PHF names 45 players for U-18 camp

Published October 2, 2009

Junior hockey players participate in trials for the national team. — File photo from APP

LAHORE The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has announced 45 players for the training camp being held in preparation for the under-18 Boys Asia Cup being held in Myanmar from Nov 12 to 24.

The camp will be held at National Hockey Stadium Lahore from Oct 5.

The national selection committee headed by Olympian Hasan Sardar has selected the players from the recently-held Junior Super Hockey League in Karachi.

Olympian Khawaja Mohammad Junaid will be the chief coach with Olympian Kamran Ashraf and Anjum Saeed as the assistant coaches. Dr Asad Abbas Shah and International Ajmal Khan will assist the team management.

Probables
Naghman Ahmad, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Tauseeq, Ayub Ali, Ali Hussain Faraz and Adnan Shakoor (Faisalabad); Abdullah, Arslan, Bilal Mahmood, Faisal, Aqeel (goalkeeper) and Usman (Islamabad); Kashif Shah, Adnan Latif, Mohammad Aleem, Mohammad Bilal, Javed, Sufiyan (goalkeeper) and Sheharyar (Lahore); Dawood Khalid, Mohammad Umair, Mohammad Adnan, Waseem Abbas, Ali Raza, Agha Abid (goalkeeper) and Imran Hussain (Sialkot); Waqar, Atif Zahoor, Mohammad Qurba (goalkeeper) and Usman Rafiq (Abbottabad); Mohammad Bashir, Sajjad Ahmad (goalkeeper) and Fahad Khan (Peshawar); Safeer Hussain, Sajid Abbas (goalkeeper), Modat, Mohammad Mushtaq and Khurram (Multan); Mehdi Abbas and Waseem Haider (Quetta); Nasir Ali (goalkeeper) and Yasir Ali (Larkana); Sarfraz Ahmad, Mohammad Ali and Kamran Sharif (Karachi).

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