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Hon’ble Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports activities of India, Shri Anurag Thakur unveiling Hockey World Cup trophy (Twitter/@TheHockeyIndia)
The matches can be held in Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar and the newly constructed Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela between January 13 and 29.
Offline ticket gross sales for the World Cup Hockey to be held in Odisha subsequent month started on Monday, although followers are dissatisfied that every one tickets for India’s first three matches are offered out.
The matches can be held in Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar and the newly constructed Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela between January 13 and 29.
Hockey followers, together with ladies, made a beeline on the counters to get tickets from early within the morning. Nevertheless, they didn’t get tickets for India’s matches.
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“The person on the counter mentioned tickets just for January 13 and 14 matches can be found. Nevertheless, there can be no India match on these two days. We’re advised tickets for India matches have been offered out (on-line),” mentioned C R Mohapatra who got here to the Reserve Police Line Floor close to Gate no. 8 of the Kalinga Hockey Stadium.
The web site promoting the tickets confirmed that passes for India’s matches in opposition to Spain, England and Wales on January 13, 15 and 19 respectively are offered out.
Nevertheless, not everyone seems to be as dissatisfied as Mohapatra.
“I’m very glad as I can watch a World Cup Hockey match,” mentioned Akhila Sprint who bought a ticket for the match between Argentina and South Africa.
The tickets are offered at a worth vary between Rs 100 and Rs 500.
Some folks got here to the bottom to redeem their on-line ticket to get a bodily one.
This would be the fifteenth version of the Males’s Hockey World Cup. Hockey India hosts the mega event for the second time, with the primary being in 2018 which was clinched by Belgium.
Out of the entire 44 matches, 24 together with the ultimate can be performed on the Kalinga Stadium whereas others can be held on the Birsa Munda Stadium.
As many as 20,000 viewers might be accommodated at Birsa Munda Stadium, which is the nation’s largest hockey stadium, whereas the capability of the Bhubaneswar facility is 15,000, sources mentioned.
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