Where Steel Plant Sports Board, Manipur Hockey, Services
Sports Control Board and Bengal Hockey Association were seen battling it out to
become the Champions as semi-finalists at the 4th edition of Hockey India
Junior National Championship 2014, Steel Plant Sports Board proved their mettle
and emerged as the champions of last year's all important tournament.
The 36 participating teams will be divided into two divisions
- A & B. Where Division A consists of 16 teams, further divided into 4
Pools with 4 teams in each pool, Division B will see 20 teams further divided
into 4 Pools with 5 teams each.
Speaking on the occasion Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad, Hockey India Secretary
General said, “The 5th season of Junior Men National Championship is all
set to commence and we are set to witness yet again a season of exhilarating
hockey where these players will give cut throat competition to each other. We
will use the upcoming National back to back National Championships to identify
talent and take them to the next level. I am sure these young stars will give
us enough reasons to consider them for the International arena”.
The matches will be played in a phased manner with division
B first completing its sets of matches and the same will be played from April
1to 12. Teams under Division A will play their matches from April 14 and will
go on till April 22, 2015 in Mysore ,
Karnataka.
The inaugural match of the season will be played between The
Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd. and Goans Hockey of division B at 7:30 am.
The champions of the 4th edition, Steel Plant Sports Board were placed in Pool
A, will be taking on Hockey Maharashtra in the second match on the opening day,
when Division A kick starts on April 14.
HI Press release
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