Men’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 hockey India, Pakistan in same group

MUMBAI: Archrivals India and Pakistan have been grouped into the same Pool in the 10-team Men’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 to be played at Salalah, Oman from May 23 to June 1. They will clash in a much-anticipated encounter on May 27 in a Pool-A match.

The best young Asian men’s hockey teams will compete in the top event for junior men in the Continent for the title and the three spots up for grabs for the upcoming FIH Junior Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023, to be played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The ten participating teams have been split into two pools, with Pool A comprising Chinese Taipei, India, Japan, Pakistan and Thailand. In Pool B hosts Oman will be joined by Bangladesh, Korea, Malaysia and Uzbekistan.

Each team in the pool stage will play the other four teams in their pool once.

The top two teams in both pools will qualify for the semifinals, while the teams in third and fourth positions will compete for the 5-8 place classification. The teams finishing in fifth place in both pools will go head-to-head to avoid finishing in tenth place. IANS

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