2021 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

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2021 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
City Dhaka
DatesCancelled
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium
2015 (previous)(next) 2023

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]

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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]

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. [7]

Qualified teams

The following teams have qualified for the tournament.

DatesEventLocationQuotasQualifiers
14–22 November 2015 2015 Junior Asia Cup Kuantan, Malaysia6Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
5–14 December 2019 2019 Junior AHF Cup Muscat, Oman4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Total10

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