Lucknow. In the formation of the new executive of Uttar Pradesh Hockey, former captain of the Indian hockey team and hockey hostel coach RAJNISH KUMAR MISHRA has been elected as the GENERAL SECRETARY. On the other hand, the current general secretary and former international player Dr. RP Singh (DIRECTOR, UTTAR PRADESH SPORTS DIRECTORATE) will now hold the responsibility of the post of PRESIDENT.

The office bearers were elected unanimously during the annual general meeting held in the auditorium of KD Singh Babu Stadium on Sunday. The meeting was chaired by senior vice president of Uttar Pradesh Hockey Abhijeet Sarkar.

In this executive, senior vice president Abhijeet Sarkar has been elected on other posts while Dr. Sudharma Singh, Sanjay Gautam, Subodh Khandekar, Tajendra Pal Singh, Pratima Thakur, Neelam Singh, Arshi Parveen Siddiqui have been elected on the post of vice president. Joint secretaries will be Avinash Srivastava, Digvijay Pratap Singh, Paul Devendra, Gopal Narayan Mishra, Tripti Awasthi, Maneka Talk, Kirti Bhadauria.

Nisha Mishra will be the treasurer while Rajkamal, Anil Vikram Singh, Hanuman Pratap Singh, Rakesh Sharma, Sarika Srivastava, Shadma Shahid, Rashmi Singh have been elected as members of the executive committee.

Vice President Nitin Kohli as Hockey India’s representative, General Secretary Dr. Anandeshwar Pandey on behalf of Uttar Pradesh Olympic Association, Ayodhya’s Regional Sports Officer Animesh Saxena as Sports Directorate’s supervisor, Election Officer former PPS Sudhir Sharma and Deputy Election Officer retired DG Stamp Rakesh Shukla registered their presence in this election.

Hockey India’s representative Nitin Kohli and UP Olympic Association’s General Secretary Dr. Anandeshwar Pandey congratulated the newly elected executive. In the end, the newly elected President Dr. RP Singh congratulated all the newly elected office bearers and expected that the members of all the district units will continuously strive for the development and expansion of hockey in their districts.


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Headquartered in New Delhi, Hockey India was established on 20th May, 2009 and is affiliated to the International Hockey Federation (FIH), the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and Asian Hockey Federation (AHF).

Committed to the development of Hockey in the country, Hockey India with the assistance of Sports Authority of India and Department of Sports, Government of India, has drawn out a Long-Term Development Programme (LTDP) to train players, provide world-class infrastructure and International exposure besides regular international competition. With its vision to popularize the game and constantly promote it, Hockey India is dedicated to getting our team into the top three in the world.

Indian colts crowned World Champions, prevail over Belgium 2-1

~ Goals from Gurjant Singh (8′) and Simranjeet Singh (22′) sealed the match in India’s favour ~

~ Gurjant Singh was the Man of the Match ~

~ Germany defeated Australia to earn the Bronze Medal ~

 

Lucknow, 18th December, 2016: The Indian U21 team were crowned World Champions after defeating Belgium 2-1 in the Final match of the Uttar Pradesh Hockey Junior World Cup Men Lucknow 2016, becoming the first host nation to win the tournament.

A packed crowd at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in Lucknow witnessed a thrilling contest as Captain Harjeet Singh and his boys lifted the World Cup after 15 years, with Belgium finishing runners up.

The Indian colts showed intent right from the start, with Captain Harjeet Singh penetrating Belgium’s circle inside the first two minutes. A miraculous effort from Gurjant Singh in the 8th minute saw India go 1-0 up as he got hold of an aerial pass and scored off a powerful reverse hit.

Belgium, playing in their maiden Junior World Cup Final, were kept busy in their backline by the boys in blue. In the 22nd minute, Simranjeet Singh made full use of a clever pass from Nilakanta Sharma and netted one past goalkeeper Loic Van Doren. At halftime, India were in complete control with a 2-0 lead.

The second half saw India taking over most of the possession, denying the visitors any opportunity to score. Goalkeeper Vikas Dahiya was rock solid in his role as the shot-stopper, as India drew in on a victory. A late Penalty Corner from Belgium saw the game stretch past regulation time, and although Fabrice Van Bockrijck converted it successfully, it was India who lifted the coveted Junior World Cup to script history.

Earlier, in the Bronze medal match, Timm Herzbruch inspired Germany to a 3-0 victory over Australia, with the 19-year-old scoring twice for his side. The early stages of the match were closely contested, with the Burras having some good scoring opportunities in the first half but found themselves going into break a goal down thanks to Jan Schiffer’s 11th minute field goal. It was a lead that Germany doubled in the second period when the outstanding Herzbruch fired home from open play in the 51st minute. Herzbruch also netted Germany’s third goal, launching an unstoppable penalty corner drag-flick into the top right corner ten minutes from time to secure the bronze medal.

Argentina were the winners of the 5th/6th Place play-off, recording a 2-1 victory over Spain. Following an evenly contested first half, Spain came close to opening the scoring in the early stages of the second period, with Pol Gispert missing two chances before Argentina established a 2-0 lead. Nicolas Keenan and Tomas Domene scored goals in the 51st and 54th minute for Argentina. Spain removed their goalkeeper in the final stages of the match, and their boldness was rewarded three minutes from the end when Marc Perrellon opened their scoring. Spain almost found an equalizer in the closing moments with a penalty corner, but Argentina shot-stopper Emiliano Bosso made the save that guaranteed a top five finish for his team.

The Netherlands were comfortable winners of the 7th/8th Place play-off, defeating England 6-2. Thijs van Dam’s first half penalty corner opened the scoring for Netherlands and shortly after the break Thierry Brinkman gave them a 2-0 lead. Tom Sorsby scored one for England before Bram van Groesen and Morris de Vilder increased the Dutch advantage to 4-1. Sorsby scored from the penalty spot to reduce the deficit, but additional strikes from Brinkman and Van Groesen sealed the victory in the favour of the Netherlands.

On the historic occasion of India winning the Uttar Pradesh Hockey Junior World Cup Men Lucknow 2016, Hockey India announced a cash prize of INR 5 Lakhs per player and INR 2.5 Lakhs for the support staff.

 

 

RESULTS

7th/8th Place:  England 2 vs Netherlands 6.

5th/6th Place:  Argentina 2 vs Spain 1.

3rd/4th Place:  Germany 3 vs Australia 0.

Final:  Belgium 1 vs India 2.

 

 

FINAL CLASSIFICATION

 

  1. India
  2. Belgium
  3. Germany
  4. Australia
  5. Argentina
  6. Spain
  7. Netherlands
  8. England
  9. New Zealand
  10. South Africa
  11. Malaysia
  12. Austria
  13. Japan
  14. Korea
  15. Egypt
  16. Canada

 

 

Awards

  1. Uttar Pradesh Best Player of the Tournament: Enrique Gonzalez de Castejon (Spain)
  2. Uttar Pradesh Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Loic van Doren (Belgium)
  3. Uttar Pradesh Up & Coming U19 Player of the Tournament: Timm Herzbruch (Germany)
  4. Uttar Pradesh Fair Play Award: New Zealand
  5. Uttar Pradesh Fans Choice Award: Harmanpreet Singh (India)
  6. HERO Top Scorer of the Tournament: Edward Horler (England) – 8 goals.

 

 

Uttar Pradesh Hockey Junior World Cup Men Lucknow 2016 Sponsors

Uttar Pradesh Government – Presenting Partner

Lucknow – Host Partner