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Lahore : Pakistan’s national women team to participate in the Asian Hockey Federation Cup in Bangkok, Thailand would depart from Lahore airport on the evening of September 28.Hina Kanwal is the Captain of the squad and Rizwana Yasmin is the Vice Captain.
Saeed Khan, who coached Pakistan’s World Cup winning team of 1994, is the Manager and Chief Coach while the former national captain Usman Sheikh is the Coach.
Schedule of Pakistan’s pool matches:
1 October: Pakistan vs Thailand
3 October: Pakistan vs Uzbekistan
5 October: Pakistan vs Chinese-Taipei
The two semifinals will be played on 8 October and the final is scheduled on 9 October.
The top two teams of the AHF Cup would qualify for the Women’s Asia Cup.
Team went through a month long training camp at the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore.
During the last days, the national women team also played practise matches against the Dar Hockey Academy.
Coach Usman is hopeful that Pakistan would put up a good show but he is not very optimistic about the results, “We all know that the national women team has been formed after a gap of more than three years. During this period, there was also very little domestic activity. So it will be difficult to compete with the teams active on the international circuit all this time.”
