The Hero Hockey Junior World Cup will be held from December
6-15 and it will be followed by the Hero Hockey World League Finals from
January 10-18.
The Hero Hockey Junior World Cup is held once every four
years and will feature the top 16 men’s junior teams battling for the supreme
title.
Meanwhile, the Hero Hockey World League Finals is the
culmination of a two-year odyssey for the Hockey World League that has seen
more than 60 men’s national teams play through four rounds of competition for
the ultimate prize of becoming the inaugural Hockey World League Champion.
“I can think of no better venue for our inaugural Hockey
World League final tournament than India ,” said FIH President Leandro
Negre. “With this event we are bringing the future of hockey to a country that
has one of the richest traditions in our sport. It is sure to be an action
packed tournament.”
Negre continued, “The Junior World Cup is one of the gems in
our event calendar. We get the see the future of hockey on display. When
looking through past athletes that have competed in the Junior World Cup, it
reads as a who’s who in international hockey.”
Once again Hero Motocorp will have a big influence on both
tournaments. The two-wheel giant will be the title sponsor of both events,
giving both events increased visibility and stature in India and around the globe.
The full line-up of teams for both events will be known once
all of the qualification tournaments are completed, For the Hero Hockey World
League Finals, the teams will be known following the Hockey World League
Semi-Final tournaments in the Netherlands
and Malaysia
this June.
For the Hero Hockey Junior World Cup, the last of the 16
teams was just named when Australia
won the Junior Oceania Cup. Confirmed in the field are: Argentina , Australia ,
Belgium , Canada England, Spain , Egypt ,
France , Germany India, Korea , Malaysia ,
Netherlands , New Zealand
Pakistan and South Africa .
Press release
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