Hockey World Cup For Juniors: Pakistan Team Arrives At Bhubaneswar

Hockey world cup for juniors: Pakistan team arrives at Bhubaneswar

By Biswa Bhushan Mahapatra Bhubaneswar : , Saturday, November 20th, 2008: The Pakistani team arrived in Bhubaneswar for the FIH ODH Hockey Men’s Jr World Cup.They are the fourteenth of 16 teams that will compete in the event.

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Hockey India welcomed the Pakistan team in India in a tweet sa’d: “Here’s wishing all the best for FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2021”

The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), which applied for the travel document, allegedly delayed the application of the Indian High Commission and denied the visas to the Pakistani team.

In 1979, Pakistan took home the Junior Men’s World Cup title.

The last time Pakistan was represented in India at any hockey event was 2018, when Pakistan’s senior team took part in the Bhubaneswar men’s cup.

Pakistan has a controversial past of playing in Bhubaneswar.Local hockey fans remember the aggressive, obscene behavior of senior Pakistani team members following their victory against India at the Kalinga Stadium’s 2014 Champions Trophy.

After India had reopened Kartarpur Sahib, the Pakistani team visited Bhubaneswar.

After arriving in New Delhi, the Pakistani team visited their High Commission and then traveled to Bhubaneswar.On Sunday, the team will face Chile in a practice match.

Pakistan, along with Argentina and Germany as well as Egypt, are in Group D.They will begin their campaign against Germany on November 24, former champions.

South Africa, South Korea and Pakistan are also present in Karachi on Saturday.

The group of South Africa, Belgium, Chile and Malaysia are all in Pool A.This will make for an interesting start to the group stage.

It’s been two difficult years because of the pandemic.There was a lot of preparations and training that got disrupted.We have done our best to prepare back home.We have no excuses.Every team has experienced similar problems, so we’re ready for anything,” Sihle Ntuli (South Africa Head Coach) said.

Ntuli, who is excited to be competing in Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium said that it was the “best stadium in the World” and was very grateful for the chance to see his players play there.”We are extremely excited.”

Soung Min Bae, Korea’s team captain, said that they were prepared to host the World Cup in Donghae in Korea.Our team has grown stronger because we held a national camp in which each player had to participate in at least 10 matches.He said that although our players are not used to playing in such large stadiums, they have the experience and confidence to improve as the tournament goes on.”

South Africa will play Belgium on November 24th, while Korea will be taking on the Dutch on November 25th.Korea is in Group C with Spain, Spain and the USA.

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