Each member of the Indian guys’s hockey team that won the Asia Cup 2025 will be granted Rs 10 lakh by the Bihar federal government, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar revealed on Monday.
India bagged the Men’s Hockey Asia Cup with a 4-1 win over South Korea in the last in Rajgir on Sunday.
“The Indian hockey team has registered a spectacular victory in the Asia Cup 2025, organised for the first time at the campus of the State Sports Academy-cum-Bihar Sports University located in Rajgir, thereby filling the entire country with pride,” Kumar published on X.
“The state government has decided to provide honorarium to the players and support staff of the Indian hockey team that won the Asia Cup 2025 to encourage and motivate them. Each player of the winning Indian team of the Asia Cup 2025 will be provided with an honorarium of 10 lakh rupees, and each support staff member will be provided with 5 lakh rupees,” he included.
India had last won the title in 2017 in Dhaka, following successes in the 2003 (Kuala Lumpur) and 2007 (Chennai) editions of the continental competition.
The title made sure India’s direct entry into next year’s FIH World Cup to be collectively hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands from August 14 to 30.
