Men's U-18 qualifiers of Khelo India Youth Games 2022 to begin in Bhubaneswar today

Bhubaneswar: The men's U-18 qualifiers of the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 will begin at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha today. Twelve teams will fight for the top places in the tournament, which will take place from Dec 20 to 30, 2022. The top eight teams, including hosts Madhya Pradesh, from the qualifiers will make it to the 5th Khelo India Youth Games 2022 which will take place from February 4 to 10, 2023 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The round-robin league stage will see six teams in each pool. 

In Pool A, Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Hockey



Haryana, Hockey Punjab, Hockey Chandigarh, Manipur Hockey, and Hockey Andhra Pradesh will vie for places in the quarter-finals. Pool B comprises Hockey Jharkhand, Hockey Association of Odisha, Dadra & Nagar Haveli And Daman & Diu Hockey, Hockey Bihar, Hockey Arunachal, and Hockey Madhya Pradesh, who will battle it out for places in the quarterfinals. 

The top four teams from each group will move on to the quarterfinals, to be held on Dec 27. The semifinals will be played on Dec 29 and the final on Dec 30.