A total of 29 teams will be out for the trophy in the 12th Hockey India Sub-Junior Men’s National Championship 2022, starting on Wednesday. Eight days of pool matches will be followed by the quarter-finals on May 12, the semi-finals on May 14 and the medal matches on May 15.
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The participating teams are divided into eight pools. Hockey Jharkhand, Hockey Gujarat and Hockey Uttarakhand will be in Pool A, while Hockey Haryana, Hockey Karnataka and Chhattisgarh will be in Pool B.
Pool C comprises of Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu and Hockey Bengal, while Pool D comprises of Manipur Hockey, Hockey Rajasthan, Hockey Himachal and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Hockey.
Hockey Association of Odisha, Hockey Andhra Pradesh, Kerala Hockey and Hockey Mizoram are in Pool E, while Hockey Punjab, Delhi Hockey, Le Puducherry Hockey and Goa Hockey are placed in Pool F. The teams in Pool G are Hockey Bihar, Hockey Arunachal. , Telangana Hockey and Hockey Jammu and Kashmir, while Pool H consists of Hockey Chandigarh, Hockey Maharashtra, Hockey Madhya Pradesh and Assam Hockey.
Speaking about the chances of defending the title, Hockey Jharkhand coach Anu Rahul Minz said, “We are confident of making the semi-finals, and if things go well, we hope to do what we did last year. Will repeat it. The team has a good mix of young and fresh players, who will be playing nationals for the first time. The players have worked hard and are ready to defend the title.”
Parveen Mor, the coach of the team (Hockey Haryana), which won the tournament last year, said, “The preparations for the tournament have been excellent. There are many new players in the team. He is really excited to represent Haryana at the national level. We are confident of reaching the final, but for that we have to go match by match and play good hockey.”
Hockey Maharashtra coach Aniket More said, “This will be my first experience of coaching a sub-junior team, so personally I am very excited about the tournament. We have been training for 15 days, and are shaping up really well for the competition. The enthusiasm in the team is really high; We hope to reach the semi-finals.”
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