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New Zealand replaced India as hosts of this year's Champions Trophy to be held in December, the President of International Hockey Federation (FIH), Leandro Negre announced on Tuesday. Negre informed that it was impossible to revoke the decision of withdrawing the hosting rights from India after meeting with Indian Olympic Association (IOA) acting president, V K Malhotra in New Delhi. The development came just hours before a meeting between top officials of the FIH and the sports ministry, where the ministry was expected to raise the issue of shifting of the event with the world body.