Senior-Junior friendly matches to be played ahead of Azlan Shah Cup
Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) secretary Shahbaz Ahmed on Wednesday said that warm-up matches would be held by the end of March between senior and junior outfits ahead of the upcoming Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.
Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) secretary Shahbaz Ahmed on Wednesday said that warm-up matches would be held by the end of March between senior and junior outfits ahead of the upcoming Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.
The 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup will be held from April 6 to 16 in Ipoh, Malaysia. Also, training camp of probables will commence on Wednesday in preparation for the event, here at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium. The PHF secretary said that around 130 probables would attend the camp under the supervision of coach Khawaja Junaid.
"The training camp will be held in two phases. In the first phase, the probables will be divided into teams to play matches against each other which will help us shortlist the best players for the Azlan Shah Cup in a week's time," he maintained.
"In the second phase, the shortlisted players will attend a two to three weeks long training camp," he said add-ing that the final line-up would be announced by March 15.
"The final outfit will play three to four friendly matches against Pakistan junior team in Lahore, Faisalabad and Bahawalpur," he stated.
Shahbaz expressed satisfaction over Pakistan Whites' performance at the recently-concluded South Asian Games (SAG) in India where they defeated traditional rivals India in the final to claim gold medal.
"They remained consistent throughout the event which is a positive sign for our hockey," he remarked. Pakistan participated in all editions of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup barring the last two ones due to financial crisis the previous PIIF management was faced with.
(Source: Dawn News)
The 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup will be held from April 6 to 16 in Ipoh, Malaysia. Also, training camp of probables will commence on Wednesday in preparation for the event, here at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium. The PHF secretary said that around 130 probables would attend the camp under the supervision of coach Khawaja Junaid.
"The training camp will be held in two phases. In the first phase, the probables will be divided into teams to play matches against each other which will help us shortlist the best players for the Azlan Shah Cup in a week's time," he maintained.
"In the second phase, the shortlisted players will attend a two to three weeks long training camp," he said add-ing that the final line-up would be announced by March 15.
"The final outfit will play three to four friendly matches against Pakistan junior team in Lahore, Faisalabad and Bahawalpur," he stated.
Shahbaz expressed satisfaction over Pakistan Whites' performance at the recently-concluded South Asian Games (SAG) in India where they defeated traditional rivals India in the final to claim gold medal.
"They remained consistent throughout the event which is a positive sign for our hockey," he remarked. Pakistan participated in all editions of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup barring the last two ones due to financial crisis the previous PIIF management was faced with.
(Source: Dawn News)
