ISLAMABAD: A national training camp for the forthcoming U-18 Junior Asia Cup starts on April 28, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) announced on Friday.

The nine-team continental event will be played in Kakamegahara, Japan from May 29 to June 6. The camp for the said event will take place from April 28 to May 25 at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium in Islamabad.

According to a press release issued by the PHF, the names of players and officials selected for the camp have been finalised following recommendations from the federation’s professional development committee, national selection committee and head coach Qamar Ibrahim.

All selected players and officials have been inst­ructed to report to Qamar at the venue on April 28.

Players invited to the camp:

Goalkeepers: Ghulam Mustafa (Customs), Muzammil Umar (Army), Nauman Khan (Sindh), Hamza Khalid (Punjab), Maysam Abbas (Gilgit-Baltistan), Hanif Shahid (Balochistan).

Defenders: Asim Haider, Hassan Akbar (Customs), Muzammil Saeed (Army), Nauman Hanif (Punjab), Rohan Khan (Sindh), Ehsan, Uzair, Hassan Niaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).

Midfielders: Usman Baig, Asnan Khan, Zaman Gujjar (Customs), Waqas Naeem, Aman Hussain, Abdullah, Shahidullah (Punjab), Usman Asghar (Army), Usman Ghani (Sindh).

Forwards: Mohammad Usman, Abdullah Awan, Adeel Afzal, Mohammad Hamza, Yahya Najeeb (Customs), Ali Hanzala, Salman Yasin, Shoaib Sultan, Zain (Army), Rana Abdul Sami, Zunair, Abu Sufyan, Farhan Aslam, Hussain Noor, Zain Abid, Arsalan, Ehsan Elahi, Taimoor (Punjab), Sharjeel, Abbas (KP), Abdul Basit (Islamabad), Faizan, Fakhar Nasir (Sindh).

Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2026