Pakistan’s under 21 hockey team has left for the tour of Spain and Netherlands

Lahore : In Spain, Pakistan faces hosts’ national junior side in a three test series.

While in Netherlands, they would play matches against some of the top teams from Hoofdklasse (Netherlands Premier Division). It is worth mentioning that the Netherlands’ league is easily the most competitive domestic hockey competition  in the world with  top sides fielding international stars from different countries.

 

The European tour is a part of preparation for the Junior World Cup to be held in Lucknow, India later this year.

 

OFFICIALS:

Brig. (R) Khalid Mukhtar Farani                – Team Manager

Tahir Zaman                                               – Head Coach

Zeeshan Ashraf                                        – Coach

Muhammad Irfan                                        – Asstt. Coach

Zahid Ali                                                     – Video Analyst

Ghazanfar Ali                                              – Nutritionist

 

PLAYERS:

Muhammad Dilber                                                      Azfar Yaqoob

Muhammad Atiq                                                          Bilal Qadir

Ali Raza                                                                        Atif Mushtaq

Abu Bakar Mahmood                                                 Ammad Shakeel Butt

Junaid Kamal                                                              Shan Irshad

Rana Suhail Riaz                                                        Talal Khalid

Hassan Anwar                                                             Faizan

Mubashar Ali                                                                Muhammad Usman

 

Three players, Samiuallah (PAF), Fahadullah (PAF) and Mohsin Sabir (Navy), would join the team in a few days after completing their  engagements with their respective teams in the ongoing inter services tournament.