The 8th Junior National Hockey Championship, 2018 is all set to begin in State Capital from Friday. On the first day of the championship, eight matches will be played by the participants.
The State Capital is hosting the 8th Junior National Hockey Championship which is scheduled to start from April 20 i.e. Friday and will end on May 6. All preparations have been completed for the successful execution of the event. The teams that will be playing in the national championship are reaching Bhopal.
According to the match schedule made by Hockey India, the girls category will have eight matches on the opening day of the championship. Under this, at 7 pm, the Goa Hockey team will play against Andhra Pradesh team at Aishbagh Hockey Stadium.
After that the second match will be played between Bangalore Hockey Association and Hockey Central India, then Assam Hockey will play against Hockey Panchkacheri.
Similarly, at Major Dhyanchand Hockey Stadium, Manipur Hockey team will play against Hockey Bihar team. Following this match, a match between the Sports Authority of Gujarat Hockey Academy and Telangana hockey team will be held and the last match will be between Hockey Rajasthan and Bengal Hockey Association.
Under the championship, matches will be played between Kerala Hockey and Jammu and Kashmir Hockey Teams, Himachal Pradesh Hockey and Madhya Pradesh Hockey teams will play against each other. These matches will be played at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) stadium on the same day.