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The Asian Games 2018 is scheduled to be held in Indonesia from late August to early September while the men's field hockey qualifiers for the Asia's biggest regional Games will be held in Oman's capital Muscat from March 2-10. Since 1974, Bangladesh managed to qualify for the Asian Games in every edition except on one occasion in 2006. Bangladesh finished top in the previous qualifying campaign prior to the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.SquadGoalkeepers: Asim, Nippon, Biplob and SajiburDefenders: Chayan, Pintu, Khorshedur, Shohag, Shitul, Babu, Ashraful, Sabuj, Shishir, Mehedi, Manoj and RakinMidfielders: Rana, Niloy, Sarwar, Sabbir, Romman, Nayeem, Rabbi, Mahbub, Ashiq, Nazmul, Azizul and ShafiqulForwards: Jimmy, Mimo, Milon, Kaushik, Arshad, Emon, Mahsin, Rajib, Prasenjit and Shubho
