Project 2013 squad to participate in Six-Nations tournament in November
The Project 2013 team will be among the contenders for the inaugural edition of the Sultan of Johor Cup that is going to be played at the Taman Daya Hockey Stadium in Johor Baru from November 5 to 12.
The tournament will be played among the six juniors teams from different parts of the world. The countries include Pakistan, India, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand along with the hosts, Malaysia.
Maninderjit Singh, the secretary of Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF), told about the status of the tournament as it is going to be played for the first time.
“This is the inaugural meet and we hope to hold it annually. The tournament will be run along the same lines as the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and we will only invite the best for the meet. We also expect the teams to bring their best players. The tournament
will be played on a round-robin format with the top two teams meeting in the final. All the five teams have already confirmed their participation,” Maninderjit Singh, the secretary of Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF), stated about the inaugural edition of
the tournament.
The team manager of the Project 2013 squad, Mirnawan Nawawi, looked very exciting on his team’s confirmation in the event, but at the same time he showed some concerns regarding the availability of players as some of the players are with the senior team,
which is in the process of preparation for the Champions Challenge I which will be held in the later part of the similar month.
“We do know that there will be national team training during the period. We hope to discuss the matter with the relevant parties and get some undertaking on the release of the senior players,” Mirnawan Nawawi, the manager of the Project 2013 squad stated
about the availability of the players.
Currently, the Project 2013 squad is preparing itself for the 2013 Junior World Cup which will be held in New Delhi, India, but their most important and vital target is the 2012 Junior Asia Cup which will be treated as the qualifier for the 2013 World Cup.
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