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The U -18 Asia Cup Hockey Tournament recently ended in the Chinese city of Dazo. This event is not held regularly. The Junior Tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation is the Junior Asia Cup and the Junior AHF Cup. Both are under 21 contests. The latter includes lower -level teams and works as a qualifier for the next men’s junior Asia Cup.
India, the only Asian country that is included in the world’s top 10, won a bronze medal at the last two Olympics. India did not send its team to the U -18 Asia Cup. South Korea was not there in Asia and 13th in the world. All this clearly shows that it was a minor event.
Pakistan was second. They easily won the match against menues: Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. In the last pond match, Pakistan, which came in 15th, faced strong resistance from China, who won 22-1, which won 2-1.
Pakistan won the semi-final against Malaysia (12th) in exchange for shootings after a 3-3 draw. In the final, Japan, who came in 18th, defeated Pakistani boys 0-3.
In keeping with all the above factors, there is nothing to be proud of Pakistan’s performance. But the PHF began to blow its trumpet, as in a press conference on the 15th of this month, Federation Secretary Rana Mujahid said, “Look, we reached another final, citing the second position of Pakistan’s national team in the FIH Nations Cup in June. The FIH Nation Cup is another level in which countries have been ranked out of the top nine. This is a qualification tournament for the FIH Pro League, where the top nine countries compete. Although Pakistan played the final in the Nations Cup, they won only one match throughout the tournament, qualifying for the semi -finals on a goal margin, and won the semi -finals in the shootout. In the final, he was blown up by New Zealand 6-2.
As usual, there were PHF administrative errors. Players and officials delayed visas. The squad arrived just five hours before the first match. Due to the visa issue, two goals could not go with the keeper team. The outfield player had to show as the second goalkeeper in the match sheets. Team management should thank his lucky stars for the lonely goalkeeper Ghulam Mustafa fully fit. Otherwise, it would be disastrous.
Rana Mujahid talked about the “successes” of the current PHF setup by presenting distorted facts.
“When Tariq Bugti took over as PHF President, Pakistan was ranked 18th in the FIH rankings. Now, we have developed the 12th.”
Fact: Pakistan was ranked 16th when Bugti became the president of the PHF. According to the latest FIH rankings, they are 15th.
“Even in the Asian tournament, Pakistan was ranked eighth.”
Fact: In addition to the end of the 6th position in the 2007 Asia Cup, Pakistan has never been out of the first five in Asian events.
A PHF rating process is commendable. This time, the PHF president and secretary were not with the team. All international assignments were strongly criticized for traveling with the squad. During these joyful visits, the two enjoyed free international travel, hotel stay and the allowance of $ 500 daily.
After taking over the PHF office, Tariq Bugti told the media during his first press conference that one of his main objectives was to hear the trial of three former PHF presidents and secretaries, including Rana Mujahid, for financial embezzlement. But Rana Mujahid is now the secretary of the PHF with Bugti as its president. In this part of the world, strange things happen.
The players have also been denied their daily allowance. Pakistan’s national team captain Emad Shakeel Butt has protested against the players.
We have been hearing about the PHF plan to launch the Hockey Super League on the PSL style of cricket for a long time. Once again, Rana Mujahid said under pressure that the projects were already.
When a media man asked if the sponsor had expressed interest, Rana Mujahid confessed, “No sponsor contacted the PHF. However, we are trying to reach them.”
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