Six teams for Junior Asia Cup Women’s Hockey
By Indo-Asian News Service
Hyderabad, Oct 8 (IANS) Six teams, including India and Pakistan, will be in action in the fourth junior Asia Cup Women’s Hockey Tournament to be played here from Oct 30 to Nov 7.
China, South Korea, Japan and Malaysia will be the other teams in this under-21 tournament. The winner will qualify for the junior women’s World Cup to be played next year.
Vidya Stokes, president of Indian Women’s Hockey Federation, told a news conference here Friday that all the matches would be played at two astro turf hockey fields at the Gacchibowli Stadium on the city’s outskirts.
Three matches will be played every day. Two of these matches will be held under floodlights.
Defending champion South Korea will take on Malaysia in the first match while the second match will be between Japan and China. The opening ceremony will be held the same evening followed by a clash between India and Pakistan.
Stokes said the Indian team would be announced Saturday. Maharaj Kumar Koushik, the national coach for men’s hockey team, is also coaching the girls.
India, which finished third at the third junior Asia Cup at Hong Kong, is hosting the event for the first time.
Stokes said the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup women’s hockey tournament would be held next year from Oct 1 to 9.
Australia and Malaysia have confirmed their participation. Hosts India, Germany, Holland and South Korea will be the other teams in the tournament.
Pakistan: 18-member Pak women squad named for Junior Women Asia Cup
Pakistan
October 22, 2004
PakTribune.com, Pakistan
LAHORE, October 23 (Online): Pakistan Hockey Federation Women Wing has announced an 18-member women hockey team that will participate in Junior Women Asia Cup scheduled to be held from October 30-November 7 in the Indian city of Hyderabad.
The players which Pakistan Hockey Federation Women Wing have announced include Shaman (goal keeper), Faqia Nazir, Erum Bukhari, Kanwal, Amna, Uzma, Mehreen Akram, Nida Bashir, Rabia Qadir, Mubashara, Sana, Rabia Sarwar, Sanam Yousaf, Sonia Khan, Sana Javed, Razia Malik and Aqeela Naseem.
The reserve players include Ayesha Bashir, Seema Sikandar, Sehrish, Rizwana, Noor and Tanzeela but have to wait for their turns if any woman gets unfit during Junior Women Asia Cup.
LAHORE, October 26 (Online): Junior Pakistan women Hockey team Monday has left for India to participate in 4th Junior Women Hockey Asia Cup.
According to Secretary Pakistan Hockey Federation Women Wing Secretary and Member Provincial Assembly Parveen Sikandar Gull, all the preparations for the mega event have been completed.
She hoped that the players would perform upto their level best in 4th Junior Women Hockey Asia Cup.
She added that all the players are super fit to take on one of the best teams in the world from October 30- November 7 in the city of Hyderabad, India.
October 26, 2004
Daily Times
LAHORE: Pakistan has pulled out its women’s hockey team from the Junior Women’s Asia Cup, to be held in India later this month, citing injuries to the players.
“It is with deep regrets that we are constrained to withdraw the participation of Pakistan women’s hockey team from the event. The withdrawal is necessitated in view of injuries of serious nature sustained by the players during the course of their hectic training on the synthetic field,” said Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) secretary general Musarrat Ullah Khan here on Tuesday.
He said the injury problem was compounded due to fasting in the Holy month of Ramadan. It was rendered practically impossible to send the team completely beleaguered. “It may be added that some selection of players with concealment of age factor created serious problems. Moreover, the procedural formalities of Government clearance were not fulfilled by some of the players belonging to departments and also did not provide the requisite surety bond prescribed by the Government,” he concluded.
