Hockey India Woman Academy kicked off the National Championship on Wednesday

A total of 14 teams will compete for the top honors in the 1st Hockey India Junior Women’s Academy National Championship 2021, while 10 teams will compete in the 1st Hockey India Sub-Junior Women’s Academy National Championship 2021, which will take place in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. With two tournaments to be held at the prestigious Kalinga Hockey Stadium, which has hosted a number of international tournaments including the prestigious FIH Men’s World Cup in 2018, participants are eagerly awaiting to showcase their skills at the world-class stadium.

Welcoming the initiative of Hockey India to host a special championship for academies, SAI-Academy coach, Pradeep Kumar Sarangi said: “A national championship specially organized for academies was raised by Hockey India a lot Good move. Upcoming players and create healthy competition against various academies. Our players are very excited to play here at Kalinga Stadium. “

After making several top women players including Junior India Women Captain Suman Devi Thudam, Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy has been considered a favorite. But his coach Paramjit Singh remained restrained by his chance.

Coach Paramjit Singh said, “First of all, I think this is a great opportunity to better myself for the future. Earlier academies used to have a small group of players where the same players played two or three championships.”

“With the introduction of new rules by Hockey India where a player can participate in only one tournament, this will ensure that the academies will work on creating a larger group of players in the sub-junior and junior categories. However this year, the epidemic The reason, we have. Not being able to bring in our strongest teams, we will know how to plan this tournament and produce good players at the lower levels. “

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The semifinal on March 24 at the first Hockey India Sub-Junior Women’s Academy National Championship 2021 will be followed by six days of pool matches. The bronze and gold medalists will be decided on 25 March.

While the 1st Hockey India Junior Women’s Academy National Championship 2021 will have a six-day pool match, followed by the semi-finals and finals on March 25, as well as the bronze medal playoff on March 26.