Tournament details | |||
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Host country | Bangladesh | ||
City | Dhaka | ||
Dates | Cancelled | ||
Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) | ||
Venue(s) | Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium | ||
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The 2021 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup was scheduled to 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 originally scheduled to take place from 4 to 12 June 2020 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1]
The tournament served 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] In September 2020 it was announced that the tournament would take place from 21 to 30 January 2021. [4] The tournament was postponed for the second time in November 2020 to July 2021. [5] On 13 August 2021 the tournament as officially cancelled after it was again rescheduled. [6]
The top six teams from the 2015 edition qualified directly and they were joined by the top four from the 2019 Junior AHF Cup. [7]
The following teams have qualified for the tournament.
Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
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14–22 November 2015 | 2015 Junior Asia Cup | Kuantan, Malaysia | 6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
5–14 December 2019 | 2019 Junior AHF Cup | Muscat, Oman | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 10 |