New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS): The fourth edition of the Hockey India (HI) women's National Championship will be played in Bhopal from March 13-23.

Thirty-two teams will compete in a tournament which will be played on a league-cum-knockout basis at the Aish Bagh Hockey Stadium and Hockey Stadium Mayur Park.

The tourney will be played in two phases -- Division A and B -- with 16 teams in each half. Division B will be played from March 13-20 while Division A will be played from March 18-23. Each division will have four pools with four teams.

Vidarbha Hockey Association and Hockey Gangpur, Odisha, will be debuting in this edition. The inaugural match of Division B will be played between Assam and Goa in Pool A March 13 and the final Division B game will be March 20.

In Division A, the first encounter will be between defending champions Haryana and Odisha March 18 and the final one March 23. Haryana defeated Railways 4-1 in last year's final.