Sahana Smriti National Hockey will be held at Dhulikhel

Anil Prasad Sharma, president of the organizing hockey association informed in a press conference on Monday that 6 teams from Wagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, Madhesh and Sudurpaschim provinces will participate in the tournament along with Army club. The participants will be divided into two groups and will be played on a Leaguecom knockout basis. The top two teams from the group will advance to the semi-finals. The top three teams in the

competition will receive cash prizes of 1 lakh, 75 thousand and 50 thousand respectively. 5,000 will be awarded to the player of the match of each game. Similarly, the best defender, best goalkeeper, highest scorer and emerging player will be awarded with 10,000 each. Suvarna Shrestha, general secretary of the hockey association, informed that about 35 lakh rupees will be spent to conduct the

tournament. It is said that the National Sports Council, Dhulikhel Municipality and various associations will assist in conducting the competition. The matches of the five-day tournament will be held at the Dhulikhel sports ground in Kavre.

The hockey association will also conduct the AHF technical official course in Dhulikhel with the help of the Asian Hockey Federation during the tournament with the aim of updating the coaches and referees in time. land for

training center In the

press conference, it was informed that land has been acquired in Dhulikhel for the construction of an international level hockey stadium and training center. General Secretary Shrestha said that the Dhulikhel Municipality has provided the field in Dhulikhel Municipality-12 to the Hockey League to build a stadium and training center. Provincial Sports Development Council, Wagmati Province is preparing a detailed project report.