Indian junior hockey teams qualify for Youth Olympic Games
The HinduThe Indian junior men’s and women’s teams have qualified for the Hockey 5’s competition at the Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games to be held from October 6 to 18, International Hockey Federation announced on Thursday. The hockey tournament at the Games will follow the Hockey 5s format where a total of 12 teams in both men’s and women’s category will compete between October 7 to 14 at Youth Olympic Park. “Both the Junior Men’s and Women’s teams have worked really hard to qualify for the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games. “The Hockey 5s format is very fast-paced and I feel that both our teams are very well equipped to be able to perform exceptionally at the Games in Argentina come October.” The teams had qualified for the event after participating in the Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers in Bangkok, Thailand in April where the men’s team defeated Malaysia 2-1 in the finals in shootout, while the women’s team finished runner-up after losing 1-4 to China in its summit clash.