Indian men and women to start FIH Pro League marketing campaign in Bhubaneswar

The Indian ladies’s hockey crew will tackle China whereas the lads will face Spain of their respective opening matches of the FIH Pro League 2023/2024 season in Bhubaneswar.

Following the announcement of the fifth Pro League season calendar by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Thursday, the Indian gamers expressed pleasure as they consider the publicity throughout this outing will assist in preparations for subsequent 12 months’s Paris Olympics.

Both the groups will start their marketing campaign in residence video games scheduled to be held on the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar and Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela.

The Indian ladies’s crew, who was promoted after being topped champions of the FIH Nations League, will take the sector first in opposition to China on February 6 on the Kalinga Stadium.

This might be adopted by matches in opposition to Netherlands, Australia, and USA earlier than it strikes to Rourkela, the place it can play in opposition to China, Netherlands, Australia, and USA once more.

After the house matches, the Indian ladies will play away video games in Antwerp, Belgium and Lee Valley, Great Britain the place they are going to face Argentina, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain respectively.

Meanwhile, the Indian males’s crew will face Spain in its first match on February 10 on the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

In the earlier season, India ended up fourth total and might be vying to complete on the rostrum within the upcoming version of the event.

India will tackle Spain, Netherlands, Australia, and Ireland in residence video games and play in opposition to Argentina and Belgium in away video games at Antwerp, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain at Lee Valley.