On Monday morning, the Junoir Indian Men and Women’s Hockey Teams left for the Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers to begin in Bangkok, Thailand. The event will be starting from April 25. In totality, it is a five-day tournament, which is a qualifying event for Youth Olympic Games 2018. One of the biggest events is set to be held at Buenos Aires, Argentina which will follow the futuristic Hockey 5’s format.

The Junior Indian Men's Team will be consist of nine-members which is led by Vivek Sagar Prasad. Prasad is said to be the part of the Indian Men’s Team at the Gold Coast XXI Commonwealth Games. Apart from the leader, the vice-captain of the team will be Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem who is upbeat and ready for the challenge. The team is grouped with Korea, Japan, Hong Kong China, and Thailand in Pool A and begin their campaign against Thailand on April 25.

During an interview, Jude Felix, Coach for Junior Men’s Team said, “We have had good preparations in Agra where the team has worked really hard over the past month and a half. It is a fast-paced format, hence there was a lot of emphasis on improving reaction time of players. With solid groundwork, I am hopeful of good results,” quoted by sportskeeda. 

In the meantime, the Junior Indian Women’s Team with the expertise of Skipper Salima Tete and Vice Skipper Lalremsiami are eager for a good show at the event. Both the experts were part of the Indian Women’s Team that made the Semi Final of XXI Commonwealth Games.

As stated in the leading daily, their Coach, Baljeet Singh Saini said that It is good to have players who have earned international appearance with the Senior Team. This team has undergone good homework and are sure of a good show.

The Junior Indian Women are classified with Korea, Thailand, and Singapore. And they are ready to kick off their campaign against Singapore on April 25.