Lausanne, Switzerland, The International Hockey Federation has revealed the pools (four groups of four teams each) and match schedules of both upcoming FIH Hockey Junior World Cups, Men’s and Women’s.

The opening match of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup Bhubaneswar 2021 between Belgium and South Africa on 24 November at the Kalinga Stadium, and The Final of the event will be played on 5 December.

After England’s withdraw from the event Poland will join the event and play in Pool B alongside the host India, as well as Canada and France.

Whilst the Men will close the action in India, the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup South Africa 2021 will start with an opening match involving Ireland and Zimbabwe at the North-West University (NWU) of the academic city of Potchefstroom, situated approximately 120 km west-southwest of Johannesburg.

The hosts, South Africa, will play in Pool D with Germany, Spain and USA, while the defending champion Argentina will join India, Japan and Russia in Pool C.