PHF announces national junior hockey team’s European tour schedule

KARACHI: A short training camp of national junior (under 21) players for the European tour from August 22 to September 12 will start at Johar Town Hockey Stadium, Lahore, from August 16, PHF announced on Wednesday. 

In Spain, the Pakistan under-21 team will face the hosts’ national junior side in a three-test series. 

In the Netherlands, they will play matches against some of the top teams from Hoofdklasse (Dutch Premier Division).

The Dutch league is the most competitive domestic hockey competition in the world with top sides fielding mega international stars from different countries. 

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

Players called for the preparatory camp:

Goalkeepers: Ali Raza  (NBP), M Talal Khalid (Sialkot), Usman Ghani (Railways), Muneer-ur-Rehman (SSGC), Roman Khan (KPK Whites), Hafiz Ali Umair (SNGPL).

FULL BACKS: Atif Mushtaq (NBP), Hassan Anwar (SSGC), Mubasshir Ali (NBP), Zahid Ullah (PAF).

HALVES: Abu Bakar Mahmood (NBP), Faizan (NBP), Junaid Kamal(NBP), M Usman (Railways), Muhammad Qasim   (WAPDA), Tanzeem-ul-Hassan (Railways), Ammad Shakeel Butt (NBP).

FORWARDS:

Shan Irshad (NBP), Azfar Yaqoob (NBP), Muhammad Dilber (NBP), Muhammad Atiq (NBP), Bilal Qadir (NBP), Mohsin Sabir (Navy), Rana Sohail Riaz (SSGC), Sami Ullah (PAF), Muhammad Rizwan (SSGC), Muhammad Naveed  (NBP), Bilal Mahmood (WAPDA), Fahad Ullah (PAF), Amir Ali (NBP), Umer Hamdi (WAPDA).