New Zealand will join England, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany and China in Nottingham next summer when England hosts the Samsung Hockey Champions Trophy, Women, Nottingham 2010 - one of the world’s highest profile hockey tournaments featuring six of the top hockey playing nations on the planet.
The final tournament line-up was confirmed on Sunday after New Zealand won the BDO Champions Challenge I event in Cape Town and tickets for the nine day event, being held at Highfields Sports Club in July, go on sale to the public today.
Hosted by England Hockey on behalf of the International Hockey Federation with the support of UK Sport, East Midlands Development Agency, Nottingham City Council, Nottinghamshire County Council and venue hosts Highfields Sports Club, the Champions Trophy is the biggest hockey event staged in England since the 2007 EuroHockey Nations Championships were held in Manchester and nearly 30000 spectators are expected to see the world’s top hockey playing nations in Nottingham from 10-18 July 2010.
Tickets went on sale at 10:00am this morning via the tournament website at www.wct2010.com/tickets with day ticket prices starting at just £12.50 for adults and £7.50 for concessions.
Speaking as the tickets went on public sale, England Hockey Chief Executive Sally Munday said: “We’re really pleased that we have been able to make tickets available to the Hockey Family and to the public some eight months before the tournament.
“With the top teams in the world taking part the Champions Trophy will certainly be a fantastic sporting occasion. Equally, we are looking forward to the Men’s Four Nations Tournament; it will be exciting for spectators to see not only Germany, who are current world and Olympic champions, but also the teams from Japan and New Zealand, whose styles of play are quite different to our own.”
Tickets are currently on sale via the www.wct2010.com website only but will also be available for telephone booking shortly.
Provisional Match Schedule for the Samsung Hockey Champions Trophy, Women, Nottingham 2010
DATE/TIME - MATCH - COMPETITION
Saturday 10 July 2010
11:00 - China v Germany - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
14:00 - Argentina v England - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
16:30 - Netherlands v New Zealand - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
Sunday 11 July 2010
13:30 - Argentina v Germany - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
16:00 - Netherlands v England - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
18:30 - New Zealand v China - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
Tuesday 13 July 2010
11:00 - New Zealand v Argentina - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
13:30 - Germany v England - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
16:00 - China v Netherlands - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
Thursday 15 July 2010
11:00 - Germany v New Zealand - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
13:30 - England v China - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
16:00 - Argentina v Netherlands - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
Saturday 17 July 2010
10:00 - Netherlands v Germany - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
12:30 - England v New Zealand - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
15:00 - China v Argentina - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
Sunday 18 July 2010
09:39 - 5th v 6th - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
12:15 - Bronze Medal Match - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
15:00 - Final - Women’s Champions Trophy 2010
