Hosts China will not have any privilege in pitches for their training before the Olympics, said an official in the Hockey Stadium on Tuesday.

Based on justice and equity, a detailed plan on the training of each hockey team had been made since Sunday when the Olympic Green Hockey Stadium opened, said Jin Baolin, an official in charge of the hockey competitions in the stadium.

According to the plan, the two pitches in the hockey stadium and Olympic Sports Center Stadium respectively have been allocated. Each pitch is available to one team once a day, and they can have training there for half an hour each time.

Teams from China, Argentina have already started their pre-Olympic training in Beijing.

Those team can also negotiate with each other on the time and pitch for a warm-up game, noted Jin.

(Xinhua News Agency July 30, 2008)