New Delhi, April 23, 2012: India will take part in the 7th Junior Men
Asia Cup Hockey Championships to be held at Malacca, Malaysia
from May 3-13.
The 8 teams participating in this tournament are divided
into two pools. According to the draws, India
have been placed in pool B along with Pakistan,
China and Sri Lanka while Korea,
Malaysia, Japan and Iran are placed in pool A.
India
will play their opening match against Sri Lanka
on May 4 and will take on arch-rivals Pakistan on May 6.
India won
the last two editions of the tournament at Karachi and Chennai in 2004 and 2008
respectively. This tournament will be the qualifier for the FIH Junior Asia Cup
to be held in 2013.
Indian team will be captained by striker Akashdeep Singh
while defender Amit Rohidas will be the vice-captain.
Hockey India Press release
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