Chennai, 17/4: The Tamil Nadu government and Hockey India on Monday announced that the coveted Men’s Hockey Asian Champions Trophy 2023 will be held in Chennai from August 3 to August 12, which will serve as a precursor to the Hangzhou Asian Games in September.
As many as 16 teams from Asian countries will participate in the championship which will be held at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai. This will be the first time in 16 years that Chennai will host an international hockey event after the Asian Cup in 2007 that proved lucky for the Indian team, which clinched the title defeating Korea 7-2.
This is the second international sporting event that Chennai will play host to in less than a year after the Tamil Nadu government successfully conducted the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram in July 2022 after the event was shifted out of Russia due to the Ukraine war.
Tamil Nadu Sports Development and Youth Affairs Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin made the announcement about the hockey championship at a press conference here along with Dr Dilip Tirkey and Bhola Nath Singh, President and Secretary-General of Hockey India.
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