Pakistan Withdraws From Junior Hockey World Cup in India

FIH said Pakistan's replacement team for the November 28-December 28 event, to be held in Chennai and Madurai, will be announced soon. 

"We can confirm that the Pakistan Hockey Federation has notified the International Hockey Federation



(FIH) that its team initially qualified for the upcoming FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup Tamil Nadu 2025 won't participate eventually," said FIH in a statement released to Media. 

"The team replacing Pakistan for this event will be announced soon," the statement added. The sporting ties between the two nations have been hit since the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and India's retaliation in the from of Operation Sindoor.