Hockey-5 C'ship to revolutionise hockey: Tahir Zaman

E-Paper | May 03, 2026

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan hockey team Chief Coach and Olympian Tahir Zaman believes the Hockey-5 Championship will revolutionise the national sport in the country.

The inaugural Hockey-5 championship is being played at the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore under Floodlights.

Hockey-5, a faster version of the game, is considered equivalent of the Twenty20 cricket.

“After holding the first Hockey-5 championship, the event will be moved to schools in order to engage maximum youth in hockey activities,” he said.

Tahir said this event is very important for Pakistan hockey in the current circumstances as most of the junior players would participate in it.

“The same boys will go on a European tour and later participate in the Junior Hockey World Cup,” he said.

Zaman added that Hockey-5 championship can be played in grounds and astro-turfs.

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M. Ahmed

Jun 21, 2016 04:41pm

To attract talent, this event must be held in all major cities not just Lahore

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Shaukat Ali Khan

Jun 21, 2016 06:12pm

Never; it is escape from the real match. I wish we used some common sense.

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Jun 21, 2016 10:31pm

I think it's a good move - we need to create interest in the public to create bigger talent pool. Mind you, shorter version of hockey is even more demanding than the full version as it requires more stamina to cover the field with less number of players on a slightly smaller field. The game has become a lot faster with more focus on goal scoring with positioning & passing and shorter version will certainly improve/ develop this part of the game.

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Hakim

Jun 21, 2016 11:46pm

@AJ sounds very inteesting. Hope to see success with this type of events and the hockey league which is going to be launched this year. Missing Pakistan magic in the world hockey.

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Ghaznavi

Jun 22, 2016 01:20am

Government should provide subsidized hockey equipment to schools and clubs. This will make the expensive game affordable to all.

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