Last Updated: December 19, 2022, 19:21 IST
Hon’ble Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports of India, Shri Anurag Thakur unveiling Hockey World Cup trophy (Twitter/@TheHockeyIndia)
The matches will likely 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 upset that every one tickets for India’s first three matches are bought out.
The matches will likely 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. However, they didn’t get tickets for India’s matches.
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“The man at the counter said tickets only for January 13 and 14 matches are available. However, there will be no India match on those two days. We are told tickets for India matches have been sold out (online),” mentioned C R Mohapatra who got here to the Reserve Police Line Ground 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 bought out.
However, not everyone seems to be as upset as Mohapatra.
“I’m very happy as I will be able to watch a World Cup Hockey match,” mentioned Akhila Dash who bought a ticket for the match between Argentina and South Africa.
The tickets are bought at a worth vary between Rs 100 and Rs 500.
Some individuals got here to the bottom to redeem their on-line ticket to get a bodily one.
This would be the fifteenth version of the Men’s Hockey World Cup. Hockey India hosts the mega match for the second time, with the primary being in 2018 which was clinched by Belgium.
Out of the full 44 matches, 24 together with the ultimate will likely be performed on the Kalinga Stadium whereas others will likely be held on the Birsa Munda Stadium.
As many as 20,000 viewers may 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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