Pakistan men's national field hockey team

Pakistan
Nickname Green Shirts
Association Pakistan Hockey Federation
Coach Shahnaz Sheikh
Captain Muhammad Imran
FIH ranking 10
　
First kit
　
Second kit

The Pakistan National Field Hockey Team (Urdu: پاكِستان قومى ہاكى ٹِيم‎), also known as the Green Shirts represent the Pakistan in international field hockey competitions.[1]

Field Hockey is the national sport of Pakistan. Pakistan has been one of the most successful teams in international competitions, having won a world record four Hockey World Cup titles. With 338 goals, Pakistan's Sohail Abbas holds the current world record for most international goals scored by a player in the history of international field hockey.[2]

Tournament History

Medal table

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Total
Olympic3328
World Cup4206
Champions Trophy38718
Asian Games83314
Asia Cup3328
Azlan Shah Hockey Cup36211
Commonwealth Games0112
Asian Hockey Champions Trophy2103

Summer Olympics

Olympics Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L
United Kingdom 1908 Did not participate
Sweden 1912 Not Held
Belgium 1920 Did not participate
France 1924 Not Held
Netherlands 1928 Did not participate
United States 1932
Germany 1936
United Kingdom 1948 Semifinals 4th 6 4 0 2
Finland 1952 Semifinals 4th 4 2 0 2
Australia 1956 Semifinals 2nd 5 3 0 2
Italy 1960 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0
Japan 1964 Runner-up 2nd 8 7 0 1
Mexico 1968 Champions 1st – – – –
Germany 1972 Runner-up 2nd 9 6 1 2
Canada 1976 Third place 3rd 6 4 1 1
Soviet Union 1980 Did not participate
United States 1984 Champions 1st 7 4 3 0
Korea 1988 Playoff 5th 6 5 0 2
Spain 1992 Third place 3rd 7 6 0 1
United States 1996 Playoff 6th 7 3 1 3
Australia 2000 Semifinals 4th 7 2 3 2
Greece 2004 Playoff 5th 7 5 0 2
People's Republic of China 2008 Playoff 8th 6 2 0 4
United Kingdom 2012 Playoff 7th 6 3 1 2
Brazil 2016 Not Qualified Yet
Total3 Titles16/22----

Hockey World Cup

World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L
Spain 1971 Champions 1st 6 4 1 1
Netherlands 1973 Semifinals 4th 7 4 1 2
Malaysia 1975 Runner-up 2nd 7 4 2 1
Argentina 1978 Champions 1st 8 8 0 0
India 1982 Champions 1st 7 7 0 0
United Kingdom 1986 Playoff 11th 6 2 0 4
Pakistan 1990 Runner-up 2nd 7 4 1 2
Australia 1994 Champions 1st 7 6 0 1
Netherlands 1998 Playoff 5th 7 5 0 2
Malaysia 2002 Playoff 5th 9 6 0 3
Germany 2006 Playoff 6th 7 2 2 3
India 2010 Playoff 12th 6 1 0 5
Netherlands 2014 Did not qualify
Total4 Titles12/138453724
Hockey Champions Trophy

Commonwealth Games

Asian Hockey Champions Trophy

Asian Games

Hockey Asia Cup

Afro-Asian Games

  • 2nd 2003 – Hyderabad, India

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

  • Pakistan has won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup three times in 1999, 2000 and 2003, as well as finishing runners-up six times and have third place twice.
  • 2nd 1983 – Malaysia
  • 3rd 1985 – Malaysia
  • 2nd 1987 – Malaysia
  • 2nd 1991 – Malaysia
  • 2nd 1994 – Malaysia
  • 1st 1998 – Malaysia
  • 1st 2000 – Malaysia
  • 4th 2001 – Malaysia
  • 1st 2003 – Malaysia
  • 2nd 2004 – Malaysia
  • 3rd 2005 – Malaysia
  • 5th 2006 – Malaysia
  • 6th 2007 – Malaysia
  • 4th 2008 – Malaysia
  • 4th 2009 – Malaysia
  • 5th 2012 – Malaysia
  • 2nd 2011 – Malaysia
  • 7th 2012 – Malaysia
  • 6th 2013 – Malaysia

Current Squad

Hockey Asia cup 2013 squad:

Squad restructure

After a poor performance at the 2010 Hockey World Cup, coach Shahid Ali Khan was sacked along with several other senior personnel, with the entire squad also announcing their voluntary retirement. However the PHF President refused to accept their resignations and the players continued to play. It also emerged that the squad had been forced to announce their retirement by Asif Bajwa, a senior official.[4] Former Pakistani hockey player, Shahbaz Ahmad, announced that he would be willing to coach the team for free and that he had been approached by the PHF. He also mentioned that he would not take the position unless Asif Bajwa was sacked.[5][6] Following this, the restructured squad has seen somewhat of a resurgence with a 5–5 draw against the mighty Australians who won the 2010 Hockey World Cup.[7] They also thrashed Egypt 6–2.[8]
The PHF was on the hunt for a foreign coach and had temporarily given the assignment of coaching to Khawaja Junaid.[9] German coach Paul Lissek along with Australian Barry Dancer and Dutch coach Michel van den Heuvel were on the list but the current security situation rendered this not possible.[10] The Dutch coach Michael van den Heuvel landed in Pakistan to come to an agreement with the hockey federation for a possible coaching stint with the team.[11] While a deal was being planned, Khawaja Junaid had returned to coaching the junior team, while Manzoor Hussain had been appointed as the temporary coach of the team.[12] A few days later the Pakistan Hockey Federation announced that Michel van den Heuvel has been appointed as Pakistan's hockey coach,[13] with a pay of 10,000 euros.[14]

Notable players

Domestic hockey teams of Pakistan

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Pakistan Olympic Association". Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Azlan Shah Cup big challenge for team: Abbas Dawn 14 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012
  3. ↑ Pakistan Hockey Federation
  4. ↑ "'Bajwa forced hockey players to resign' – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "I'll coach only if Bajwa is sacked: Shahbaz – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "Green shirts fail to impress | bettor.com". Blogs.bettor.com. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  8. ↑ "Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup, Pakistan beat Egypt | bettor.com". Blogs.bettor.com. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  9. ↑ Farooq, Umar (17 April 2010). "Junaid appointed hockey coach – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  10. ↑ Siddiqui, Rashid (26 May 2010). "PHF hunt foreign coach – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  11. ↑ Muhammad Asif says: (4 June 2010). "Dutch hockey coach lands in Pakistan". Sportsencounter.com. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  12. ↑ http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/sport/07-phf-names-manager-assistant-coaches-for-national-team-ha-09
  13. ↑ http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=246098
  14. ↑ http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.aspid=246099

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