The history makers emphasised the need for a comprehensive training camp to prepare for the main event.
The men in red and green returned home on Thursday morning from Oman after finishing fifth, ending their campaign with three wins, two draws, and one loss in six matches.
Samin also urged the authorities to arrange an open-top bus to celebrate their “truly memorable” achievement upon their arrival on Friday.
The men in red and green will face Malaysia on Saturday.
Rafiqul Islam Kamal, one of the finest hockey players Bangladesh has ever produced, has paid rich tribute to veteran coach Fazlul Haque, who passed away in Dhaka on Wednesday. To Kamal, Fazlul was a ‘member of the family’ and a ‘dedicated soul for Bangladesh hockey’.
The 11th-grade BKSP student spoke to Anisur Rahman of The Daily Star after the team’s arrival from Singapore.
The men in red and green confirmed their semifinal and Junior Asia Cup berth before coming into their fourth and final pool match.
Fresh from back-to-back triumphs in the first two matches against Thailand and Hong Kong, the women in red and green posted an expected victory over Sri Lanka.
Usha KC emerged as the champions of the First Division Hockey League with a match in hand as they handed a 7-1 defeat to Dhaka United in their penultimate round match at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday.
Holding the National Hockey Championship with participation of district and services teams hangs in the balance as the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) is still undecided whether to allow some top national players to take part in a foreign league by halting the championship which is supposed to start on April 27.
The people back home would have to wait to hear the biggest news of their children's lives and that of their families, though it was possible the shrieks and cries from pure joy and utter exhaustion may have traveled all the way from Austria to Bangladesh.
Fourteen months after the completion of the last players' transfers of the Premier Division Hockey League, the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) is seemingly reluctant to declare the players' transfers for the upcoming season, leaving another season at risk of disappearing from the calendar.
Bangladesh advance to the final of Boys' U-18 Asia Cup hockey tournament with a 6-1 victory over Chinese Taipei in the first semifinal at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium.
