MUMBAI: The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) has released the full schedule for the Men’s Junior Asia Cup 2021, scheduled to take place in Dhaka from July 1-10.
India have been bracketed in Pool A with Pakistan, South Korea, Bangladesh and Chinese Taipei.
Ten teams are participating in this event, which was postponed twice because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pool B consists of Malaysia, Singapore, Uzbekistan, China and Japan.
It is first time that this tournament will have ten teams competing.
The tournament, which will be held at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in Dhaka, is the qualifying round for Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup. The top three teams of this tournament will qualify for the World Cup.
The AHF, while confirming the dates for the event, stated: ‘It is important to state that, in accordance with the relevant guidance from FIH, eligibility for these postponed event dates will remain as before, i.e. players will be eligible to participate in the Bangabandhu Al-Arafah Islami Bank Men’s Junior Asia Cup 2021 if they are born on or after 1 January 1999.”
