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Hockey Olympic 2020 – Qualifiers: Pakistan Squad Itinerary & Schedule Announced

Hockey Olympic 2020 – Qualifiers: The selected Pakistan Squad for the Qualifier event to be held in The Netherlands – Courtesy: FIH

The Pakistan Hockey Team will depart for Olympic 2020 Qualifiers on Sunday, the 20th October. 

The team will play two test matches against Germany on October 22nd and 23rd 2019 before proceeding to The Netherlands for the Olympic 2020 qualifying matches against the hosts on October 26th and 27th 2019.

The winners of the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers will qualify for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. 

The Pakistan hockey team for the Olympic 2020 qualifiers is as follows:

Pakistan Players Profile

  1. MUHAMMAD RIZWAN SENIOR – Captain, 
  2. AMMAD BUTT – Vice Captain, 
  3. WAQAR (GK), 
  4. AMJAD ALI (GK), 
  5. MUBASHAR ALI, 
  6. RIZWAN ALI, 
  7. ABU BAKAR MAHMOOD, 
  8. MOIN SHAKEEL, 
  9. TASAWAR ABBAS, 
  10. AZFAR YAQOOB, 
  11. RASHID MEHMOOD, 
  12. ALI SHAN, AJAZ AHMAD, 
  13. UMER BHUTTA, 
  14. RANA SOHAIL, 
  15. RANA WAHEED, 
  16. GHAZANFAR Ali, 
  17. HAMMAD ANJUM, 
  18. IRFAN SENIOR.

The technical management includes: 

  • Manager/Head Coach: Olympian Khawaja Junaid
  • Coaches: Wasim Ahmed, Zaheer Ahmad Babar, Ajmal Khan Lodhi & Sameer Hussain
  • Video Analyst: Nadeem Lodhi
  • Doctor: Asad Abbas Shah
  • Trainer: Jesse Wilson Workman
Hockey Olympic 2020 – Qualifiers: The schedule of Pakistan team against Germany  – Courtesy: PHF
Hockey Olympic 2020 – Qualifiers: The schedule of Pakistan team for the Qualifier event to be held in The Netherlands – Courtesy: FIH

The winners will be determined as follows: 

The teams will be ranked according to the number of points each has accumulated in both matches (for each match, 3 points are awarded to the winner, 1 point to each team in the event of a draw and 0 point to the loser).

If there is equality among the two teams, then the teams will be ranked according to their respective goal difference. If the equality remains, a shoot-out competition will be played to establish the winner. 

The objective of the Pakistan Men’s Hockey Teams is to secure direct qualification for the Tokyo 2020 hockey tournaments – which will be staged in Japan’s capital city from 25 July to 7 August next year and involve 12 Men’s and 12 Women’s teams. 

The Head Coach, Mr. Khawaja Junaid said that, “During the two matches against Germany. all the players will be given an opportunity in order to find the best combination for the qualifiers.” 

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