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With less than 50 days left for the start of the highly-anticipated FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela, Hockey India on Friday announced a Trophy Tour, during which the prestigious World Cup trophy will be taken across various parts of the country.The tour will officially kick off from December 5 with Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik handing over the trophy to Hockey India President Dr Dilip Tirkey in Bhubaneswar.The prestigious trophy will travel across 12 states and one Union territory, before returning to Bhubaneswar. The 21-day tour will see the trophy move across West Bengal, Manipur, Assam, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana New Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka, before finally returning to Odisha on December 25, 2022, after which, the trophy will go on a tour of the state of Odisha.Trophy tour schedule: -December 5, 2022 Bhubaneswar, OD-December 6, 2022 Kolkata, WB-December 7, 2022Imphal, MN-December 8, 2022Guwahati, AS-December 9, 2022--December 10, 2022Jamshedpur, JH-December 11, 2022Ranchi, JH-December 12, 2022Lucknow, UP-December 13, 2022UP/Punjab-December 14, 2022Amritsar, PB-December 15, 2022Sonipat, HR-December 16, 2022Delhi-December 17, 2022Delhi-December 18, 2022Bhopal, MP-December 19, 2022DAY 15--December 20, 2022Mumbai, MN-December 21, 2022Chennai, TN-December 22, 2022Thiruvananthapuram, KEDecember 23, 2022DAY 19-December 24, 2022Bengaluru, KADecember 25, 2022Trophy reaches Bhubaneswar for Odisha tourAddressing the Trophy Tour, Dr Dilip Tirkey, Hockey India President, said as per a release from Hockey India, "The idea behind the initiative is to give the hockey fans across parts of the country an opportunity to glimpse of the prestigious trophy that all the teams will be competing for. The Indian fans have always been passionate about hockey and will be eager to cheer for their home team in the upcoming tournament. We believe the tour will give the fans a chance to stay connected with the sport and send their best wishes to the Indian team before they begin the campaign." The FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela will begin from January 13, 2022 and will go on till January 29. Hosts India, who are placed in Pool D, along with Spain, England, and Wales, opening their campaign against Spain on January 13 as well. Australia, Belgium, Netherlands, India, Argentina, Germany, New Zealand, England, France, Korea, Malaysia, Spain, South Africa, Japan, Chile, and Wales are the 16 teams, who will be competing in the tournament.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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