BHUBANESWAR: South Africa defeated Pakistan 4-1 in the penalty shootout stage of the Junior Hockey World Cup’s ranking match here on Thursday.
The ranking match between the Green Shirts and the Proteas ended 3-3 at the scheduled time before being decided in the penalty shootout stage. For Pakistan, field goals were scored by Abu Zar, Abdul Hanan, and Abdul Rehman.
In the penalty shootout, Adeel Latif scored the only goal for Pakistan in response to South Africa’s four.
Green shirts will play their last match on December 4 for 11th /12th position.
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BHUBANESWAR: Pakistan defeated the United States by a score of 18-2 in a ranking match of the Junior Hockey World Cup here on Tuesday.
Pakistan competed for the 9th to 16th position match against the USA in order to improve their event’s ranking.
Pakistan launched an attack on the USA from the start with Abu Zar scoring the game’s first goal in the 14th minute. Soon after, Rizwan scored his first goal of the game in the 20th minute and the Green shirts kept the momentum going, pushing the opposition back and scoring 18 goals.
Waheed, the captain, was the team’s standout performer, scoring four goals, including a hat-trick. Abu Zar also scored hat-trick. Rizwan, on the other hand, scored two goals for Pakistan. Umair Sattar, Roman Khan, Hammad Anjum, Mohibullah, Mohsin Hassan, Abdul Manan, Moin Shakeel, and Abdul Rehman scored a goal each.
The USA players, on the other hand, appeared helpless as they only managed to score two goals Quaile Finlay was the only goal scorer for the team with two goals.
Pakistan has two matches left to improve their rankings. Green Shirts will play the next match on December 2 for the 9th to 12th position rankings against South Africa.
It should be noted that Pakistan were eliminated from the title race following their defeat to Argentina in third group match.
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BHUBANESWAR: Pakistan beat Egypt by 3-1 in their second match of the ongoing FIH Junior Hockey World Cup here on Saturday.
In a must-win contest, Pakistan played exceptionally well with their drag flicker Rizwan Ali registering a hat-trick. Rizwan made the most of three penalty corners in the 19th, 32nd, and 53rd minute of the game, respectively.
For Egypt, the only field goal was scored by Awad Hussein. With this victory, Pakistan remains with a chance to qualify for the next round.
The Green Shirts are scheduled to play their last group stage match on November 28 against Argentina.
BHUBANESWAR: Germany beat Pakistan by 5-2 in their first match in the Junior Hockey World Cup here on Wednesday.
Germany launched an attack on Pakistan from the very start as Michel Struthoff struck the first goal in the opening minute of the game. Robert Duckscheer scored a goal in 14th minute to take a 2-0 lead for Germany.
In the 18th minute, Abdul Hanan scored for Pakistan to make the score 2-1. The very next minute, Maximilian Sieburg struck another goal to make it 3-1 in favour of Germany. Benedikt Scwazhaupt made it 4-1 in the 22nd minute of the game.
Hammad Anjum scored the second goal from Pakistan in the 49th minute but Germany once again scored in the 54th minute to make the scoreboard read 5-2. Duckscheer scored two goals.
BHUBANESWAR: Pakistan team beat Chile by 3-0 and Canada by 1-0 in Junior Hockey World Cup’s practice matches.
Pakistan Junior team’s practice sessions were in full swing before they take on Germany in the first match of the main event on November 24.
Team captain Rana Waheed said his boys gained immense confidence after winning both of their practice matches.
“We are off to a good start in the event but I know the main event is different from this. Our practice for the matches is strong and we believe in ourselves,” the Waheed said in a statement released by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF).
“Boys are confident now after winning two practice matches against good teams. We are looking forward to executing our plans against Germany in the first match,” he added.
Pakistan will face Germany on November 24 at 11:30 (PST). They will next play against Egypt on November 27 and Argentina on November 28.
BHUBANESWAR: Pakistan defeated Canada by 4-2 in a practice Penalty Shootouts session in Junior Hockey World Cup.
Skipper Rana Waheed, Moin Shakeel, Andul Hannan, and Ghazanfar Ali scored goals for the junior team.
Remember, the Pakistan team reached here on November 20. The 23-member national squad was tested for COVID-19 in Lahore on Thursday. The team’s doctor Asad Abbas Shah supervised the testing process. The players and management were allowed to travel after negative results.
Pakistan will play their warm-up games in the mega event against Chili and Canada on November 21 and 22 respectively. The Green Shirts will play their first match in the mega event against Germany on November 24.
DELHI: Pakistan team reached India to participate in the upcoming Junior Hockey World Cup, scheduled to start on November 24.
According to the details, the Pakistan team has reached here on Saturday in the afternoon and will travel to Bhuvneshwar where the tournament is scheduled to be played.
The 23-member national squad was tested for COVID-19 in Lahore on Thursday. The team’s doctor Asad Abbas Shah supervised the testing process. The players and management were allowed to travel after negative results.
Pakistan will play their warm-up games in the mega event against Chili and Canada on November 21 and 22 respectively. The Green Shirts will play their first match in the mega event against Germany on November 24.
LAHORE: Pakistan’s squad underwent COVID-19 tests before their departure to India for Junior Hockey World Cup.
The 23-member national squad was tested for COVID-19 here at National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. The team’s doctor Asad Abbas Shah supervised the testing process. The players and management will be allowed to travel after returning negative in their COVID-19 tests.
Pakistan will play their warm-up games in the mega event against Chili and Canada on November 21 and 22 respectively. The Green Shirts will play their first match in the mega event against Germany on November 24.
SQUAD
Rana Abdul Waheed (C), Waqar, Aqeel Ahmed, Rizwan Ali, Moin Shakeel, Adeel Latif, Mohammad Hamad-ud-din, Abdul Hannan, Gazanfar Ali, Umair Sattar, Abdullah Ishtiaq, Mohibullah, Abuzar, Mohsin Hasan, Abdul Mannan, Abdur Rehman, Roman Khan, Mohammad Abdullah.
LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has called 30 players for a training camp ahead of the Asian Champions Trophy, scheduled in Bangladesh in December.
The training camp will take place here at National Hockey Stadium under the supervision of the camp commandant and men’s team head coach, Olympian Khuwaja Junaid.
Probables called for the training camp
Goalkeepers: Muneeb-ur-Rehman, Akmal Hussain
Defense: Mubashir Ali, Abu Bakar Mahmood, Tazeem-ul-Hasan, Amjad Ali Khan, Junaid Kamal, Amad Shakeel Butt, Ihtisham Aslam, Samiullah Khan, Arbaz Ahmed
Forwards: Umar Bhutta, Ali Shan, Mohammad Azfar Yaqoob, Aijaz Ahmed, Ahmed Nadeem, Hamza Waheed, Salman Razzaq, Naveed Alam, Ubaidullah, Zahid Malik, Afraz, Junaid Manzoor, Zakriya Hayat, Ali Aziz, Murtaza Yaqoob, Hasan Amin, Shahzaib Khan, Mohammad Rizwan SR, Usman Khalid
LAHORE: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) announced an 18-member squad for FIH Junior Hockey World Cup, penciled in from November 24 to December 5 in Bhuvneshwar, India.
Rana Abdul Waheed has been named captain of the team which includes Waqar, Aqeel Ahmed, Rizwan Ali, Moin Shakeel, Adeel Latif, Mohammad Hamad-ud-din, Abdul Hannan, Gazanfar Ali, Umair Sattar, Abdullah Ishtiaq, Mohibullah, Abuzar, Mohsin Hasan, Abdul Mannan, Abdur Rehman, Roman Khan, Mohammad Abdullah.
Danish Kaleem will be the head coach and other management includes Rana Zaheer, Mudassir Ali Khan (Coaches), Abuzar (Analyst), and Asad Abbas (Doctor).
The national team will go to Bhvneshwar via Dubai and Dehli on November 20. They will play their warm-up games against Chili and Canada on November 21 and 22 respectively.
The Green Shirts will play their first match in the mega event against Germany on November 24.
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