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Melbourne will host the Champions Trophy men’s field hockey tournament in December, giving Australia a chance to claim a fifth-straight title on home soil. [caption id=“attachment_302453” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“The announcement allows Australia a chance to claim a fifth-straight title on home soil. Reuters”]  [/caption] The tournament, which will be held from Dec. 1 to 9 at the State Netball and Hockey Centre, has been awarded to Melbourne for the second time in four years. Australia won its fourth-straight Champions Trophy title at the 2011 tournament in Auckland, New Zealand. Eight teams contest the trophy, including the top-five teams from last year’s tournament, the winner of the Champions Challenge and two nations invited by field hockey’s world governing body. AP
Eight teams contest the trophy, including the top-five teams from last year’s tournament, the winner of the Champions Challenge and two nations invited by field hockey’s world governing body.
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