Pakistan men's national field hockey team facts for kids

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Pakistan

Nickname(s)	Green Shirts Green Machines
Association	Pakistan Hockey Federation
Confederation	AHF (Asia)
Head Coach	Roelant Oltmans
Assistant coach(es)	Muhammad Usman
Captain	Ammad Butt
Most caps	Waseem Ahmad (410)
Top scorer	Sohail Abbas (348)
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	16 (4 August 2023)
Highest	4 (2000)
Lowest	20 (Jul 2022)
First international
Pakistan 2–1 Belgium  (London, United Kingdom; 2 August 1948)
Biggest win
Pakistan 22–0 Nepal    (Madras, India; 26 December 1995)
Biggest defeat
India 10–2 Pakistan  (Hangzhou, China; 30 September 2023)
Olympic Games
Appearances	16 (first in 1948)
Best result	Champions (1960, 1968, 1984)
World Cup
Appearances	13 (first in 1971)
Best result	Champions (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994)
Asian Games
Appearances	17 (first in 1958)
Best result	Champions (1958, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 2010)
Asia Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1982)
Best result	Champions (1982, 1985, 1989)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 3 2 World Cup 4 2 0 Asian Games 8 3 3 Asia Cup 3 3 3 Champions Trophy 3 7 6 Asian Champions Trophy 3 2 1 Commonwealth Games 0 1 1

The Pakistan national field hockey team (Urdu: پاکستان قومى ہاكى ٹیم) represents Pakistan in international field hockey. Having played its first match in 1948, it is administered by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), the governing body for hockey in Pakistan. It has been a member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) since 1948 and was founding member of the Asian Hockey Federation (ASHF), which was formed in 1958. Pakistan is one of the most successful national field hockey teams in the world with a record four Hockey World Cup wins (in 1971, 1978, 1982, and 1994).

Pakistan national team has played in all FIH World Cup editions with the only absence coming in 2014 and 2023. The Green Shirts are also most successful national team in the Asian Games, with eight gold medals: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, and 2010, the highest number of times a country has come first, and the only Asian team to have won the prestigious Champions Trophy, with three championships: 1978, 1980 and 1994. Pakistan has won a total of 29 official international titles to professional and grassroots level selections, with three gold medals in the Olympic Games field hockey tournaments: in Rome 1960, Mexico City 1968, and Los Angeles 1984.

Field hockey is the national sport of the country. The Pakistan national team has been ranked as the #1 team in the world in both 2000 and 2001 by the FIH. Former captain Sohail Abbas holds the World Record for the most international goals scored by a player in the history of international field hockey. Waseem Ahmad is the most-capped player for the team, having played 410 times between 1996 and 2013.

Pakistan is known for having fierce rivalry with India, having a record of playing each other in South Asian Games and Asian Games finals. They have competed against one another in 20 major tournaments finals so far, out of which Pakistan has won 13 titles in total. Pakistan have a record of winning the first three championships of Hockey Asia Cup in 1982, 1985 and 1989 against India in row. Apart from that, Pakistan has notable competitive rivalries with Netherlands and Australia.

Pakistan's home ground is National Hockey Stadium in Lahore. The current team head coach is Shahnaz Sheikh and the team manager is Saeed Khan.

History

Early history (1948–1955)

Pakistan national field hockey team, before playing final against Netherlands in Barcelona (Spain) on 4 November 1950 during the Barcelona International Hockey Festival.

Originally, the game had been brought by British servicemen to British India, and like cricket it soon became a popular sport with the local population. Following the independence of Pakistan in 1947, soon after the Pakistan Hockey Federation came into being in 1948. Prior to the partition of India, players playing for Pakistan competed for the Indian side. The Federation soon established and organized the Provincial Hockey/Sports Associations of West Punjab, East Bengal, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Bahawalpur & Services Sports Board. Despite the limited resources available on 2 August 1948, Pakistan national team, led by Ali Iqtidar Shah Dara, officially went on to play their first international game against Belgium winning the game 2–1 at the 1948 London Olympics. Pakistan remained unbeaten defeating the Netherlands, Denmark and France during the group stage round and ended up placing fourth. During the group stages Pakistan defeat of Netherlands by 6–1 was the highlight for the team. Following the Olympics Pakistan went on a tour of Europe where the played Belgium, Netherlands and Italy and remained undefeated during the tour.

The next international outing of the team came after a gap of two years when Pakistan participated in an invitational competition in Spain in 1950. Pakistan were declared joined winners with Netherlands after the final ended in a draw and organizers decided to end the game rather than going for a deciding period of play, this was Pakistan's first international tournament victory. Again there was a gap of two years before Pakistan again appeared in an international event and this time it was the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. Pakistan won the first knock-out game against France 6–0 but lost to Netherlands and Great Britain to again finish fourth at the event. Over the four years Pakistan made tours to European teams and also hosted them in their own country and in Asia Pakistan particularly made regular tours to Malaysia and Singapore with whom they played quite a few times.

Rise in Olympics and Asian honors (1956–1970)

Pakistan won their first Olympic medal in 1956 at Melbourne when they reached the final but lost to India 1–0 to earn a silver medal, first podium finish this was also Pakistan's first medal at the Olympics. Field hockey was included in the Asian Games for the first time in 1958 at Tokyo. Pakistan were drawn against Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and archrivals India. They beat Japan 5–0 in their first match, then followed two consecutive victories over South Korea (8–0) and Malaysia (6–0). In the last match Pakistan drew 0–0 with India finishing top of the table in the round-robin format and clinched its first gold medal in an international competition.

In 1960 Rome Olympics where Pakistan played against in a group with Australia, Poland and Japan, winning all the matches. Pakistan then played the quarter-final round with Germany, winning the match 2–1 and advanced to the semi-final round where they defeated Spain. Pakistan eventually won the gold medal, defeating India 1–0 with a goal by Naseer Bunda in the final round held at the Olympic Velodrome and ended India's run of six successive gold medals at the Summer Olympic Games.

In the 1962 Asian Games, Pakistan earned its second gold medal with Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool as the captain leading the team to another successive award. However, during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics the national team ended up as runners-up for the second time after losing 1–0 to India in the final as well as finishing runners-up in the 1966 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Pakistan won its second Olympic Games gold medal in Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics. It fielded what has since then often been considered the best hockey squad ever led by captain Tariq Aziz with Saeed Anwar, Khalid Mahmood, Gulraiz Akhtar and Tariq Niazi. Even though Rasool had retired, this team was still a force to be reckoned with. They won all six of their games—against Kenya, Great Britain, Malaysia, Australia, France and the Netherlands during group play, and against West Germany in the knockout round. Pakistan made the final for the fourth straight Olympics, and won the gold medal, as they had in 1960, this time by defeating Australia, 2–1 with goals from Muhammad Asad Malik and Abdul Rashid. Rashid was the top scorer for Pakistan with seven goals; Tanvir Dar finished with six goals.

The Golden Era (1970–1984)

In the group stage of the 1970 Asian Games, Pakistan was competing with tournament hosts Thailand and contenders Japan for top spot and a place in the finals. In their first match of the group, Pakistan scored thrice against Japan to clinch their first win, followed by defeating Hong Kong 10–0 to go to the top of the group. The team then draw 0–0 with Thailand and progressed to the knock-out round, where they won 5–0 over Malaysia. In the final, Pakistan faced India, winning 1–0 and sealing their third Asian Games gold medal.

PHF President (1967–69, 1976–84) Air Marshal Nur Khan conceived the idea of Hockey World Cup to FIH in 1969 and founded the Champions Trophy in 1978.

In 1971, the first-ever Hockey World Cup was to be hosted by Pakistan. However, political issues would prevent that first competition from being played in Pakistan. The FIH had inadvertently scheduled the first World Cup to be played in Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Furthermore, Pakistan and India had been at war with each other only six years earlier. When Pakistan invited India to compete in the tournament, a crisis arose. Pakistanis, led by cricketer Abdul Hafeez Kardar, protested against India's participation in the Hockey World Cup. Given the intense political climate between Pakistan and India, the FIH decided to move the tournament elsewhere. In March 1971, coincidentally in the same month Bangladesh declared independence from Pakistan, the FIH decided to move the first Hockey World Cup to the Real Club de Polo grounds in Barcelona, Spain, which was considered a neutral and peaceful European site. On 27 March 1971, in Brussels, the trophy was formally handed to FIH President Rene Frank by H.E Masood, the Pakistani Ambassador to Belgium. A total number of 10 teams qualified for the event and were broken up into two groups.

The Pakistani team was drawn in a group with hosts Spain, Australia, Japan and the Netherlands. The group was topped by Spain and Pakistan respectively, and both the teams advanced into the semi-finals. In the first semi-final of the tournament Pakistan ousted India 2–1 in a tense and closely contested game and in the second semi-final Spain played safe and defeated a spirited Kenya 1–0 to enter the finals against Pakistan. In the final Pakistan scored early but then strengthened its defense to hold out a 1–0 victory and win the first hockey World Cup, retaining its number one position in the world hockey rankings, closely followed by India and the Netherlands. Tanvir Dar finished as the top goal scorer at the tournament with eight goals.

The 1972 Munich Olympics, Pakistan lost the final to hosts West Germany losing the game 1–0 with a goal by Michael Krause and finished at fourth place, the following year, in the 1973 Hockey World Cup. The national team made a comeback in the international competition, by winning and retaining their title at the 1974 Asian Games but lost to their rivals India in the finals of the third hockey World Cup in 1975. 1976 Montreal Olympics saw the team secure their first bronze medal in the competition.

The year 1978 saw Pakistan national team win three major international tournaments: the third Hockey World Cup held at Buenos Aires, Argentina along with 1978 Asian Games and the first Champions Trophy. This was the first time a national team won three major titles in the history of international field hockey. In 1980, Pakistan Olympic Association, along with 65 countries, boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. This resulted in Pakistan hockey team not participating at the field hockey competition at the tournament. Pakistan hosted the 1980 and 1981 Champions Trophy tournaments, winning the title against West Germany in the final round in 1980 and finishing at fourth position a year later, held at the Hockey Club of Pakistan, Karachi. In the 1980s Pakistan won every international tournament it participated in including the 1982 World Cup in Mumbai and the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles where Pakistan won the gold medal defeating West Germany in the final. Pakistan also won the Asian Games and Asia Cup consecutively in this period.

Surface change crisis and resurgence (1986–1996)

Although hockey was being played at synthetic surfaces from the 1970s but it was only until the 1986 World Cup in London the FIH completely moved on from grass pitches to AstroTurf, synthetic turf made from plastic fibers to give a grass like look. The change of surface made the game much more fasted paced and to align the game with the new conditions the governing body vastly changed the rules of the game which focused more on strength and pace rather than stick work and technique which was the hallmark of Asian style of hockey. This negatively effected Pakistan since they couldn't replace all of the grass pitches with more expensive synthetic surfaces compared to more affluent European nations. This resulted in Pakistan performing very poorly at the World Cup in London where they won just one pool game and finished second last at 11th place. Pakistan however managed to cope up with the new changes in the game in the following years and started to regain some of its past dominance. Pakistan first finished runner-up at the 1990 World Cup at home in Lahore after losing the final to Netherlands and won a bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. The most glorious highlight of the decade came in 1994 when Pakistan first won the 1994 Champions Trophy at home ground, their first title in the competition after 14 years and later in the year Pakistan won the Hockey World Cup in Sydney after winning a penalty shootout against Netherlands.

Post-Atlanta Olympics (1998–2006)

Pakistan playing against Argentina in 2005.

After Atlanta 1996 the first major competition was the 1998 Hockey World Cup in Utrecht Pakistan finished 5th at the tournament. The following year Pakistan won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup for the first time in 1999. Pakistan finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney after losing the bronze medal match to Australia, this was the last time Pakistan played for a medal at the Olympics. Pakistan finished 5th at 2002 World Cup and Kuala Lumpur and won bronze medal at the Champions Trophy the same year. At the 2002 Asian Games Pakistan finished fourth, the first time the team didn't won a medal at the competition. In 2003 Pakistan lost the Hockey Asia Cup final to India and in 2004 Pakistan had a busy schedule where they played in many tournaments in lead up to the Olympics but Pakistan finished 5th at the 2004 Athens Olympics later in December Pakistan finished third at the 2004 Champions Trophy in Lahore, the third consecutive bronze medal. In 2005 Pakistan had a highlight when they defeated Olympic champion Australia to win the 2005 Hockey RaboTrophy in Netherlands. Pakistan finished 6th the 2006 World Cup and failed even to progress from the pool stages of the 2007 Asia Cup.

Beijing Olympics and competitive decline (2008–2012)

The national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

The 2008 Beijing Olympics proved to be the worst performance of the team at the event where they finished 8th. The year 2010 started with another record worst performance at the 2010 World Cup in New Delhi where the team finished last at 12th place but later in the same year Pakistan had a major success by winning the gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games in China. In 2011 Pakistan played in many minor tournaments in lead up to the 2012 Olympics where they finished 7th. Later in the year 2012 Pakistan won bronze medal at the 2012 Champions Trophy in Melbourne after upsetting tournaments favorites like Germany. The Pakistani national team most successful tournament, in this period, was the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy winning the trophy first in 2012 against India and finishing as runners-up in the first edition of Asian Hockey Champions Trophy in 2011. During this period despite not any major team honor won the Pakistan team had world renowned individual players in world hockey in the likes of Sohail Abbas who remained top scorer at the 2002 World Cup and 2004 Olympics, he later broke the record of highest goalscorer in international hockey with a total of 348 goals and Rehan Butt who was twice voted as the Best Asian Player by Asian Hockey Federation, Shakeel Abbasi, Salman Akbar and Muhammad Saqlain.

World Cup and Olympic absentee (2013–2020)

Pakistan, after having failed to get a direct entrance for the 2014 World Cup, were handed a last chance to qualify for the event by winning the 2013 Asia Cup, but they finished third and failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in their history. Pakistan failed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time at Rio 2016 after failing a qualification berth at the 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League. From 2016 to 2017, Pakistan performed poorly in different competitions even featuring a record 9–1 defeat against Australia in 2017. In 2018, Roelant Oltmans of Netherlands was brought in as coach and the team showed some improvement, but still performed poorly at the 2018 World Cup, failing to win a single match. Pakistan again failed to qualify for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, losing the Olympic Qualifiers against Netherlands over a two-legged tie in 2019.

Continued struggles and Olympic absentee (2021–present)

PHF announced Pakistan's participation for the 2021 Asian Champions Trophy, the team's first appearance in an international competition after a gap of two years. A 20-man squad was announced with Siegfried Aikman as head coach prior to the tournament. Pakistan could not qualify for the 2023 World Cup despite it being a 16-team event. Pakistan then played 2022 Common wealth games where Pakistan performs poorly and finished 7th, In December 2022 Pakistan participated in 2022 Nations cup were Pakistan finished 7th, In July 2023 Shahnaz Sheikh was appointed as the head coach of team for 2023 Asian Champions Trophy, In August 2023 PHF announced 36-man squad for Asian Games 2023, In the Asian Games 2023 Pakistan lost to India by 10-2 which was the biggest defeat in their history, Pakistan finished 5th in the Asian Games 2023.Pakistan also failed to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics, In 2024 Roelant Oltmans was bring as coach of Pakistan for the 2024 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and the 2024 Nations Cup.

Logo and stadium

The motif of the Pakistan national field hockey team has a star and crescent on a dark green field; with a vertical white stripe at the hoist, usually in green, white color, as represented in the flag of Pakistan.

Pakistan played at a number of different venues across the country, though by 1978, this had largely settled down to having National Hockey Stadium (also known as Gaddafi Hockey Stadium, named after former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi) in Lahore as the primary venue, with Faisalabad Hockey Stadium and the Hockey Club of Pakistan used on occasions where the National Hockey Stadium was unavailable for home matches. The stadium is considered to be the biggest international field hockey stadium in the world, and holds a capacity of 45,000 spectators.

The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has its headquarters at the stadium. Pakistan has hosted many international matches and competitions such as the Hockey Asia Cup of 1982 and Champions Trophy tournament in 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, and 2004 along with the 1990 Hockey World Cup, where Pakistan lost 3–1 to the Netherlands in the final.

Honors and recognition

Since its breakthrough in the 1948 Summer Olympics, Pakistan has won more than 20 official titles, which are detailed below:

• Summer Olympics:
  • Gold medal: 1960 Rome, 1968 Mexico City, 1984 Los Angeles
  • Silver medal: 1956 Melbourne, 1964 Tokyo, 1972 Munich
  • Bronze medal: 1976 Montreal, 1992 Barcelona
• World Cup:
  • Gold medal: 1971, 1978, 1982, 1994
  • Silver medal: 1975, 1990
• Champions Trophy:
  • Gold medal: 1978, 1980, 1994
  • Silver medal: 1983, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2014
  • Bronze medal: 1986, 1992, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012,
• Sultan Azlan Shah Cup:
  • Gold medal: 1998, 2000, 2003
  • Silver medal: 1983, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2004, 2011, 2024
  • Bronze medal: 1985, 2005, 2022
• Asian Champions Trophy:
  • Gold medal: 2012, 2013, 2018
  • Silver medal: 2011, 2016
• Asia Cup:
  • Gold medal: 1982, 1985, 1989
  • Silver medal: 1999, 2003, 2009
  • Bronze medal: 1994, 2013, 2017
• Asian Games:
  • Gold medal: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 2010
  • Silver medal: 1966, 1986, 2014
  • Bronze medal: 1994, 1998, 2006
• Commonwealth Games:
  • Silver medal: 2006
  • Bronze medal: 2002
• South Asian Games:
  • Gold medal: 2006, 2010, 2016
  • Silver medal: 1995
• Afro-Asian Games:
  • Silver medal: 2003
• Hockey Champions Challenge:
  • Silver medal: 2009

Competitive record

Team performance

TBD (to be determined), DNQ (did not qualify), DNP (did not participate)

Olympic Games
Year	Host city	Position
1948	London, United Kingdom	4th
1952	Helsinki, Finland	4th
1956	Melbourne, Australia	2nd
1960	Rome, Italy	1st
1964	Tokyo, Japan	2nd
1968	Mexico City, Mexico	1st
1972	Munich, West Germany	2nd
1976	Montreal, Canada	3rd
1980	Moscow, Soviet Union	DNP
1984	Los Angeles, United States	1st
1988	Seoul, South Korea	5th
1992	Barcelona, Spain	3rd
1996	Atlanta, United States	6th
2000	Sydney, Australia	4th
2004	Athens, Greece	5th
2008	Beijing, China	8th
2012	London, United Kingdom	7th
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	DNQ
2020	Tokyo, Japan	DNQ
2024	Paris, France	DNQ

World Cup
Year	Host city	Position
1971	Barcelona, Spain	1st
1973	Amstelveen, Netherlands	4th
1975	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2nd
1978	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st
1982	Mumbai, India	1st
1986	London, England	11th
1990	Lahore, Pakistan	2nd
1994	Sydney, Australia	1st
1998	Utrecht, Netherlands	5th
2002	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	5th
2006	Mönchengladbach, Germany	6th
2010	New Delhi, India	12th
2014	The Hague, Netherlands	DNQ
2018	Bhubaneswar, India	12th
2023	Bhubaneswar, India	DNQ

Champions Trophy
Year	Host city	Position
1978	Lahore, Pakistan	1st
1980	Karachi, Pakistan	1st
1981	Karachi, Pakistan	4th
1982	Amstelveen, Netherlands	4th
1983	Karachi, Pakistan	2nd
1984	Karachi, Pakistan	2nd
1985	Perth, Australia	4th
1986	Karachi, Pakistan	3rd
1987	Amstelveen, Netherlands	7th
1988	Karachi, Pakistan	2nd
1989	Berlin, West Germany	4th
1990	Melbourne, Australia	4th
1991	Berlin, Germany	2nd
1992	Karachi, Pakistan	4th
1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th
1994	Lahore, Pakistan	1st
1995	Berlin, Germany	3rd
1996	Madras, India	2nd
1997	Adelaide, Australia	5th
1998	Lahore, Pakistan	2nd
1999	Brisbane, Australia	6th
2000	Amstelveen, Netherlands	DNP
2001	Rotterdam, Netherlands	4th
2002	Cologne, Germany	3rd
2003	Amstelveen, Netherlands	3rd
2004	Lahore, Pakistan	3rd
2005	Chennai, India	5th
2006	Terrassa, Spain	5th
2007	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	7th
2008	Rotterdam, Netherlands	DNP
2009	Melbourne, Australia	DNP
2010	Mönchengladbach, Germany	DNP
2011	Auckland, New Zealand	7th
2012	Melbourne, Australia	3rd
2014	Bhubaneswar, India	2nd
2016	London, England	DNP
2018	Breda, Netherlands	6th

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Year	Host city	Position
1983	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2nd
1985	Ipoh, Malaysia	3rd
1987	Ipoh, Malaysia	2nd
1991	Ipoh, Malaysia	2nd
1994	Penang, Malaysia	2nd
1995	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	DNP
1996	Ipoh, Malaysia	DNP
1998	Ipoh, Malaysia	1st
1999	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	DNP
2000	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st
2001	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th
2003	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st
2004	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2nd
2005	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd
2006	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	5th
2007	Ipoh, Malaysia	6th
2008	Ipoh, Malaysia	4th
2009	Ipoh, Malaysia	4th
2010	Ipoh, Malaysia	5th
2011	Ipoh, Malaysia	2nd
2012	Ipoh, Malaysia	7th
2013	Ipoh, Malaysia	6th
2014	Ipoh, Malaysia	2nd
2015	Ipoh, Malaysia	DNP
2016	Ipoh, Malaysia	5th
2017	Ipoh, Malaysia	DNP
2018	Ipoh, Malaysia	DNP
2019	Ipoh, Malaysia	DNP
2022	Ipoh, Malaysia	3rd
2024	Ipoh, Malaysia	2nd

Asian Hockey Champions Trophy
Year	Host city	Position
2011	Ordos, China	2nd
2012	Doha, Qatar	1st
2013	Kakamigahara, Japan	1st
2016	Kuantan, Malaysia	2nd
2018	Muscat, Oman	1st
2021	Dhaka, Bangladesh	4th
2023	Chennai, India	5th
2024	Hulunbuir, China	3rd

Asia Cup
Year	Host city	Position
1982	Karachi, Pakistan	1st
1985	Dhaka, Bangladesh	1st
1989	New Delhi, India	1st
1994	Hiroshima, Japan	3rd
1999	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2nd
2003	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2nd
2007	Chennai, India	6th
2009	Kuantan, Malaysia	2nd
2013	Ipoh, Malaysia	3rd
2017	Dhaka, Bangladesh	3rd
2022	Jakarta, Indonesia	5th

Asian Games
Year	Host city	Position
1958	Tokyo, Japan	1st
1962	Jakarta, Indonesia	1st
1966	Bangkok, Thailand	2nd
1970	Bangkok, Thailand	1st
1974	Tehran, Iran	1st
1978	Bangkok, Thailand	1st
1982	New Delhi, India	1st
1986	Seongnam, South Korea	2nd
1990	Beijing, China	1st
1994	Hiroshima, Japan	3rd
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	3rd
2002	Busan, South Korea	4th
2006	Doha, Qatar	3rd
2010	Guangzhou, China	1st
2014	Incheon, South Korea	2nd
2018	Jakarta-Palembang, Indonesia	4th
2022	Hangzhou-China	5th

Commonwealth Games
Year	Host city	Position
1998	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	10th
2002	Manchester, England	3rd
2006	Melbourne, Australia	2nd
2010	New Delhi, India	6th
2014	Glasgow, Scotland	DNP
2018	Gold Coast, Australia	7th
2022	Birmingham, England	7th

South Asian Games
Year	Host city	Position
1995	Madras, India	2nd
2006	Colombo, Sri Lanka	1st
2010	Dhaka, Bangladesh	1st
2016	Guwahati, India	1st

FIH Hockey Nations Cup
Year	Host city	Position
2022	Potchefstroom, South Africa	7th
2023–24	Gniezno, Poland	4th

Records

As of 27 October 2019

Players in bold text are still active with Pakistan

Top goal scorers

Most-capped players

Players

Officials

Position	Name
Head coach:	Tahir Zaman
Manager:	Usman Muhammed
Assistant coach:	Ashraf Zeeshan
Goalkeeping coach:	Amjad Ali
Video analyst:	Rehan Butt
Physical Instructor:	Rajakamal

Current players

The following 18 players were named in the squad for the 2024 Men's Asian Champions Trophy in Hulunbuir.

Caps and goals current as of 9 June 2024, following the match against South Africa.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Abdullah Ishtiaq Khan	(2000-05-21) 21 May 2000 (age 24)	31	0	Mari Petroleum
56	GK	Muneeb Ur-Rehman	(1997-12-07) 7 December 1997 (age 27)	3	0	SSGC
5	DF	Sufyan Khan	(2004-03-13) 13 March 2004 (age 20)	41	20	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
16	DF	Ammad Butt (Captain)	(1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 28)	157	13	NBP
17	DF	Muhammad Hammadudin	(2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 24)	18	0	WAPDA
27	DF	Abu Mahmood	(1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 26)	87	30	Bayside Cougars
20	DF	Faisal Qadir	(1992-10-17) 17 October 1992 (age 32)	86	0	WAPDA
4	MF	Rooman	(2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 (age 23)	30	6	WAPDA
7	MF	Moin Shakeel	(2000-06-08) 8 June 2000 (age 24)	38	3	WAPDA
10	MF	Zikriya Hayat	(2004-05-04) 4 May 2004 (age 20)	28	1	Pakistan Navy
11	MF	Arshad Liaqat	(2002-03-27) 27 March 2002 (age 22)	41	9	Mari Petroleum
14	MF	Ahmad Nadeem	(1998-03-08) 8 March 1998 (age 26)	13	2	Mari Petroleum
15	MF	Ghazanfar Ali	(2002-02-27) 27 February 2002 (age 22)	38	11	Mari Petroleum
8	FW	Waheed Ashraf Rana	(2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24)	61	29	WAPDA
9	FW	Hannan Shahid	(2005-09-07) 7 September 2005 (age 19)	43	18	WAPDA
18	FW	Abdul Rehman	(1999-02-07) 7 February 1999 (age 25)	16	3	Pakistan Air Force
23	FW	Ajaz Ahmad	(1992-06-13) 13 June 1992 (age 32)	100	21	WAPDA
77	FW	Salman Razzaq	(1995-06-02) 2 June 1995 (age 29)	100	1	WAPDA

Results and fixtures

2024

2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers

Group Stage 15 January	Great Britain	6–1	Pakistan	Muscat, Oman
19:00		Report

Group Stage 16 January	Pakistan	2–0	China	Muscat, Oman
17:00		Report

Group Stage 18 January	Pakistan	3–3	Malaysia	Muscat, Oman
19:00		Report

Semi Finals 20 January	Germany	4–0	Pakistan	Muscat, Oman
17:00		Report

3rd Place Game 21 January	New Zealand	3–2	Pakistan	Muscat, Oman
17:00		Report

2024 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Group Stage 4 May	Malaysia	4–5	Pakistan	Ipoh, Malaysia
17:30		Report		Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

Group Stage 5 May	South Korea	0–4	Pakistan	Ipoh, Malaysia
15:15		Report		Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

Group Stage 7 May	Pakistan	1–1	Japan	Ipoh, Malaysia
15:15		Report		Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

Group Stage 8 May	Pakistan	5–4	Canada	Ipoh, Malaysia
13:00		Report		Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

Group Stage 10 May	New Zealand	1–1	Pakistan	Ipoh, Malaysia
13:00		Report		Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

Final 11 May	Japan	2(4)–2(1)	Pakistan	Ipoh, Malaysia
17:30		Report		Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

2023–24 Men's FIH Hockey Nations Cup

Group Stage 31 May	Pakistan	4–4	Malaysia	Gniezno, Poland
13:00		Report		Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

Group Stage 3 June	Pakistan	8–1	Canada	Gniezno, Poland
13:00		Report		Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

Group Stage 5 June	Pakistan	5–6	France	Gniezno, Poland
13:00		Report		Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

Semi finals 8 June	New Zealand	2–1	Pakistan	Gniezno, Poland
13:00		Report		Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

Third place 9 June	South Africa	4–3	Pakistan	Gniezno, Poland
13:00		Report		Stadium: Azlan Shah Stadium

2024 Asian Champions trophy

PR 8 September	Malaysia	2–2	Pakistan	Hulunbuir, China
12:45		Report		Stadium: Moqi training base

PR 9 September	South Korea	2–2	Pakistan	Hulunbuir, China
10:30		Report		Stadium: Moqi training base

PR 11 September	Pakistan	2–1	Japan	Hulunbuir, China
10:30		Report		Stadium: Moqi training base

PR 12 September	Pakistan	5–1	China	Hulunbuir, China
15:00		Report		Stadium: Moqi training base

PR 14 September	India	2–1	Pakistan	Hulunbuir, China
12:45		Report		Stadium: Moqi training base

SF 16 September	Pakistan	1(0)–1(2)	China	Hulunbuir, China
12:30		Report		Stadium: Moqi training base

3rd Place game 17 September	Pakistan	5–2	South Korea	Hulunbuir, China
12:30		Report		Stadium: Moqi training base

Head-to-head record

Record last updated as of the following matches:

Pakistan vs South Korea at Hulunbuir, 2024 Men's Asian Champions Trophy, 17 September 2024

Opponent	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win %	Last meeting
Argentina	34	21	3	10	108	58	61.76%	2018
Australia	123	43	19	61	256	336	34.95%	2022
Bangladesh	86	86	0	0	213	7	100%	2023
Belarus	102	102	0	0	368	0	100%	2000
Belgium	38	24	4	10	95	62	63.15%	2018
Canada	32	24	4	4	103	57	75%	2024
China	37	30	2	5	154	42	81.08%	2024
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	0	22	0	100%	2013
Cuba	2	0	1	1	2	3	0%	1993
Denmark	142	142	0	0	796	0	100%	2010
East Germany	3	0	0	3	2	6	0%	1968
Egypt	129	129	0	0	657	6	100%	2022
England	36	15	8	13	81	79	41.66%	2018
France	26	19	4	3	111	32	73.08%	2022
Germany	126	47	18	61	248	285	37.3%	2024
Great Britain	50	27	7	16	124	87	54%	2024
Hong Kong	47	47	0	0	162	2	100%	2010
India	181	82	32	67	403	379	45.3%	2024
Indonesia	48	48	0	0	237	0	100%	2022
Iran	92	92	0	0	329	0	100%	1995
Ireland	16	10	2	4	46	21	62.5%	2022
Italy	4	4	0	0	20	0	100%	2009
Japan	66	44	13	9	229	76	66.67%	2024
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	19	1	100%	2018
Kenya	52	33	12	7	126	37	63.46%	1998
Malaysia	114	82	21	10	308	139	71.93%	2024
Nepal	1	1	0	0	22	0	100%	1995
Netherlands	146	60	30	56	311	343	41.49%	2019
New Zealand	58	37	8	13	183	108	63.79%	2024
Nigeria	2	2	0	0	16	3	100%	2003
Oman	10	9	1	0	74	10	88.88%	2022
Poland	13	10	2	1	41	16	76.92%	2015
Rhodesia	1	1	0	0	6	0	100%	1968
Russia	72	72	0	0	291	2	100%	2009
Scotland	6	5	1	0	20	6	83.33%	2022
Singapore	14	14	0	0	87	7	100%	2023
South Africa	17	11	2	4	64	35	64.7%	2022
South Korea	76	40	14	22	227	141	52.63%	2024
Soviet Union	17	14	1	2	59	20	82.35%	1992
Spain	72	42	17	13	177	109	58.33%	2012
Sri Lanka	91	91	0	0	263	2	100%	2016
Switzerland	6	5	1	0	29	14	83.33%	2000
Tanzania	1	1	0	0	3	1	100%	1965
Thailand	6	5	1	0	60	0	83.33%	2018
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	0	7	1	100%	2007
Uganda	2	2	0	0	5	2	100%	1972
Ukraine	1	1	0	0	5	0	100%	2007
United States	3	3	0	0	13	1	100%	1996
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	18	2	100%	2023
Wales	5	4	1	0	17	3	80%	2018
Zimbabwe	9	9	0	0	47	4	100%	1988

See also

In Spanish: Selección masculina de hockey sobre hierba de Pakistán para niños

• Pakistan Hockey League
• India–Pakistan field hockey rivalry
• Pakistan men's national under-21 field hockey team