2021 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

The 2021 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup will be the 9th edition of the Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup, the men's international under-21 field hockey championship of Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It was originally scheduled to take place from 4 to 12 June 2020 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1]

2021 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
CityDhaka
Dates1–10 July
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium
2015 (previous)

The tournament serves as the Asian qualifier for the 2021 FIH Junior World Cup, with the top four qualifying.[2]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was postponed on 26 March 2020 to a yet to be determined date.[3] In September 2020 it was announced that the tournament will take place from 21 to 30 January 2021.[4] The tournament was postponed for the second time in November 2020 to July 2021.[5]

Qualification

The top six teams from the 2015 edition qualified directly and they were joined by the top four from the 2019 Junior AHF Cup.[6]

Qualified teams

The following teams have qualified for the tournament.

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
14–22 November 2015 2015 Junior Asia Cup Kuantan, Malaysia 6  Bangladesh
 India
 Japan
 Malaysia
 Pakistan
 South Korea
5–14 December 2019 2019 Junior AHF Cup Muscat, Oman 4  China
 Chinese Taipei
 Oman
 Uzbekistan
Total 10

See also

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