India captain Rohit (left) and coach PR Sreejesh address the media ahead of the start of the FIH Junior Hockey World Cup 2025 in Tamil Nadu. Hockey India

Good Evening to all the Hockey fans joining us from the subcontinent and around the world. Welcome to the live coverage of match number 7 of FIH Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup 2025 in Madurai and Chennai. Team India are all set to open their campaign against tricky South American opponents Chile at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium (pitch 1). The Indians named an 18-member squad for the tournament under the coaching of former India goalkeeper PR Sreejesh. Defender Rohit will be captaining the side, which has won the junior WC twice, most recently in 2016. The Blues have been drawn alongside Chile, Oman and Switzerland in Pool B. The match is set for an 8:30PM (IST) kick-off, so stay tuned for the build-up and live scores, once things get underway in Chennai.

LIVE UPDATES

28 Nov 2025, 09:16:05 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: Kujur Doubles Blues’ Lead|Q2: 9’|IND 2-0 CHI

Pure class from Rosan Kujur, who doubles India’s lead within 6 minutes into the 2nd quarter of play against Chile, whose defensive barrier has been broken twice now. The ball was perfectly set up for Kujur, who rounded up in front of the keeper and netted through an extraordinary finish.

28 Nov 2025, 09:08:58 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: Rosan Kujur Opens Scoring|Q2: 15’|IND 1-0 CHI

Rosan Kujur puts India up front straightaway into the start of the 2nd quarter. The hosts were knocking on the door for quite a while now and the deadlock has finally been broken.

Amir Ali made a sensational run from the back before finding the stick of Kujur, who sent a stinging shot inside the goal.

28 Nov 2025, 09:05:19 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: First Penalty Corner For Blues|IND 0-0 CHI

The first penalty corner of the match has been awarded to India, following a challenge from Chile defender Stein on Dilraj Singh, but it has been saved. Arshdeep injected the ball inside and after a couple of rebound shots, the ball was steered away carefully. With that, the first quarter comes to an end.

28 Nov 2025, 08:58:09 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: Q1: 5’|IND 0-0 CHI

It is all India in the opening 10 minutes of the match as Chile have seen very less of the ball. The hosts are looking more coordinated in the midfield and have produced a few chances already but nothing really to threaten the Chilean goalkeeper, who has been the busiest out of the two keepers so far.

28 Nov 2025, 08:52:51 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: Q1: 10’|IND 0-0 CHI  

India have started positively in the opening passage of play here in Chennai. The hosts have gone for the attack straightaway, rotating the ball with sheer pace and intent.

Ankit Pal and Manmeet Singh will be two of the most important key players for the Indians.

28 Nov 2025, 08:47:54 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: Kick-Off!  

The formalities are done, national anthem played and the players have taken their positions for the kick-off. We have an enthralling match at our hands.

India (in blue) start the first-quarter from left to right while Chile (in red) will start from right to left.

28 Nov 2025, 08:42:02 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: Time For National Anthems!  

The two teams have gathered on the pitch for the pre-match formalities and the national anthems will start with Chile followed by India’s.

28 Nov 2025, 08:33:41 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: PR Sreejesh Speaks!  

The formalities are done, national anthem played and the players have taken to their position indicating the kick-off an enthralling match at our hands.

28 Nov 2025, 08:21:38 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: Blues Playing XI Out!

Starting XI: Princedeep Singh (GK), Rohit (C), Sunil Bennur, Priyobarta Talem, Anmol Ekka, Ankit Pal, Adrohit Ekka, Rosan Kujur, Manmeet Singh, Dilraj Singh and Arshdeep Singh.

28 Nov 2025, 08:19:26 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: Where To Watch IND Vs CHI?

The FIH Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup 2025 can be live streamed on the JioHotstar app/website.

28 Nov 2025, 08:05:01 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: IND’s Matches!

November 28, Friday: IND Vs Chile – 8:30PM (IST)

November 29, Saturday: IND Vs Oman – 8:00PM (IST)

December 2, Tuesday: IND Vs Switzerland – 8:00PM (IST)

28 Nov 2025, 07:56:43 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: How Many Teams Are Participating?

A total of 24 nations have been divided into 6 groups of 4 teams each.

Pool A: Canada, Germany, Ireland, South Africa

Pool B: Chile, India, Oman, Switzerland

Pool C: Argentina, People’s Republic of China, Japan, New Zealand

Pool D: Belgium, Egypt, Spain, Namibia

Pool E: Austria, England, Malaysia, Netherlands

Pool F: Australia, Bangladesh, France, Republic of Korea

28 Nov 2025, 07:50:30 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: Update From 1st Pool B Match!

Switzerland have completed a 4-0 route of Oman in the first Pool B match of the day in Chennai. It’s now time for India to get off to a winning start in front of immense home support.

28 Nov 2025, 07:29:39 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: Tournament Format!

The tournament features a single round-robin stage within each of the six pools. The six pool winners proceed directly to the quarter-finals, where they will be joined by the two highest-ranked runner-up teams overall.

28 Nov 2025, 07:09:27 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: IND Squad

Goalkeepers: Bikramjit Singh, Princedeep Singh

Defenders: Rohit (captain), Talem Priyobarta, Anmol Ekka, Amir Ali, Sunil Palakshappa Bennur, Shardanand Tiwari

Midfielders: Ankit Pal, Thounaojam Ingalemba Luwang, Adrohit Ekka, Rosan Kujur, Manmeet Singh, Gurjot Singh

Forwards: Arshdeep Singh, Sourabh Anand Kushwaha, Ajeet Yadav, Dilraj Singh

Standbys: Ravneet Singh, Rohit Kullu

28 Nov 2025, 06:54:12 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: Story Of Day 1 So Far!

Pool A: Reigning champions Germany began their campaign with an easy 4-0 win over South Africa in the first fixture of matchday 1 in Madurai; Ireland edged past Canada by 4-3 in the concluding Pool A game.

Pool C: Two-time champions Argentina defeated Japan by 4-1, while New Zealand earned a 5-3 victory over China.

Pool D: Spain hammered Egypt by 8-0, thanks to a sensational hat-trick from Bruno Avila; Belgium registered a massive 12-1 statement victory against Namibia.

28 Nov 2025, 06:37:45 pm IST

India Vs Chile, Live Hockey Score, FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025: Good Evening!

Good Evening to all our readers from India and across the world. The U-21 Blues are set to lock horns with Chile in their opening Pool B match of the Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup in Tamil Nadu. Follow the live updates as well scores right here and stay tuned for the build-up.