The 31st U-21 National Junior Hockey Championship will roll into action from Tuesday (January 10) here at the National Hockey Stadium. The opening ceremony of the event will be held at 1100 hours, during the match between Railways and Pakistan Board hockey teams. Director General Sports Board Punjab Usman Anwar will perform the opening of the event as chief guest.
The formation of Pools is, Pool A, National Bank of Pakistan, FATA, Army, Islamabad Pool B, PHF Academy, Khyber PK, SSGC, Sindh Pool C, Wapda, Punjab White, Higher Education Commission, Balochistan. Pool D: Railways, Pak Boards and Punjab Colour. Four matches will be played on the opening day. NBP vs FATA, Railways vs Pak Boards, PHF Academy vs KPK and Wapda vs Punjab (W). Following is the match programme of first round which ends on January 15 with second round commencing from January 16. Jan 10, NBP vs FATA, Railways vs Pak Boards, PHF academy vs KPK, Wapda vs Punjab W. Jan 11, Army vs Islamabad, SSGC vs Sindh, HEC vs Balochistan, Pak Board vs Punjab C. Jan 12, PHF academy vs SSGC, Wapda vs HEC,Army vs Fata,Wapda vs Balochistan. Jan 13, PHF Academy vs Sindh, NBP vs Islamabad, KPK vs SSGC Jan 14, KPK vs SSGC,Army vs NBP,HEC vs Punjab W,Railways vs Punjab C. Jan 15, Sindh vs KPK,FATA vs Islamabad, Punjab W vs Balochistan. The draws of the second round will be announced later. The final will be played on January 16. Director General, Sports Board Punjab, Usman Anwar will inaugurate the event.
