britain (4), Spain (5), Pakistan (8), Argentina (9) and South Africa (12).<\/p>\n<p>India next play New Zealand August 1, Germany August 3 and Korea August 5 before concluding their league engagements with a game against Belgium August 7.<\/p>\n<p>The final classification matches, including the medal games, are scheduled for August 9 and 11, according to the FIH press release.<\/p>\n<p>The groupings for the women&#8217;s competition are:<\/p>\n<p>Pool A: Netherlands (1), Great Britain (4), China (5), Korea (8), Japan (9) and Belgium (16). <\/p>\n<p>Pool B: Argentina (2), Germany (3), New Zealand (6), Australia (7), US (10) and South Africa (12).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>(IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/hock-men.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"London Olympics: India to face Holland in first match\" width=\"250\" style=\"float: left; 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