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India, Canada may be invited for the 2021 Azlan Shah Hockey

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India, Canada may be invited for the 2021 Azlan Shah Hockey
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India and Canada are among the eight teams to be invited for the 2021 edition of the Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament. publive-image Though the tournament this year was not held due to the Corona pandemic, the organizers hope to hold the next edition ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The dates proposed for the next edition of Azlan Shah Hockey are June 18 to 27.
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India will host junior men's Hockey World Cup 2021 They are trying to squeeze in the June dates as some of the European teams will be busy in the European championships to be held from June 4 to 13. educareIt may be pertinent to mention that the 2020 FIH Pro League, which was resumed last week after six months gap, is scheduled to conclude in May next year. Also Read | KKR vs SRH Highlights: Shubhman Gill, Patt Cummins shine as KKR registered 1st win in IPL 2020 Though the FIH has taken no decision about playoffs after the end of the FIH Pro League round, the chances are that the 2020 edition would be without playoff finals.
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Another AHF workshops for Hockey India coaches and technical officials | Sports News,The Indian Express The organizers of the Azlan Shah Hockey hopes to make it 8-nation affairs with the teams divided into two pools of four teams each. Also Read | KXIP vs RR Highlights: Sanju Samson, Rahul Tewatia star as Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI Punjab in an epic chase The new dates are yet to be ratified by the Malaysian Hockey Federation and the Asian Hockey Federation. World hockey XI to tour Pakistan in January - Daily Times The organizers want to invite the Netherlands, Great Britain (or England), Germany, Argentina and Australia, India, and Canada. Surprisingly other Asian teams like Pakistan, Japan, and Korea, besides New Zealand are not on the invite list because of the tight schedule from April till the end of the Tokyo Olympics in the first half of August. All will depend upon how the teams respond to the invitation. -PTC News-
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