Pakistan qualified for Hockey world cup

[Spring Onion]

Pakistan qualified for Hockey world cup


nice they secured a place to play the world cup to be held in India next year

 

[abiab]

They made it

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[SummerWine]

Pakistan qualified for Hockey world cup


nice they secured a place to play the world cup to be held in India next year

Dear Jana, yes it is nice, but i also heard that it is the first time in 20 or 30 years that pak had to play the qualifying rounds in order to get through to world cup. I dont know if its correct or not, but nonetheless, yea nice achievement.

 

[SSGPA1]

This is great news. Next WC will be tough and I hope Pakistan will raise their game further.

BTW, Pakistan has won the WC 4 times which is also the most by any team.

 

[Spring Onion]

Dear Jana, yes it is nice, but i also heard that it is the first time in 20 or 30 years that pak had to play the qualifying rounds in order to get through to world cup. I dont know if its correct or not, but nonetheless, yea nice achievement.

yeh thats true. It was realy shocking to see Pakistani hockey in such a condition.'

I remember when i was a kid we used to watch Pakistani best hockey players like Shahbaz senior man what a player he was as center forward he was magical.



But i think its time we need to give more funds for these players and promotion of hockey.

The national game is in trouble

 

[abiab]

i also heard that it is the first time in 20 or 30 years that pak had to play the qualifying rounds in order to get through to world cup. I dont know if its correct or not, but nonetheless, yea nice achievement.

Pakistan team never missed a Hockey WC. But i don't know that its first time for pakistan to play qualifying rounds

 

[Spring Onion]

Pakistan beat Japan to qualify for hockey World Cup
Sunday, 08 Nov, 2009


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan booked a place in the final round of the next year’s hockey World Cup with a convincing 3-1 win over Japan in the final match of the qualifiers at Lille (France) on Sunday.



Penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas scored twice off the short corner set-pieces on either side of the half time whistle to steer Pakistan team to victory.



Spearhead Abdul Haseem Khan opened the scoring for Pakistan four minutes after the start before Sohail Abbas came into action with a 24th minute conversion of a short corner.



Japan reduced the margin through Shibushi who found the target from a penalty corner in the 27th minute with Pakistan leading 2-1 at the halfway stage.



Sohail Abbas widened Pakistan’s lead with another successful strike in the second period of a fast-paced match.

Pakistan then missed a couple of sitters but their defence, particularly the goalkeeper, stood firm against the repeated Japanese attacks, according to reports available here.



With victory in the play-off match to decide the first position in this six-Nation qualifying tournament, Pakistan grabbed the lone qualifying spot for the final round of the hockey World Cup 2010 to be played at New Delhi (India) in February-March next year.



Pakistan, the four-times World Cup winners, will now join the nine other teams, with two places still up for grabs, which have already made it to the final round.



International Hockey Federation (FIH) will soon hold another two qualifying tournaments, one in New Zealand and the other in Argentina, to fill the vacant berths for the final round.



The final standings in the qualifying round at Lille were:1-Pakistan, 2-Japan, 3-Poland, 4-France, 5-Russia, 6-Italy.



Pakistan, which had to appear in the World Cup qualifiers for the first time ever, had beaten Japan 6-1 in the league, also defeating Italy, Russia, France before being beaten by Poland in the last league encounter.


Despite defeat by Poland, Pakistan topped the league points table, thus setting up a first-position duel against fellow Asians Japan. -APP

 

[Locked]

Why is Hockey in Pakistan on decline? Hockey is getting more attention in Germany and it is ridiculous that Pakistan lost to Poland.

 

[Chanakyaa]

Congrats !

 

[Evil Flare]

India Didnot qualify Last Time


Is india passed the test ?

 

[SummerWine]

India Didnot qualify Last Time


Is india passed the test ?

They didnt have to, cos they are the hosts this time I think. So they get an automatic entry.

 

[Wingman]

Ohhhhh what a news flash there was a time Pak qualify for finals of world cup and champions tropy, asian games, olympic etc. It used to be a great news for us. Now the great news is Pak qualify Hockey world cup after playing qualifying rounds.

 

[AHMED85]

well done boys

keep it up

nice chance for you