Bhubaneswar: The Hokey World Cup Hokey Men who began on November 24 will be held behind a closed door because the committee felt it would be difficult to uphold the Covid-19 protocol if the audience appeared in large quantities.
The Junior Showpiece event will be played at the Kalinga Stadium here from November 24 to December 5.
Indian hosts are defending champions.
“With the popularity of sports in this region and the estimated crowd at the stadium, the committee believes it will not be possible to control that the number of people and follow all the guidelines and covid protocols needed …,” Indian Hockey said in the release.
“Social distance is a priority because of the Covid-19 pandemic situation that applies and the safety of fans and athletes needs to be prioritized …
It is very important to hold tournaments in the environment where the health and safety of the participating team is very important.” Kalinga Stadium will only be open to accredited personnel.
and tournament participants.
Sixteen Teams – Hosts India, Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Egypt, France, Germany, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Netherlands and the United States – will compete in the tournament.
After five days of stage matches, the classification game will be held from November 30 with the quarter-finals that will be played on December 1, the semifinals on December 3 and Finals at 5.
Foreign teams have been released from quarantine and will only be needed to monitor themselves for covid symptoms 19 As long as they live.
They must follow the health safety protocol-19 needed.
Some required protocols that need to be followed by the visit team are PRA-RT-PCR Covid-19 tests for all participants, which are carried out within 72 hours of departure, and mandatory on the arrival test at the airport for the team and the Middle East.