LAHORE: Trials to select Pakistan team for the three-nation hockey tournament, scheduled to be held in Muscat, will be held at Karachi’s Abdul Sattar Edhi Hockey Stadium on Jan 31 and Feb 1.

Hosts Oman, Pakistan and Japan will compete in the event.

Originally, South Korea were also scheduled to participate but later they decided to skip the event. The tournament will be played from Feb 14 to 20 at Muscat’s Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.

The three sides will play each other twice followed by the final between the top two finishers.

Published in Dawn, January 27th, 2018

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