In the semi-finals of the 14th Hockey India Junior Men National Hockey Championship, Punjab will compete with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh will compete with Karnataka.
Earlier The Punjab team defeated the powerful Odisha team in a shoot out in the quarter finals. While Haryana has made a place in the semi-finals by defeating Jharkhand. Uttar Pradesh beat Manipur and Karnataka beat title contenders Madhya Pradesh to reach the semi-finals.
In the league matches, Punjab defeated Bihar, Telangana and Mizoram. While in the league matches, Haryana defeated Rajasthan and Jammu Kashmir. In the league matches, Uttar Pradesh defeated Chandigarh and Lee Puducherry while Karnataka defeated Delhi, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala in the league matches.
National umpires and technical officials have been deployed by Hockey India under the leadership of Technical Delegate Faheem Mohammad Khan (Bhopal) and Umpire Manager Gurinder Singh Sangha (Punjab). While Hockey India has sent Vishal Sangar as an observer for this championship. Olympian Sameer Dad and Olympian Balwinder Shami are selecting the players for the camp of the Indian junior team.
Semi Final Competition 18-9-2024
Karnataka vs Uttar Pradesh – 1-00 hrs
Punjab vs Haryana – 3-00 hrs