The men's U-18 qualifiers of the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 will begin at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha today ( 20-12-2-2022) .
Twelve teams will fight for the top places in the tournament, which will take place from Dec 20 to 30, 2022.
- The top eight teams, including hosts Madhya Pradesh, from the qualifiers will make it to the 5th Khelo India Youth Games 2022 which will take place from February 4 to 10, 2023 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The round-robin league stage will see six teams in each pool.
- In Pool A, Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Hockey Haryana, Hockey Punjab, Hockey Chandigarh, Manipur Hockey, and Hockey Andhra Pradesh will vie for places in the quarter-finals.
- Pool B comprises Hockey Jharkhand, Hockey Association of Odisha, Dadra & Nagar Haveli And Daman & Diu Hockey, Hockey Bihar, Hockey Arunachal, and Hockey Madhya Pradesh, who will battle it out for places in the quarterfinals.