Bangladesh men's national under-21 field hockey team

Bangladesh
AssociationBangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF)
ConfederationAsian Hockey Federation (AHF)
Head CoachSiegfried Aikman
CaptainTanvir Rahman Siyam
Most capsAshraful Islam (24)
Top scorerAmirul Islam (36)
Home
Away
First international
Bangladesh  0–0  China
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 11 September 1992)
Biggest win
Bangladesh  14–0  Iran
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 6 May 2000)
Sri Lanka  0–14  Bangladesh
(Muscat, Oman; 7 January 2023)
Biggest defeat
Bangladesh  0–10  India
(Karachi, Pakistan; 24 April 2004)
Junior World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2025)
Best result17th (2025)
Junior Asia Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1992)
Best result5th (1992, 2024)

The Bangladesh men's national under-21 field hockey team represents Bangladesh in men's international field hockey and is controlled by the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF).[1][2][3][4] The team participates in the Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup and Men's Junior AHF Cup.

History

Bangladesh men's national under-21 field hockey team represents Bangladesh in the world hockey tournaments. The team mostly participate in Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup and they have finished 5th place in 1992.[5]

Home stadium

The Bangladesh national under-21 field hockey team played their home games at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium, Dhaka in Bangladesh.

Current squad

The team qualified for the Men's FIH hockey Junior World Cup jointly hosted by Madurai and Chennai in Tamil Nadu from 1 to 10 December 2025. The players in the current squad who took part in the Junior World Cup 2025 are:


The following squad played the 2023 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup.[6]

As of 28 May 2023
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
1 GK Md Noyon (2002-04-08) 8 April 2002
2 DF Sabadur Mithu (2002-09-18) 18 September 2002
3 DF Md Shaikat (2002-02-08) 8 February 2002
4 MF Md Hasan (2002-12-05) 5 December 2002
5 MF Aman Sharif (2002-09-13) 13 September 2002
6 DF Mehrab Hossain Samin (2002-09-06) 6 September 2002
7 DF Md Joy (2002-03-20) 20 March 2002
8 FW Prince Samundo (Captain) (2002-08-04) 4 August 2002
9 DF Md Ali (2002-02-22) 22 February 2002
10 MF Md Hasan (2002-09-18) 18 September 2002
11 MF Md Uddin (2002-03-08) 8 March 2002
12 FW Md Abdullah (2002-05-13) 13 May 2002
13 DF Md Rahad Jibon (2002-01-08) 8 January 2002
14 FW Md Saju (2002-02-06) 6 February 2002
15 MF Md Hossain (2002-06-30) 30 June 2002
16 FW Md Rahim (2002-11-14) 14 November 2002
17 MF Amirul Islam (2002-04-05) 5 April 2002
18 MF Md Saijuddin (2002-07-08) 8 July 2002

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

6 January 2023 2023 Men's Junior AHF Cup Preliminary round Pool B Bangladesh  4–0  Hong Kong Muscat, Oman
14:00 BST (UTC+6) Ali  2'57'
Hasan  14'
Islam  21'
Report Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
7 January 2023 2023 Men's Junior AHF Cup Preliminary round Pool B Sri Lanka  0–14  Bangladesh Muscat, Oman
18:00 BST (UTC+6) Report Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
9 January 2023 2023 Men's Junior AHF Cup Preliminary round Pool B Bangladesh  6–1  Uzbekistan Muscat, Oman
14:00 BST (UTC+6) Report Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
11 January 2023 2023 Men's Junior AHF Cup Semi-finals Bangladesh  3–0  Thailand Muscat, Oman
20:30 BST (UTC+6) Report Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
12 January 2023 2023 Men's Junior AHF Cup Final Bangladesh  1–1
(7–6 p)
 Oman Muscat, Oman
21:15 BST (UTC+6) Report Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
23 May 2023 2023 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup Preliminary round Oman  0–2  Bangladesh Salala, Oman
22:00 BST (UTC+6) Report Ali  22'
Hossain  24'
Stadium: Salalah Sports Complex
25 May 2023 2023 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup Preliminary round Malaysia  5–1  Bangladesh Salalah, Oman
17:30 BST (UTC+6) Shafiq Ikhmal  8'
Shahmie Irfan  13'43'59'
Syamim  14'
Report Abdullah  37' Stadium: Salalah Sports Complex
26 May 2023 2023 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup Preliminary round Bangladesh  3–1  Uzbekistan Salalah, Oman
22:00 BST (UTC+6) Islam  15'22'
Uddin  34'
Report Husanov  51' Stadium: Salalah Sports Complex
28 May 2023 2023 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup Preliminary round South Korea  3–1  Bangladesh Salalah, Oman
19:45 BST (UTC+6) Lim  11'
Park G.  36'
Kim M.  54'
Report Hasan  58' Stadium: Salalah Sports Complex
30 May 2023 2023 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup 5–8th place Semi-finals Bangladesh  4–1  Thailand Salalah, Oman
22:00 BST (UTC+6) Ali  1'
Islam  10'
Hasan  18'
Hossain  57'
Report Phumee  17' Stadium: Salalah Sports Complex
1 June 2023 2023 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup Fifth and sixth place Japan  5–1  Bangladesh Salalah, Oman
17:00 BST (UTC+6) Tanaka  6'12'
Shigeyama  8'
I. Saeki  26'
Matsuzaki  55'
Report Ali  47' Stadium: Salalah Sports Complex

2024

16 June 2024 2024 Men's Junior AHF Cup Preliminary round Bangladesh  7–0  Singapore Singapore City, Singapore
15:00 BST (UTC+6)
  • Md Hasan  9'
  • Islam  11'15'28'34'38'
  • Md Joy  12'
Report Stadium: Sengkang Sports Centre
17 June 2024 2024 Men's Junior AHF Cup Preliminary round Sri Lanka  0–5  Bangladesh Singapore City, Singapore
15:00 BST (UTC+6) Report
  • Islam  25'
  • Md Abdullah  44'
  • Din Islam  51'55'56'
Stadium: Sengkang Sports Centre
19 June 2024 2024 Men's Junior AHF Cup Preliminary round Thailand  2–4  Bangladesh Singapore City, Singapore
15:00 BST (UTC+6)
  • Kraiwich Thawichat  11'
  • Arfis Oh-Hayseeda  56'
Report
  • Md Abdullah  15'
  • Md Islam  26'
  • Aman Shorif  40'
  • Md Hossain  48'
Stadium: Sengkang Sports Centre
20 June 2024 2024 Men's Junior AHF Cup Preliminary round Bangladesh  7–0  Indonesia Singapore City, Singapore
15:30 BST (UTC+6)
  • Md Abdullah  3'54'
  • MM Mehrab Hasan Samin  7'
  • Islam  9'
  • Din Islam  13'
  • Md Jibon  32'
  • Md Islam  60'
Report Stadium: Sengkang Sports Centre
22 June 2024 2024 Men's Junior AHF Cup Semi-finals Bangladesh  5–1  Chinese Taipei Singapore City, Singapore
14:30 BST (UTC+6)
  • Md Joy  5'
  • Islam  16'31'
  • Md Abdullah  23'58'
Report
  • Ze-Cheng Wei  5'
Stadium: Sengkang Sports Centre
23 June 2024 2024 Men's Junior AHF Cup Final Bangladesh  4–2 China  Singapore City, Singapore
16:30 BST (UTC+6)
  • Md Hasan  22'27'
  • Islam  25'
  • Md Joy  53'
Report
  • Jialong Luo  33'
  • Xianzhen Chen  41'
Stadium: Sengkang Sports Centre
26 November 2024 2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup Pool B Bangladesh  3–1  Oman Muscat, Oman
21:00 BST (UTC+6) Hassan  7'
Hasan  37'38'
Report Al Wahaibi  55' Stadium: Hockey Stadium Oman
28 November 2024 2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup Pool B Bangladesh  0–6  Pakistan Muscat, Oman
18:45 BST (UTC+6) Report Khan  23'32'43'
Ammad  23'
Rana  51'
Hayat  60'
Stadium: Hockey Stadium Oman
30 November 2024 2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup Pool B Bangladesh  2–2  Malaysia Muscat, Oman
16:30 BST (UTC+6) Islam  27'
Hasan  36'
Report Danial  2'
Norizam  40'
Stadium: Hockey Stadium Oman
1 December 2024 2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup Pool B China  1–1  Bangladesh Muscat, Oman
16:30 BST (UTC+6) Wang Y.  45' Report Ali  41' Stadium: Hockey Stadium Oman
3 December 2024 2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup Semi-finals Bangladesh  7–2  Thailand Muscat, Oman
13:30 BST (UTC+6) Joy  3'39'
Islam  6'
Abdullah  16'49'
Hasan  34'
Khan  36'
Report Chueamkaew  30+'
Phumee  35'
Stadium: Hockey Stadium Oman
4 December 2024 2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup 5–6 place match Bangladesh  6–3  China Muscat, Oman
16:00 BST (UTC+6) Hasan  1'52'60'
Islam  21'26'30+'
Report Chen Z.  11'
Zhang J.  19'42'
Stadium: Hockey Stadium Oman

2025

29 November 2025 2025 Hockey Junior World Cup Pool F Australia  5–3  Bangladesh Tamil Nadu, India
16:30 BST (UTC+6) Will  1'
Grobbelaar  18'
Brick  22'
Jackson  24'
Stanger  48'
Report Islam  14'42'59' Stadium: Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium
30 November 2025 2025 Hockey Junior World Cup Pool F South Korea  3–3  Bangladesh Tamil Nadu, India
18:15 BST (UTC+6) Lee M.  8'17'
Son  13'
Report Islam  36'46'56' Stadium: Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium
2 December 2025 2025 Hockey Junior World Cup Pool F France  3–2  Bangladesh Tamil Nadu, India
16:15 BST (UTC+6) Gaillard  7'
Lorrazuri  32'
Liddiard  38'
Report Abdullah  28'
Islam  55'
Stadium: Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium
4 December 2025 2025 Hockey Junior World Cup 17th/24th Quarter-final Bangladesh  13–0  Oman Tamil Nadu, India
11:00 BST (UTC+6) Islam  11'15'15'34'53'
Hasan  19'25'47'
Abdullah  33'47'
Joy  40'
Saju  51'60'
Report Stadium: Madurai International Hockey Stadium
6 December 2025 2025 Hockey Junior World Cup 17th/20th classification Bangladesh  5–3  South Korea Tamil Nadu, India
16:00 BST (UTC+6) Islam  21'24'35'
Joy  52'
Hasan  60'
Report Lee M.  10'20'53' Stadium: Madurai International Hockey Stadium
8 December 2025 2025 Hockey Junior World Cup 17th & 18th place match Austria  4–5  Bangladesh Tamil Nadu, India
16:00 BST (UTC+6) Losonci  44'
Kelner  51'
Kaiser  57'
Nyckowiak  59'
Report Islam  15'50'52'
Hossain  27'
Hasan  35'
Stadium: Madurai International Hockey Stadium

Competitive records

Junior World Cup

Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup records
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1979 Did not qualify
1982 Did not qualify
1985 Did not qualify
1989 Did not qualify
1993 Did not qualify
1997 Did not qualify
2001 Did not qualify
2005 Did not qualify
2009 Did not qualify
2016 Did not qualify
2021 Did not qualify
2023 Did not qualify
2025 17th-place 6 3 1 2 31 18
Total Best results: 17th place 17/24 6 3 1 2 31 18

Junior Asia Cup

Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup records
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1988 Did not enter
1992 Group stage 5th-place 6 2 2 2 13 11
1996 Semi-finals 6th-place 6 2 1 3 16 13
2000 Group stage 7th-place 7 3 1 3 25 20
2004 Group stage 6th-place 6 2 1 3 8 17
2008 Quarter-finals 6th-place 5 2 0 3 12 19
2012 Did not participate
2015 Quarter-finals 6th-place 6 2 1 3 10 20
2021 Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic
2023 Quarter-finals 6th-place 6 3 0 3 12 15
2024 Quarter-finals 5th-place 6 3 2 1 19 15
Total Best results: 5th 7/8 48 19 8 21 115 130

Junior AHF Cup

Men's Junior AHF Cup records
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
2003 Semi-finals 3rd-place 6 4 1 1 18 11
2008 Did not participate
2011 Did not participate
2014 Champion 1st-place 5 5 0 0 35 0
2019 Did not participate
2023 Champion 1st-place 5 5 0 0 28 2
2024 Champion 1st-place 6 6 0 0 32 5
Total 4/6 3 Titles 22 20 1 1 113 18

Head-to-head record

As of 8 December 2025
Against Region P W D L GF GA GD %Win
 Australia OHF 1 0 0 1 3 5 −2 000.00
 Austria EHF 1 1 0 0 5 4 +1 100.00
 Chile PAHF 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
 China AHF 8 3 4 1 18 16 +2 037.50
 Chinese Taipei AHF 3 3 0 0 14 2 +12 100.00
 France EHF 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 000.00
 Hong Kong AHF 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 100.00
 India AHF 4 1 0 3 4 18 −14 025.00
 Indonesia AHF 1 1 0 0 7 0 +7 100.00
 Iran AHF 2 2 0 0 22 0 +22 100.00
 Japan AHF 5 0 1 4 2 13 −11 000.00
 Malaysia AHF 7 0 1 6 7 25 −18 000.00
 Oman AHF 10 10 0 0 47 10 +37 100.00
 Pakistan AHF 4 0 0 4 4 24 −20 000.00
 Singapore AHF 7 7 0 0 31 5 +26 100.00
 South Korea AHF 6 2 1 3 12 22 −10 033.33
 Sri Lanka AHF 5 4 1 0 30 2 +28 080.00
  Switzerland EHF 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3 100.00
 Thailand AHF 5 5 0 0 28 6 +22 100.00
 Uzbekistan AHF 3 3 0 0 14 3 +11 100.00
Total 20 Nations 77 46 8 23 267 160 +107 59.74

See also

References

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