Sri Lanka, Oct. 23 -- The 46th National Junior Championship Under-21 Men's Hockey Tournament, organised by the Sri Lanka Hockey Federation will begin today at 8.00 a.m. at the Nandimithra Ekanayake Stadium in Matale.

This time, the tournament will be held between 10 teams namely Matale, Colombo, Badulla, Kandy, Wennappuwa, Sri Lanka Schools (Golds), Sri Lanka Schools (Maroon ), Sri Lanka University, Trade Services and Security Services. The tournament will start with the match between Trade Services Association and the Sri Lanka Schools Association team.

The preliminary round will be held in a league format with 4 groups and the second round will be held in a knockout format. The last tournament was held at the Colombo Shalika grounds and...