Bangladesh have been put in tough Pool A along with defending champions Iran, hosts Thailand, former runner-up Malaysia and Philippines.

In their next matches, Bangladesh will face defending champions Iran on July 16 and meet Philippines on July 17.

In their last Pool match, Bangladesh will play against hosts Thailand on July 18. 

Runners-up Kyrgyzstan have been placed in Pool B with Uzbekistan, Chinese Taipei, Singapore, Myanmar and Nepal.

Bangladesh men’s indoor hockey team are going to take part in the competition for the first time scheduled to be held in Thailand from July 15-21.

The team will fly for Thailand on July 1 to join a 15-day preparation camp. Bangladesh Hockey Federation initially picked up 34 players for the camp.

Selected players are : Ashim Gope, Abu Sayeed Nippon, Biplab Kuzur, Al Amin Miah (GK), Imran Hasan Pintu, Khorshedur Rahman, Farhad Ahmed Shetul, Ashraful Islam, Kamruzzaman Rana, Shohanur Rahman Sabuj, Sarwar Hossain, Roman Sarkar, Nayeem Uddin, Fazle Hossain Rabbi, Rasel Mahmud Jimi, Pushkar Khisa Mimo, Milan Hossain, Moinul Islam Kawshik, Arshad Hossain, Mahbub Hossain, Deen Islam Emon, Sarwar Morshed Shawon, Shafiul Alam Shisir, Hasan Jubair Niloy, Mohammad Mohsin, Abed Uddin, Prince Lal Simanto, Rezaul Karim Babu, Mehdi Hasan, Taher Ali, Mohammad Rokin, Raju Ahmed Tapu, Al Nahian  Shuvo and Sifat Ahmed.