Last Update: December 22, 2022, 14:33 IST
Honorable Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports of India, Shri Anurag Thakur unveiling the Hockey World Cup Trophy (Twitter/@TheHockeyIndia)
The matches will be held from January 13 to 29 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar and the newly constructed Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela.
offline ticket sales for World Cup hockey, to be held in Odisha next month, begins on Monday, but fans are disappointed that all tickets for India’s first three matches have been sold out.
The matches will be held from January 13 to 29 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar and the newly constructed Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela.
Hockey fans, including women, queued up at the counters to collect tickets since morning. However, he failed to get tickets for India’s matches.
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The person at the counter said that only tickets for Jan 13 and Jan 14 matches are available. however, will not India matches on those two days. We have been told that the tickets (online) for India’s matches have been sold out. Kalinga Hockey Stadium 8.
The ticket-selling website shows that passes for India’s matches against Spain, England and Wales, scheduled for January 13, 15 and 19 respectively, are sold out.
However, not everyone is as disheartened as Mohapatra.
Akhila Dash, who bought tickets for the match between Argentina and South Africa, said, “I am very happy because I will be able to watch the World Cup hockey match.”
Tickets cost between Rs 100 to Rs 500.
Some people flocked to the ground to redeem their online tickets in order to get physical tickets.
This will be the 15th edition of the Men’s Hockey World Cup. Hockey India is hosting the mega tournament for the second time, the first time being in 2018, which was won by Belgium.
Of the total 44 matches, 24 including the final will be played at the Kalinga Stadium while the others will be played at the Birsa Munda Stadium.
Sources said that 20,000 spectators can be accommodated at the Birsa Munda Stadium, which is the largest hockey stadium in the country, while the Bhubaneshwar facility has a capacity of 15,000.
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