Men’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup: India to play against Germany in semi-final today

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Bhubaneswar: The semi-final match of Men’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup will be held today at Odisha’s Kalinga Stadium. The semi-final match will be held among four teams.

Reportedly, the Indian team will be playing the semi-final match against Germany while Argentina team will face the hockey team of France.

The first match will be played between Argentina and France at 4.30 pm followed the second match between India and Germany at 7.30 pm.

The fans are very excited about the performance of Men’s hockey junior team in the semi-final today. The Indian hockey team is two steps away from World Cup trophy. The team will have to beat Germany team in order to get into the finale. Fans can catch live action of FIH Men’s Hockey Junior World Cup 2021 on Disney+HotStar and https://watch.hockey/

India defeated Belgium by a 1-0 margin to enter the semis. On the other hand, France won by a 4-0 margin against Malaysia as they progresses to the semi-finals.

India has also beaten Belgium 2-1 in the final enroute to their title triumph in the last edition in Lucknow in 2016 and continued their domination over the European side in junior hockey.

India is the second most successful team after Germany team, having won the junior world cup crown two times, first in 2001 and then in 2016. This will be their third meeting in a semifinal of the Junior Hockey World with India winning on both previous occasions, beating Germany 3-2 in 2001 and defeating the Germans 4-3 after extra time in 1997, when they lost the final to Australia.

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