The stage is set for the prestigious 12th Hockey India Sub Junior Women National Championship 2022, which will begin from Wednesday in Imphal, Manipur. A total of 25 teams will vie for top honours in the 12-day tournament.

The participating teams are divided into eight pools. Teams in Pool A are Haryana, Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir, while Pool B features Jharkhand, Manipur and Kerala. Pool C consists of Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat, while Pool D consists of Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Delhi, Maharashtra and Assam have been slotted in Pool E, while Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh and Arunachal have been included in Pool F. In Pool G, Punjab, Tripura and Himachal will battle it out, while in Pool H, Bihar, Karnataka, Mizoram and Telangana are grouped together.

After seven days of pool matches, the Quarter-Finals will be played on 19th of May. The semi-finals will be held on May 21st and the Medal matches are scheduled for 22nd May.