The ongoing political issues between Pakistan and India that had spilled over into sports, now sees Pakistan withdrawing from the FIH Hockey Men\u2019s Junior World Cup Tamil Nadu from 28 November to 10 December 2025 in the cities of Chennai and Madurai, India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pakistan Hockey Federation had notified the International Hockey Federation (FIH) that they have not accepted the invitation to participate in the upcoming tournament, after their team had qualified for this event at the Asia Junior Cup last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oman will now replace Pakistan, joining as the next highest placed team in the continental championship (Junior Asia Cup 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This edition will make history as the first-ever FIH Junior Hockey World Cup to feature 24 teams, expanding the global reach of the sport and giving more nations than ever before, the chance to compete on hockey\u2019s biggest youth stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
From traditional powerhouses like Argentina, India and Germany, to exciting debutants like Switzerland, Namibia and China, the expanded format promises more matches, more stories, and more opportunities for emerging talent to shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pool A<\/strong>: Canada, Germany, Ireland, South Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pool B<\/strong>: Chile, India, Oman, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pool C<\/strong>: Argentina, China, Japan, New Zealand<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pool D<\/strong>: Belgium, Egypt, Spain, Namibia<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pool E<\/strong>: Austria, England, Malaysia, Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pool F<\/strong>: Australia, Bangladesh, France, Korea<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ongoing political issues between Pakistan and India that had spilled over into sports, now sees Pakistan withdrawing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[60],"class_list":["post-5403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-hockey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/junior-hockey.jpg",894,671,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/junior-hockey-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/junior-hockey-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/junior-hockey-768x576.jpg",640,480,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/junior-hockey.jpg",640,480,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/junior-hockey.jpg",894,671,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/junior-hockey.jpg",894,671,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/junior-hockey-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/junior-hockey-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"International<\/a>","tag_info":"International","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/junior-hockey.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5407,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403\/revisions\/5407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}