Hockey’s new season to begin through women’s hockey

DHAKA – The Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) will begin the new season through women’s hockey tournament from the last week of this month.

The federation has also planned to host a number of international and national events in the New Year.

Talking to BSS today, the BHF acting general secretary Mohammad Yousuf said they would host two big international tournaments and a number of domestic competitions in the New Year to bring back hockey in the field as most of the hockey’s events were postponed due to COVID—19 pandemic last year.

Yousuf said the women’s hockey tournament will begin from the end of this month and the women’s hockey tournament with district teams will be invited to participate in the meet. The tournament will be followed by Shaheed Smrity Hockey to be held in February.

The Asian Champions Trophy Hockey will be held from March 11-19 at Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in Dhaka. The Independence Cup Hockey will be held just after the end of Asia Cup, he said.

The Men’s Hockey Junior Asia Cup will be held from July 1-10, Yousuf added.

The BHF acting general secretary said apart from those events, they have also planned to arrange premier league hockey, Victory Day Hockey, corporate hockey and more domestic competitions this year.

Meanwhile, the hockey’s men’s senior team’s training camp will begin from January 11 under the supervision of coach Mahbub Harun at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium ahead of the Men’s Champions Trophy.

The BHF already picked up thirty two hockey players for the camp. The players are expected to report to the coach the day before the start of the camp.

The Champions Trophy was originally scheduled to be held from November 17 to 27. In August last year the Asian Hockey Federation postponed the tournament because of the COVID-19 pandemic.BSS