Belgium Tour: Junior men’s hockey team leaves for Belgium, will play 6 international matches under the leadership of new coach Frederick Soyez.

Bengaluru. Indian junior men’s hockey team new head coach on Saturday night Left for a tour of Belgium under the leadership of Frederic Soyez. The 24-member team will play six international matches in Europe from July 7 to 17, which are considered very important in terms of preparations for the upcoming Junior Asia Cup and other major competitions.

The team flew to Belgium from Kempegowda International Airport. The purpose of this tour is to give the players the experience of playing in a competitive environment against European teams.

Will compete with four strong European teams

Indian junior team in this tour Austria will face strong teams like Belgium, Germany and Netherlands.

India as per schedule:

• against austria two matches
• two matches against belgium
• a match against germany
• Will play a match against Netherlands.

Competitions will be held on two different grounds

during tour Five matches will be played at the Belfius Hockey Arena in Wavre. At the same time, the final match against Netherlands will be held at the Hockey Center of Excellence in Antwerp.

The tour will give the team an important opportunity to test their tactics and combinations against the top junior teams in Europe.

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