Last Update: February 13, 2023, 18:18 IST
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela (EN/Twitter)
The four tournaments are Junior Women’s National Championship, Junior Men’s National Championship, Sub-Junior Women’s National Championship and Sub-Junior Men’s National Championship.
Four age-group national hockey championships will be held at the newly constructed Birsa Munda Stadium this year to give domestic players a feel of the state-of-the-art facility, which jointly hosted the men’s. World Cup with the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar last month.
The four tournaments are the Junior Women’s National Championship (April 13–23), the Junior Men’s National Championship (April 28–May 8), the Sub-Junior Women’s National Championship (May 13–23) and the Sub-Junior Men’s National Championship (May 28). -7 June).
Meanwhile, the Senior Men’s National Championship 2023 will be held in Madurai, Tamil Nadu from May 3 to 14.
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“We have taken a huge step forward by signing a multi-year contract with Fancode, which has over 50 million users, to show all National Championship matches live. India and the Indian subcontinent,” said Hockey India president and former captain Dilip Tirkey.
“We also want to introduce video referrals at the domestic level so that players can understand the process early in their careers. We aim to provide these budding stars with the same experience of playing an international match in India.”
From this year, with the Senior Women’s National Championships starting February 15 in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, each venue will have a three-camera setup to capture and live relay the action and matches will be conducted on the same lines as International matches are awarded with a “Player of the Match” award for every match.
Hockey India Secretary General Bholanath Singh said, “This is the first time that HI has taken such measures to raise the profile of the National Championship and give it a uniform look and feel.
“All the cost of these new initiatives will be borne by Hockey India and we will not burden our host member unit with these additional costs. The cash prize for the ‘Player of the Match’ will also be awarded by the federation. Umpires officiating in the national championships will be provided with radios for on-field communication and the federation is also working on introducing video referrals in the nationals.
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