Question: Who won the 8th Men’s Junior Hockey Asia Cup?
(a) Japan
(b) Pakistan
(c) Malaysia
(d) India
Ans (d)
Related facts:
- The 8th Men’s Junior Asia Cup was held from 14 to 22 November 2015 at the Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium in Kuantan, Malaysia.
- In the finals played at Kuantan (Malaysia) India defeated arch rivals Pakistan by 6-2 goals.
- Indian junior hockey team, won the men’s junior Asia Cup for the third time out of total five final matches played.
- In the final match, Man of the Match award was presented to Indian captainHarjeet Singh .
- Indian team coach was Harendra Singh and Pakistan coach wasTahir Zaman.
- In the competition third and Fourth place are occupied by Korea and Japan respectively.
- Other Awards of Cup:
- Top goal scorer: Harmanpreet Singh of India. He had scored 14 goals.
- Best Player of the Tournament: Shahril Saabah (Malaysia).
- Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Vikas Dahiya (India).
- Fair Play Award: Japanese Team.
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