The final of the Al Arafah Islami Bank 27th National Youth Hockey Championship 2022 will be held on Tuesday at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in the capital. Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) will face Rajshahi District in the title-decider, which will kick off at 3pm. Read: National Athletics: Army lead medal table with 15 golds, 11 silvers, 13 bronzes Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan, chief of air staff of Bangladesh Air Force and president of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation, will watch the final as chief guest. Al Arafah Islami Bank acting managing director SM Zafar will be present. Dinajpur District finished third in the championship beating Natore District 5-0 in the third place match last Tuesday. Fifty-seven teams took part in the first phase of the meet in nine zonal venues and later 18 qualified teams competed in the final phase in Dhaka.  

The first phase of the Al Arafah Islami Bank National Youth Hockey Tournament' 2022 begins on Thursday  at the Maulana Bhasani National Stadium here. President of Bangladesh Hockey Federation and Chief of Bangladesh Air Force Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan will inaugurate the meet as the chief guest. Chairman of the meet's sponsor Al Arafah Islami Bank Alhaj Salim Rahman will also attend  the function as special guest. Two matches of Dhaka zone will be held on the opening day (Thursday). Hosts Dhaka DSA will play Shariatpur DSA at 1:45 pm while defending champions BKSP will play Narayanganj DSA at 3:30 pm in two opening day's fixture.  A record 57 teams will initially compete in the first phase in nine zonal venues across the country. The nine zonal venues are: Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Narail, Dinajpur, Joypurhat, Faridpur, Cumilla and Chattogram. Bangladesh Hockey Federation arranging the national youth hockey meet this time after a long gap of five years.