Indian Team Will Travel To Pakistan For Olympic Qualifiers If...: Hockey India President Dilip Tirkey

02.08.2023 - 11:55 sports.ndtv.com

Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey has said that the national men's team will travel to Pakistan for qualifiers in case it fails to directly qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics by winning gold at the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games, starting September 23.

The team winning the continental event gold shall receive direct berth in the quadrennial extravaganza as per rule but other nations need to play the qualifiers and this time venues identified are Pakistan and Spain. "We will be trying to get the job done in Hangzhou.

But, if for some reason, we fail to qualify, then there are a couple of venues that have been identified for the qualifiers - Pakistan and Spain.

So, wherever it happens, we will definitely go," he said during a media interaction on the eve of the tournament on Wednesday.

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