2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

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2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryOman
City Muscat
Dates11–19 November
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
2023 (previous)(next) 2026

The 2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup will be the 11th 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 will be held alongside the women's tournament from 11 to 19 November 2024 in Muscat, Oman. [1] [2]

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The tournament will serve as the Asian qualifier for the 2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, with the six highest-ranked teams, not already qualified, qualifying. [3] India are the two-time defending champions. [4]

Qualification

The five highest-ranked teams from the 2023 Junior Asia Cup qualified directly for this edition. The other teams participated in the 2024 Men's Junior AHF Cup, where the top five qualified for the 2024 Junior Asia Cup. [5]

Qualified teams

The following ten teams will participated in the 2024 Junior Asia Cup. [6]

DatesEventLocationQuotasQualifiers
23 May – 1 June 2023 2023 Junior Asia Cup Salalah, Oman5Flag 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
14–23 June 2024 2024 Junior AHF Cup Singapore 5Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Flag 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 Thailand.svg  Thailand
Total10

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