Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 hockey schedule, date, time, teams, groups, live streaming telecast

As the Indian junior women’s hockey team gear up for the Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023, check out how to watch the live streaming of the events in India, team India schedule, format, competition, and more

The competition will feature 10 nations with India placed in Pool A alongside four-time champions South Korea.

Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 hockey schedule, date, time, teams, groups, format, live streaming telecast

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The upcoming Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 hockey tournament will take place in Kakamigahara, Japan from June 2 – 11.

Teams and pools

There are ten teams competing in the tournament divided into two pools:

Five of the participating countries – India, China, Korea, Japan, and Malaysia – received a direct entry from their world rankings. Meanwhile, the remaining five countries – Kazakhstan, Hong Kong China, Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan and Indonesia – qualified through the Women’s Junior AHF Cup, which took place in Taldykorgan Kazakhstan back in October last year.

Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 hockey format

The Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 hockey will begin a with a single-legged round-robin stage format. Following the end of the league stage, the top two sides from each pool will then move to the semi-finals. Meanwhile, the third and fourth-placed teams will compete for the fifth to eighth-rank classification. The fifth-placed teams in both pools will compete against one another for the ninth and 10th spots. The semi-finals round will be direct knockout rounds where the winners will proceed to the finals. On the other hand, the losers will compete for the third spot.

The top three countries at the end of the upcoming tournament will qualify for the FIH Women’s Junior Hockey World Cup 2023 later this year.

Going into the tournament, four-time champions South Korea, and three-time champions China are the two favourites to win. China are the hosts and also the defending champions. India have so far never won the Women’s Junior Asia Cup, with the closest being a runners-up finish back in 2012.

How to watch Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 hockey live in India

Fans in India can watch the live streaming of the Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 on the watch.hockey website. Sadly, there is no confirmation about a live telecast of the event in India.

Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 hockey Indian team schedule and live match times

Given below is the Indian team schedule for the upcoming Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 hockey with al timings in Indian Standard Times (IST):

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