Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Asia Cup Hockey 2009 Relocated to Malaysia

Asia Cup Hockey 2009 will take place in Malaysia and the tournament kicks off from 9 May. The tournament was supposed to be held in Dubai, but Dubai officials recently expressed their inability to organize the tournament due to unavoidable circumstances. It is reported that economic recession is the main reason behind Dubai’s reluctance to hold the tournament. So, Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) was forced to shift the Asia Cup 2009 tournament from Dubai to Malaysia. AHF had offered Dubai to organize Asia Cup 2009, looking for a growth of hockey in that region. Malaysia is going to organize Azlan Shah Hockey Cup, a five-nation hockey tournament, next month. So, Malaysia have now two big hockey tournament in the next two months.

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