LAHORE, Jan 10: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has named technical officials for the preliminary and final rounds of the 55th NBP national championship.

The preliminary rounds, to be played among the regional teams, will take place in Faisalabad and Karachi, respectively, from Jan 22 to 30. The departmental round in Peshawar will be played from Jan 26 to Feb 3 with the finals also happening in Peshawar at the Lala Ayub Stadium, from Feb 5 to 15.

The final round will be played among 12 teams -- four top teams from the Faisalabad and Karachi qualifying round and eight from Peshawar’s qualifiers.

Technical officials:

FAISALABAD: Khalid Bashir, tournament director (Faisalabad).

Ansar Mahmood, tournament officer (Gujrat).

Rana Mujahid Ali, organising secretary.

KARACHI: Dr S.A. Majid, tournament director (Karachi).

Qadeer Ahmed, Faizan Ahmed, Azmat Pasha (Karachi), tournament officers.Gulfraz Ahmed Khan, organising secretary.

PESHAWAR: M. Zahir Shah, tournament director (Peshawar).

FINAL ROUND:

M. Zahir Shah, tournament director; Muhammad Ikhlaq (NBP), Younis Siddiqui (Karachi), tournament officers.

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