Rajgir Hockey Stadium in Bihar will host this second international tournament as Hockey India honored the Sports Authority of Bihar with the Hosting Rights for the Men’s Asia Cup 2025.
The tournament with eight teams will be played in the newly developed sports complex in Rajgir from 29 August to 7 September.
Pakistan, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, China will form six teams in the 12th edition of the continental tournament along with hosts India. The remaining two teams will secure their berths through the qualifying tournament, AHF Cup in the tournament.
The tournament will serve as a qualifier for the 2026 Hockey World Cup, which will be hosted in the Netherlands and Belgium. The winners of the tournament will directly qualify for Hockey WC.
South Korea stands as the most successful team in the Men’s Asia Cup history with five titles (1994, 1999, 2009, 2013, and 2022), followed by India (2003, 2007, and 2017) and Pakistan (1982, 1985, and 1989)) closely won the tournament three times then.
This is the second international tournament at the Rajgir Hockey Stadium as the site hosted the 2024 edition of the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy, where the Indian women’s team won the title by defeating Olympic silver medalist China.
The hockey stadium is part of the large state-of-the-art Sports University, which will complete 25 different sports-which included hockey, football, kabaddi, volleyball, swimming and wrestling, among others, once completed.
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After signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), B Rajendra, Additional Chief Secretary, Sports Department, Bihar said, “Signing the MoU between Hockey India and Bihar State Sports Authority is an important step towards becoming a major sports destination of Bihar.”
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