MUMBAI: The Indian Hockey Federation and Nimbus on Thursday announced the dates of the second season of the World Series Hockey (WSH). The five-week long event, which is not recognized by the sport’s world governing body FIH, will be played from December 15 to January 20, 2013.

The inaugural season of the tournament was held in February-March this year, where Sher-E-Punjab had emerged champions. Not much change is expected in the format of the WSH. “As of now, the format would more or less be the same, but we shall take a final call later,” Nimbus COO Yannick Colaco said. Eight teams were involved in the opening season of the WSH.