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At the FIH World inferior men’s Cup tournaments, Australia and The Netherlands person ever been wide followed with keen interest.
However, erstwhile compared to their elder teams’ exploits, the achievements of the inferior squad pales successful comparison.
The Australian and the Dutch elder men teams person won the World Cup 3 times each. While the Burras, arsenic the Australian inferior men’s squad is referred to, has won the World Cup lone erstwhile (1997) and The Netherlands has not yet ain it. It, nevertheless, has 2 metallic (1985 & 2009) and 2 bronze medals (1979 & 2013) to show.
This time, Australia has had a near-perfect preparations going into the 2025 FIH inferior men’s World Cup to beryllium held successful Chennai and Madurai from November 28 to December 10.
It qualified for the World Cup by winning the Oceania Junior Cup followed by winning the Sultan of Johor Cup past month, defeating two-time World champions India doubly (in the radical signifier and the final).
“We are acceptable to enactment a bully show together,” said Jay Stacy, Australia’s caput coach, to the The Hindu present connected Friday.
The World Cup has ever been difficult, according to the Dutch caput manager Jesse Mahieu. “The Netherlands has won 4 medals. We’re not utilized to winning the World Cup. Hopefully we tin marque it that acold arsenic it’s astir time. We person a bully group, and I person a batch of assurance successful the guys,” said the 47-year-old, who has been the inferior squad caput manager since 2022, and for whom this volition beryllium his farewell assignment.
Mahieu said the crushed the inferior Dutch teams are not capable to execute good has been owed to its deficiency of full-fledged programs. “I deliberation what you spot is that a batch of different countries person full-time programs successful under-21 property category. Our mentation successful wintertime is short. That makes a difference,” said Mahieu.
