ALUVA: The Mahatma Gandhi University inter-Collegiate men’s hockey championship begins at the Union Christian College Ground here on Monday.

Five teams will figure in the league-cum-knock-out event. Kottayam’s CMS College will meet Bharatha Matha in the championship’s only knock-out match on Monday.

The winner will join three others — defending champion St. Albert’s, last year’s runner-up Maharaja’s and host UC in the league phase which will decide the winner. — Principal Correspondent