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FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup 2025 trophy unveiled in Chennai

Chennai, Nov 5(UNI) The trophy for the upcoming FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup 2025 was unvieled at a ceremony held at the Secretariat here on Wednesday by Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M.K. Stalin.
The FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup 2025 will take place from November 28 to December 10, 2025 in Chennai and Madurai, marking the first time when the tournament features 24 teams.
The host nation, India, have won the tournament twice in 2001 and 2016 and will be hoping to lift the trophy for the third time on home soil. India have been drawn in Pool B alongside Oman, Chile and Switzerland, and will begin their campaign against Chile on November 28 at the iconic Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai.
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