A 45-member Bangladesh Men's and Women's Junior Hockey teams left Dhaka for Singapore on Wednesday night to compete in the Junior AHF Cup (U-21) Hockey Tournament that begins today.
Defending champions Bangladesh Men's Hockey team alongside the newly included Bangladesh Women's Hockey team left the capital together for Singapore on Wednesday at 10:30 pm by a US Bangla flight, reposts UNB.
The tournament will also be treated as the qualifying meet for the Junior Asia Cup 2024.
Bangladesh Men's team was placed in Pool A along with Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia and hosts Singapore while Pool B teams consist of Oman, Chinese Taipei, China, Hong Kong (China), Iran and Kazakhstan.
The top two teams from each of the two groups will qualify for the semifinals.