Leandro Negre, the President of the FIH, said: "It is a pleasure for us welcoming The Steel Authority of India to the International Hockey world.

 

"This is an inaugural partnership and an event of this magnitude requires strong support in order to deliver a world-class event."

 

S.K. Roongta, the chairman of SAIL, said: "At SAIL, we are very pleased to be associated with the apex event in International Hockey.

 

"We believe that like our company, hockey reaches out to every Indian and we cannot be prouder of this association.

 

"Like we say, there is a little bit of SAIL in everyone’s life."