ISLAMABAD: The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) on Tuesday announced the match schedule for the Hero Asia Cup Jakarta 2022.

The tournament will commence on the 23rd of May, and the final will be played on June 1, 2022, the AHF said in a press release.

The eight participating teams have been divided into two pools. Pakistan, who are World No. 18, have been placed in pool ‘A’ along with India (World No. 3), Japan (No. 17) and Indonesia (No. 48) while pool ‘B’ comprises Malaysia, Korea, Oman and Bangladesh.

Pakistan take on arch-rivals India in their opening match on May 23. In their second match, the green-shirts face hosts Indonesia on May 24 before playing their third and last pool match against Japan on May 26.The AHF also announced that the Men’s Asian Games Qualifier will be held from May 6 to 15 in Bangkok. Nine teams from all over Asia will participate in the tournament out of which six will qualify for the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022.

The nine participating teams are Oman, Bangladesh, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Singapore and Kazakhstan.

Published in Dawn, April 27th, 2022