Hero to sponsor hockey junior World Cup

Hero Motocorp Ltd., the world's largest two-wheeler manufacturer, Tuesday announced its association with the hockey junior World Cup by being named as the title sponsors of the tournament.

The World Cup will see sixteen of the finest junior (under 21s) international teams in the world, fight it out for the title at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here Dec 6-15.

Hero is an FIH (International Hockey Federation) partner and the title sponsor for all FIH events taking place in India up until the end of 2015.

The tournament features four pools, each of which contains four teams ahead of the quarter-finals, semi-finals, classification and medal matches.

Pool A will feature Germany, Pakistan, Belgium and Egypt, while Australia, Spain, Argentina and France are competing in Pool B. Netherlands, Korea, India and Canada will challenge each other in Pool C with England, New Zealand, South Africa and Malaysia going head to head in Pool D.

The Indian team led by the talented Manpreet Singh will open its campaign against the Netherlands, a team that will almost certainly be targeting the title.

Participating teams:

Pool A: Germany, Australia, Netherlands and England

Pool B: Pakistan, Spain, Korea and New Zealand

Pool C: Belgium, Argentina, India and South Africa

Pool D: Egypt, France, Canada and Malaysia