Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy won the title of 1st Hockey India Junior Boys Inter Academy National Hockey Championship, 2021 by performing brilliantly.

Key Points:

=> Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy won the second successive title by defeating Raja Karan Hockey Academy 3-1 in the final match.

=> Earlier, Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy had won the title of the first Hockey India Sub-Junior Boys Inter Academy National Hockey Championship.

=> In the third place match of the championship, Namdhari XI defeated Roundglass Punjab Hockey Academy 6-4.

=> Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia and Panshree Pullela Gopichand distributed prizes to the winners.

=> Sports Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia presented checks of Rs 15,000 and Rs 20 thousand to each member of both the teams to encourage the sub-junior and junior players of Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy.

=> Organized under the joint aegis of Hockey India and Department of Sports and Youth Welfare, the matches were played on the newly constructed turf of Major Dhyan Chand Stadium.