Pakistan national ball hockey team

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The Pakistan national ball hockey team is the national ball hockey team of Pakistan and is controlled by the .^[1]

Introduction[]

Parents and grandparents grew up in Pakistan playing and watching cricket. They were either born in Canada or arrived in Canada at a very young age and invariably loved ice hockey as all Canadians do. Being new immigrants most Pakistanis could not afford to play ice hockey so they took to the playgrounds, streets, and parking lots to play ball hockey. The sport has evolved over the years from a street sport to the very highly organized and competitive leagues of today at the Regional, Provincial and National levels. To take it a step further, over the last decade, ball hockey has reached its highest level possible, the world championships.

Pakistan's Program has steadily grown and has gone on to win two gold medals in 2007 and 2011 in Pool B. In 2013 Pakistan was awarded the Pool A Status and shall be competing for gold at the IHBF World Championships in St. Johns, Newfoundland.^[2][3]

Awards & Honors[]

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Gold Medals[]

• 2011 - Team Pakistan - B-Pool (Slovakia)
• 2007 - Team Pakistan - B-Pool (Germany)

Tournament MVP[]

• 2011 - Ijaz Chaudhry - Slovakia

All Star Team[]

• 2011 - Bilal Buttar - Slovakia

Goaltender of the Tournament[]

• 2011 - Raza Zaidi - Slovakia

2013 Roster[]

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Coaching Staff[]

• Christopher Pinto — Head Coach
• Naiem Malik — Assistant Coach
• Ali Wadee — Player Development
• Brian Lucas — Player Development
• Joe Lucas — Player Development

Executives[]

• Naveed Mohammad — General Manager
• Safi Habib — Media/PR Director
• Muhammad Afzal Javed — Pakistan General Secretary/Player Development

Goaltenders[]

• Raza Zaidi
• Ibad Khan

Defencemen[]

• Ijaz Chaudhry
• Bilal Buttar
• Zafir Rashid
• Farooq Khan
• Mustafa Alam
• Yusuf Azmi
• Salih Azmi
• Fahad Mallik

Forwards[]

• Sajjid Ayubi
• Usama Mahmood
• Imran Patel
• Osman Buttar
• Teepu Kidwai
• Munawar Hamdani
• Omar Sabri
• Shane Khan
• Safi Ahmed
• Mohammed Bilal
• Sophian Mian
• Nazir Lasania
• Shaukat Khan
• Camran Baig
• Waqas Khan

External links[]

• Official Website

References[]