Overview
- Hockey India confirmed Tuesday that Punjab will stage the tournament in October, with final dates to be set around the Asian Games calendar.
- Matches will be played at Balbir Singh Senior Hockey Stadium in Mohali and Surjit Hockey Stadium in Jalandhar.
- This will be the first international hockey event in the state under the sport’s world and Asian federations.
- The allotment followed a meeting in Chandigarh between Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Asian Hockey Federation officials, and Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey.
- Mann tied the news to a broader drive that raised the sports budget, expanded coaching and facilities, and brought back the National Under-13 Badminton Championship to Jalandhar after four decades.