ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Hockey Federation will announce the junior team for the fifth Sultan of Johar Junior Invitational Hockey Tournament and Junior Asia Cup on Saturday (today).

The Sultan of Johar Invita­tional Tournament will be held in Johor Bahru, Malay­sia from Oct 11-18 while the Junior Asian Cup will be held in the Malaysian city of Kuantan from Nov 14 to 22.

The selection committee will announce a 20-member squad which will participate in both tournaments.

“We will announce a 20-member squad which will participate in both tournaments. Secondly, after playing the Sultan of Johar Tournament, we will try to establish a training camp in Malaysia for the Asia Cup,” PHF secretary Shahbaz Ahmed Senior said.

He said the PHF was taking the Asia Cup seriously as that was a qualifying tournament for next year’s World Cup.

“I hope the junior team will show good performance in Asia Cup and we will manage to qualify for the World Cup,” he said and added that the two-day trails for the junior team will end on Saturday at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium here after which the selection committee will announce the 20-member squad.

Meanwhile, PHF president retired Brig Khalid Khokhar appointed retired Brig Khalid Mukhtar Farani as manager of the national junior team.

Published in Dawn, September 19th, 2015

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