Category: Hockey

BIRMINGHAM: The schedule for the Men’s Hockey event at the forthcoming Commonwealth Games 2022 has been announced today, Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) confirmed.

According to the details, the Commonwealth Games’ hockey event will begin on July 29 and will feature 10 teams.

All of the teams were split into two pools. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Scotland are in Pool A, while India, England, Canada, Wales, and Ghana are in Pool B.

Pakistan Hockey team will start their Commonwealth Games campaign against South Africa on July 30 and will lock horns with New Zealand on July 31.

The Green Shirts will take on Switzerland and Australia in their remaining group fixtures.

The semi-finals of the event will be contested on August 6, while the final will be played on August 8.

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JAKARTA: Pakistan Men’s National Hockey Team handed a crushing defeat to Bangladesh in the position match by 8-0 to finish fifth in the Hockey Asia Cup 2022.

Pakistan, which were knocked out of the tournament following India’s astounding 16-0 victory over the hosts Indonesia in the group match, played several position matches in the tournament and claimed the fifth position after defeating Bangladesh by 8-0 today.

Pakistani players dismantled the opposition in a one-sided contest as they made multiple strikes to take the team’s tally to eight in the end.

Mubashir Ali netted the ball twice while Rizwan Ali, Afraz, Abdul Hannan Shahid, Umar Bhutta, Ajaz Ahmed, and Ghazanfar Ali made one strike each.

According to the details, the national hockey team will travel back to the country on June 3 and will now turn their attention toward the upcoming Commonwealth Games, scheduled to kick off on July 28.

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KARACHI: The head coach of the Pakistan Men’s National Hockey Team Siegfried Aikman has accepted the mistake of fielding 12 players in the Green Shirts’ last group match of the Asia Cup.

Aikman, who is in the Netherlands to spend some time with his family following Pakistan’s exit from the Asia Cup, commented about the incident of mistakenly deploying 12 players on the field and accepted all the responsibility.

“We were making changes in a matter of minutes during the match against Japan. However, I, being the head coach, accept that 12 players should not be on the field and I accept this responsibility as the coach,” Aikman stated.

“It was a big omission by the team management and due to this shortcoming we could not qualify for the World Cup,” he maintained.

The Dutch coach then also accepted that the shortcoming hurt the sentiments of the Pakistan Hockey fans and therefore apologized to the nation on behalf of the entire team management.

“I understand that the Pakistani fans are sad following this incident and therefore I and my team apologize for disappointing you,” he stated.

Aikman further shared his disappointment with Pakistan’s early exit from the Asia Cup and failing to qualify for the Hockey World Cup while claiming that things will take time to get back to normal.

“We are disappointed to be out of the Asia Cup Super Eight and World Cup. We lost just one match in the event and trailed by one goal margin,” he said.

“Our team is undergoing restructuring, we want to strengthen Pakistan Hockey. We dominated teams like Japan and India. When I came, Pakistan Hockey was in the decline and I think things will take time to get back on track.

“We get fewer matches, we need to play 35 to 40 matches a year and I think our players will get the valuable experience after getting to play more matches,” Aikman concluded.

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JAKARTA: Pakistan Men’s National Hockey Team will fly back to the country on June 3 after participating in the ongoing Hockey Asia Cup 2022.

The Green Shirts finished in the third place in Group A after the arch-rivals India dethroned the side from the second position following a consolidating 16-0 victory over the hosts Indonesia.

India’s astounding effort against Indonesia prevented the Green Shirts from qualifying to the top-four of the Asia Cup and also shattered the side’s hopes of World Cup qualification.

Pakistan Hockey team will now turn their attention toward the upcoming Commonwealth Games, scheduled to kick off on July 28. According to the details, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) will hold a camp after a gap of two weeks from the team’s arrival.

The head coach of the national hockey Siegfried Aikman, on the other hand, will not accompany the side, on their way back to the country as the Dutch coach opted to spend some time with his family in the Netherlands.

It is pertinent to mention here that the PHF has to send the final list of the selected players to the Pakistan Olympics Association (POA) by May 31 for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

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JAKARTA: Indian Hockey Team produced an astonishing performance to march into the next round of the ongoing Asia Cup, here on Thursday.

India, which needed to defeat Indonesia by a gigantic 16-goal margin to move to the next round of the Asia Cup, put up an astounding performance to advance further in the tournament, outclassing the hosts 16-0.

After a tie against Pakistan and a loss to the incumbent Asian Champion Japan, the men in blue were ranked third in Group A. However, after a stunning victory over Indonesia, the team was able to dethrone Pakistan from second place.

Pakistan has been eliminated from the ongoing event as a result of India’s qualification. The removal of the green shirts also prevented the team from qualifying for the World Cup.

To summarise their campaign, the Green Shirts lost, won, and drew one match each in the group stages. Pakistan held off arch-rival India for a hard-fought draw before hammering Indonesia 13-0. The team, on the other hand, lost their only match today, 3-2, to reigning champion Japan.

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JAKARTA: Pakistan Hockey Team’s camp suffered a major blow as the forward Abu Bakar Mehmood has been ruled out of the ongoing Hockey Asia Cup after suffering an injury.

Abu Bakar, who was a part of the contingent in the side’s first two group matches against India and Indonesia, has suffered a knee injury which resulted in him ruling out of the tournament.

Following his unavailability for the upcoming matches, the team management of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has asked the Technical Committee for a replacement.

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan will take on the reigning Asian champion Japan today. The Green Shirts thrashed Indonesia by 13-0 in their second match before holding on for a draw against the arch-rivals India in the opener.

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JAKARTA: Pakistan outclassed Indonesia by 13-0 in their second match of the ongoing Hockey Asia Cup 2022, here on Tuesday.

After an important draw against the arch-rivals India in their opening match of the Asia Cup campaign, the Green Shirts squared off against Indonesia in a must-win clash.

The players displayed accordingly and outclassed Indonesia as the side thumped the hosts by a massive margin of 13-0.

Pakistan’s forward Rizwan Ali scored a hat-trick while Rana Waheed, Abdul Mannan and Ajaz Ahmed netted two goals each. Mubashir Ali, Ghazanfar Ali, Ali Shan, and Moin Shakeel, on the other hand, struck a goal each.

Fuelled with momentum, Pakistan will now face the reigning Asian champion Japan in their last group match on May 26. The Green Shirts can book their place in the upcoming World Cup by defeating the defending champion Japan.

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JAKARTA: The high-voltage match of the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 between the two arch-rivals India and Pakistan, ended in a draw.

Pakistan’s forward Abdul Waheed scored the match-saving goal for the Green Shirts, which helped the side to take a point and avoided an opening defeat to their Asia Cup campaign.

Earlier, India pulled ahead in the first quarter as the debutant Karti Selvam scored his first goal for the men in blue. Waheed’s strike, in the closing minutes, however, nullified the lead as both teams shared a point each.

Pakistani goalkeeper Akmal Hussain was adjudged as the Player of the Match for denying a number of attempts from the Indian forwards.

India had more possession but they missed a number of chances to extend their lead and even a chance that came in the last 10 seconds of the match.

Pakistan will now face the hosts Indonesia on May 24 in an attempt to get their first victory of the campaign whereas India will lock horns with the reigning champion Japan in their second Asia Cup fixture.

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JAKARTA: Pakistan National Men’s Hockey team sealed their first victory of the Hockey Asia Cup 2022 as the side defeated Oman by 1-0 in their second practice match, here on Saturday.

Pakistan, which suffered an opening defeat at the hands of Korea in their first practice match, quickly bounced back and sealed an important victory before officially starting their Asia Cup campaign.

Pakistan’s forward Rizwan Ali, netted the ball once to hand the side an everlasting lead and provided the momentum before their first group match, in which the Green Shirts are scheduled to take on the arch-rivals India.

Pakistan will take on India on May 23, followed by their second match against the hosts Indonesia on May 24, and the third against Japan on May 26.

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LAHORE: The coach of the National five-a-side Hockey team, Olympian Waqas Sharif has set his target to win the upcoming five-a-side tournament, scheduled in Switzerland next month.

In a video statement, released by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), Waqas claimed to have entered the final phase of the training for the forthcoming five-a-side Hockey tournament and has set his target on winning the championship.

“We have held a training camp for the upcoming tournament and it has entered its final phase. The players are fit and are excited to participate in the event,” Waqas said.

“We are training really hard for the tournament and are expecting fruitful outcomes by winning the title,” he added.

It is apropos to mention here that the five-a-side tournament, is scheduled to kick off on June 04, and the national side will depart for Laussane, Switzerland on June 02.

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