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2021 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

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2020 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
CityDhaka
DatesPostponed
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
2015 (previous)

The 2020 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 scheduled to take place from 4 to 12 June 2020 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1]

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]

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.[4]

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

References

  1. ^ "Dhaka to host Junior Asia Cup Hockey 2020". www.dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Announcement: Postponement of the Bangabandhu Al-Arafah Islami Bank Junior Asia Cup Dhaka 2020 & the Women's Asian Champions Trophy Donghae 2020". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  4. ^ "The Men's Junior AHF Cup 2019 is Set to Take Place in Muscat, Oman". www.asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2020.