The stage has been set for the 9th Hero Hockey Men’s Asian Champions Trophy 2026, starting this afternoon at Jalandhar’s Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium.

Six leading hockey nations, including host India, Malaysia, China, Japan, South Korea, and Bangladesh, are participating in this first major continental hockey tournament being organized in Punjab.

Akashvani’s Jalandhar Correspondent reports that the opening ceremony and league matches of this week-long hockey extravaganza will be held at the Jalandhar stadium starting from today till November 2nd. There will be three matches each day, including matches under floodlights during evenings. The pool matches would start with the opening match between India and Bangladesh, which will be played today evening. Whereas two matches between Malaysia and China and Japan v/s South Korea will be played during the day. Semi-finals and the final will be played at Olympian Balbir Singh Senior International Hockey Stadium, Mohali, from November 4th to 5th. Entry to both venues is free.

Akashvani’s all-Inder Dhanush channels, along with Jalandhar’s Primary Channel, will broadcast live commentary of matches played between Indian and other teams and the semi-finals and final as well.