On 18 August, the Indian junior men’s hockey team will start their campaign at the 4 Nations Tournament – Dusseldorf 2023 against Spain.
India will compete against Germany on August 19, and England on August 21, while the final match will take place on August 22. The tournament will lay the groundwork for the upcoming FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2023, which is scheduled to be played in Malaysia from 5 December to 16 December, this year.
Vishnukant Singh will act as the Indian Junior Men’s Team captain, while Uttam Singh will be recovering from an injury he suffered during the training camp.
While speaking about the tournament, Vishnukant Singh said, “The tournament is a good opportunity for us to continue our growth and to gain experience of competing against some of the best teams in Europe, ahead of the all-important FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2023. We have strong and experienced players in our squad and we will hope to continue to perform in the same vein we have done in recent tournaments. It will be important for us to get favourable results to gain confidence.”
Indian junior men’s hockey team head coach CR Kumar said, “Spain, Germany and England are all strong teams and we have closely followed their past few games. But our primary focus will remain on implementing our plans and playing according to our strengths. We have worked on certain areas at the camp where we needed to improve upon, and we will stick to our strategies to get positive results on the tour.”