KARACHI, June 17: A short training camp of Pakistan probables in preparation for Hockey World League will open at the Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium here on Tuesday.

Hockey World Cup League will be held at Johor Bahru, Malaysia, from June 29 to July 7.

Twenty-eight probables have been invited to the training camp from which an 18-member Pakistan hockey squad will be picked.

Eight top teams from Asia and Europe which are drawn in two pools will be taking part in the 9-day competition and top three teams will qualify for next year’s hockey World Cup being staged in the Netherlands.

“This is an important event and we will be focussing on all areas of the game with emphasis on the shortcomings of the team,” Pakistan team coach Olympian Hanif Khan said on the eve of start of the camp.

Pakistan is drawn in pool ‘B’ with England, South Africa and host Malaysia.

Following are camp trainees:

Imran Shah, Imran Butt, Mohammad Imran, Mohammad Rizwan Senior, Fareed Ahmed, Rashid Mahmood, Mohammad Waqas, Shafqat Rasool, Abdul Haseem Khan, Mohammad Ateeq, Waseem Ahmed, Mohammad Kashif Ali, Shakeel Abbasi, Mohammad Irfan, Salman Hussain, Talal Khalid, Syed Sibtain Raza, Aamir Shahzad, Mohammad Imran Junior, Muzammil Ishaq Bhatti, Kashif Ali, Arslan Qadir, Mohammad Zubair, Zohaib Ashraf, Ayub Ali, Yasir Shabbir, Waqas Akbar, Syed Abbas Haider Bilgrami.—APP