The Asian Hockey Federation agreed to let Bangladesh host the Champions Trophy and Junior Asia Cup Hockey next year in a meeting in AHF’s head-quarter in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia Saturday.
Bangladesh Hockey Federation’s vice president Abdur Rashid Shikder and Sajed AA Adel attended the meeting as AHF’s executive members.
AHF and BHF will sign a Memorandum of Understanding in August with regards to hosting the two tournaments.
Meanwhile, Air Asia reached an agreement with AHF to be the federation’s airlines partner.
Later in the day, the two Bangladeshi officials accepted a lunch invitation from former AHF president and Malaysia’s new King Sultan Abdullah Shah.
Shikder attended the initial meeting of AHF Friday.
