Bangladesh Women's Hockey team made a good start in the Junior AHF Cup (U-21) Hockey Tournament beating Thailand by 5-4 goals in the opening match in Singapore on Saturday (June 15)

Bangladesh Women's Hockey team, which reached Singapore Thursday early on their first-ever Junior AHF Cup mission, scored 3-3 goals in the first half.

Orpita Pal struck twice for Bangladesh, first from a penalty corner in the 7th minute and 2nd one in the 43rd minute from a penalty stroke.

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Nadira Talukder Ema, Fatema Tuz Zohora and Kona Akter scored one each for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Women's team, which competing in the seven nations meet on league basis matches with Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong (China), Thailand, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and hosts Singapore, will play Hong Kong (China) in their 2nd match on Sunday (June 16)

In the remaining matches, Bangladesh Women's team will play Sri Lanka on June 18, Chinese Taipei on June 19, Indonesia on June 22 and Singapore on June 23.

Top team will be the women's champion.

Meanwhile, defending champions Bangladesh Men's team, which was placed in Pool A alongwith Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and hosts Singapore, will start their campaign taking on hosts Singapore on Sunday (June 16).

In remaining pool matches, Bangladesh will play Sri Lanka on June 17, Thailand on June 19 and Indonesia on June 20.

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The Pool B teams consist of Oman, Chinese Taipei, China, Hong Kong (China), Iran and Kazakhstan.

Top two teams from each of the two groups will qualify for the semifinals.

The tournament will also be treated as the qualifying meet for the Junior Asia Cup 2024.