"A total of 32 teams representing different states and nearly 650 hockey players will take part in the championship to be played at Aishbagh stadium and Major Dhyan Chand stadium," Madhya Pradesh sports director V K Singh told reporters yesterday.
The 11-day-long championship will be played in two divisions with each having 16 teams.
The matches for the first phase will be held from March 13 while the second phase starts from March 16, he said.
Division A teams: 1. Hockey Haryana 2. Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy 3. Hockey Orissa 4. Chhattisgarh Hockey 5. Railway Sports Promotion Board 6. Uttar Pradesh Hockey 7. Chandigarh Olympic Association 8. Hockey Bihar 9. Hockey Jharkhand 10. Sports Authority of India 11. Mumbai Hockey Association 12. Hockey Bhopal 13. Hockey Punjab 14. Hockey Karnataka 15. Hockey Maharashtra 16. Hockey Kerala.