Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup: Odisha CM Watches Final Match, Congratulates Argentina on Becoming Champions
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik watched the final match of FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup at the Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday.
The Chief Minister congratulated the Argentina team on becoming the champions by defeating Germany 4-2 in the final match.
Watched a wonderful match of hockey at the iconic #KalingaStadium. Congratulate @ArgFieldHockey on clinching the #JWC2021 title, @DHB_hockey on finishing second, @FF_Hockey third and @TheHockeyIndia securing the fourth position. pic.twitter.com/vvltmjNXwN
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) December 5, 2021
The CM also commended the Department of Sports and Youth Services and officials for successfully arranging the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2021 amidst COVID-19.
Naveen reiterated that Odisha would continue to support Hockey.
Commend @sports_odisha and officials for successfully arranging the #FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2021 amidst #COVID19. #Odisha would continue to support #Hockey.#JWC2021 #RisingStars #IndiaKaGame #OdishaForHockey pic.twitter.com/DEbjM51BAQ
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) December 5, 2021
Argentina defeated Germany 4-2 in the final match of FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup at the Kalinga Stadium.
Argentina’s forward Lautaro Domene made all the difference in the match with his hat-trick and then in the last minute Agostini sealed the championship trophy with his brilliant goal.
For Germany, Hayner and Phandt scored a goal each, but that was not enough to stop Argentina to win the final.
Earlier India suffered a crushing 1-3 defeat against France in the bronze medal match.
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