The Ad-hoc Committee running the hockey affairs have announced a 16-member team for the ‘Australian Youth Olympic Festival’ wherein a 4-Nation Tournament will be held at Sydney from 14-18 January 2009

According to a press release of the Adhoc Commitee, India’s participation in this tournament is in keeping with their plans for maximum
competition and exposure for the team in preparation for the Junior World Cup coming up at Singapore/ Malaysia in June 2009.

The team will depart for Sydney on 09 January 2009.
The other teams in the tournament are Australia, Great Britain and Malaysia.
All matches will be played at the Olympic Stadium, Sydney, Australia.

The team

Goalkeepers

Mrinal Chaubey
C. Santosh Kumar

Full Backs

Diwakar Ram (Capt)
Innocent Kullu
Manjeet Kullu

Midfielders

Birender Lakra
Vivek
Vikas Sharma
Belsajar Horo
Amardeep Ekka

Forwards

Pramod Kumar
Mandip Antil
Jay Karan
Danish Mujtaba
Mohd. Amir Khan
Dharamvir Singh

Standbyes

Hari Kripal Yadav
Jagwant Singh
Rupinder Pal Singh
Karamjit Singh
Mohd. Asif Khan

Officials

Rajeev Mehta (Co-Convenor Ad Hoc Committee) – Manager
A.K. Bansal – Chief Coach
Clarence Lobo – Coach
R.C. Trivedi – Physiotherapist