Hockey Dhaka United crowned First Division champions

Hockey Dhaka United emerged champions of the First Division Hockey League after finishing top of the standings with 28 points from 10 matches, while Dhaka Wanderers Club secured the runners-up position with 27 points.

Dhaka United registered nine wins and suffered just one defeat, scoring 68 goals and conceding 16 to finish the campaign with an impressive goal difference of 52.

Wanderers also recorded nine victories but finished a point behind the champions, having scored 41 goals and conceded 19.

Farashganj finished third with 22 points, followed by PWD with 21 and Bachelors with 19.

The league concluded on Sunday at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium, where Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Md Mahfuzul Alam Khan attended as the chief guest and handed over trophies and prizes to the champions and runners-up following the final day's matches.

Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF), in partnership with BRAC Bank PLC, also concluded the third phase of the 'Aparajeyo Alo Women's Hockey Development Programme 2026' at the same venue.

A total of 24 promising female goalkeepers, selected from 22 districts, completed a 15-day residential training camp. Certificates were handed over to the participants at the closing ceremony.

Major General Md Amin Akbar (retd), Head of General Services at BRAC Bank PLC, and Ramisa Tabassum Chowdhury, CSR Reporting and Sponsorship Officer of the bank, were present at the programme, alongside senior BHF officials, sports personalities and hockey enthusiasts.