The International Hockey Federation (FIH) today officially announced the
pools for the XXVIII Olympics, held in Athens this August.

The pools are:

Men’s Tournament

Pool A

Egypt

Germany

Great Britain

Korea

Pakistan

Spain

Pool B

Argentina

Australia

India

Netherlands

New Zealand

South Africa **

** Subject to the outcome of the CAS Arbitration

Women’s Tournament

Pool A

Argentina

China

Japan

Spain

Pool B

Australia

Germany

Korea

Netherlands

The pools have been composed in compliance with the FIH Tournament
Regulations, which are available on www.WorldHockey.org.

The Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) will hear the appeal by the Hellenic
Hockey Federation in relation to its participation in the Games, in Lausanne
on 19 May 2004. Once the outcome of this matter is known, the position of
South Africa in the men’s competition will be finalised.

As soon as the match schedule for the women’s competition is confirmed,
there will be a joint press release issued by ATHOC and FIH. However, the
match schedule for the men’s competition will not be finalised until the
decision of CAS is known.