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Odisha now gets ready to host the Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup, 2021

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Bhubaneswar:3/11/21:  Odisha now gets ready to host the Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup, 2021. The preparations were reviewed by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra in a high-level meeting held today on digital mode from Lokseba Bhawan wherein Secretary Sports and Youth Services Sri Veneel Krishna outlined the issues for discussion.

Reviewing the progress of different tasks associated with the event, the Chief Secretary directed the departments of works, IDCO, police, fire service, health & family welfare, handloom and textiles, tourism, housing and urban development, BSNl, and energy to complete all works and arrangements well before the time.

Secretary Sri Krishna appraised that the grand event will be held for 12 days from 24 November to 5 December 2021 at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. The top 16 teams of the World would participate in the event. The tournament would be played in four pools with quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals. In total 48 matches would be held during the tournament. The schedule would include 5 matches per day from 24 to 27 November, and, 4 matches per day from 28 November to 5 December. The Teams from Belgium, Malaysia, South Africa, and Chile would play in Pool-A; India, Canada, France, and Poland would play in Pool-B; Netherland, Spain, Korea, and the United States would be in Pool-C; and, Germany, Argentina, Pakistan, and Egypt would be in Pool-D.  Approximately 600 players and officials would participate in the event.

Additional Chief Secretary Health and Family Welfare Raj Kumar Sharma, Secretary Sports and Youth Services Vineel Krishna, Secretary Works Krishan Kumar, Principal  Secretary Handloom, Textiles and Handicraft Smt Subha Sarma, Commissioner BMC Sanjaya Singh, Police Commissioner Saumendra Priyadarshi along with Secretaries and senior officers of concerned departments participated in the discussion.

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