~ Hockey Haryana defeated Hockey Association of Odisha 3-1 in the last ~
~ Hockey Punjab defeated Uttar Pradesh Hockey in the 3rd/4th place Match 4-3 in Shootout after 3-3 Draw ~
Jalandhar, August 23, 2025:Hockey HaryanaReached as champions of the 15th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2025 when they defeated the Hockey Association of Odisha 3-2 in Jalandhar, Punjab. Hockey Punjab won their 3rd/4th place match against Uttar Pradesh Hockey 4-3 in shootout after a 3-3 draw over the four quarters to conquer the bronze medal.
In the final, both parties could not initially be separated if they changed the possession, but they could not find an opening goal. In the second quarter, Hockey Association of Odisha showed brilliant skills by converting two consecutive penalty corners with the Deepak Pradhan (17 ‘) and Pratap Toppo (19’) to take a comfortable lead in the final. The scores remained the same in the third quarter, but Hockey Haryana turned the game upside down in the last quarter of the game.
Chirag (50 ‘) scored the first goal on his side through a penalty corner and in the next minute his teammate Nitin (51’, 60 ‘) scored a field goal to level the game. Moments later in the last minute of the game, Nitin skillfully dripped past two defenders and shot a shot from a distance to score the winning goal for Hockey Haryana and claim the championship.
In the 3rd/4th place match, Uttar Pradesh Hockey scored early in the first quarter when Satyam Pandey (8 ‘) converted a penalty corner to open the score. Hockey Punjab answered with two goals in the second quarter by Lovenoor Singh (21 ‘) and Japnit Singh (28’, 59 ‘) to take the lead. The third quarter saw the tide shift to Uttar Pradesh Hockey as Ujjwal Pal (48 ‘) and Fahad Khan (57’) scored to take the lead again. With seconds left on the clock. In the last minute, Hockey Punjab’s Japnit Singh scored a penalty stroke to push the game into a shootout. Charanjeet Singh, Lovenoor Singh, around Rajnesh Saini and Sunny were the goal scorers for Hockey Punjab in the shootout.