The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) is the national governing body for field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 in Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. It is affiliated to the International Hockey Federation

International Hockey Federation

The International Field Hockey Federation is the global governing body of field hockey...

 (FIH).

The current PHF president is Qasim Zia

Qasim Zia

Qasim Zia is an Olympian who represented Pakistan in Field Hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics at Los Angeles and 1986 Hockey World Cup. Qasim Zia was a fullback. He played 87 International matches, in which he scored 15 goals...

.

History

Hockey was originally brought to Pakistan under British rule, and like cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 soon became popular with the local population.

The Pakistan Hockey Federation came into being in 1948, following the independence and partition

Partition of India

The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...

 into Pakistan and India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. Prior to this players from what is now Pakistan had competed internationally alongside players from what is now India. In the beginning, the Federation's membership included the Provincial Hockey/Sports Associations of West Punjab

West Punjab

West Punjab was a province of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955. The province covered an area of 160,622 km², including much of the current Punjab province and the Islamabad Capital Territory, but excluding the former princely state of Bahawalpur. The capital was the city of Lahore and the province...

, East Bengal

East Bengal

East Bengal was the name used during two periods in the 20th century for a territory that roughly corresponded to the modern state of Bangladesh. Both instances involved a violent partition of Bengal....

, Sindh

Sindh

Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

, Balochistan

Balochistan (Pakistan)

Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...

, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur , located in the province of Punjab, is the twelfth largest city in Pakistan. The city was once the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur. The city was home to various Nawabs and counted as part of the Rajputana states...

 & Services Sports Board. Pakistan played their first international in London when they defeated Belgium 2-1 in 14th Olympic Games hockey tournament on 2 August 1948.

The first President of PHF was Raja

Raja

Raja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna...

 Ghazanfar Ali Khan

Ghazanfar Ali Khan

Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan Khokhar was a leading member of the All India Muslim League who was a politician in British India, a trusted lieutenant of Muhammad Ali Jinnah who served in the Interim Government of India of 1946 and later became a minister in the government of Pakistan and finally a...

 with Baseer Ali Sheikh as Honorary Secretary. The Pakistan national side soon established a strong reputation in international competition, helping to mainatin interest in the game in Pakistan which assisted the growth of the Federation. However, no full-time central office or secretariat, as such, was established until the 1960s.

The office of the Pakistan Hockey Federation, located in National Hockey Stadium, Lahore

National Hockey Stadium, Lahore

National Hockey Stadium is a purpose build field hockey stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. It is the biggest field hockey stadium in world. The stadium can hold a capacity of 45,000 spectators. It hosted the 1990 Hockey World Cup Final, where the hosts were defeated 3-1 by the Netherlands...

, Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

, was developed into a Secretariat in 1971. It was during the second term as president of Air Marshal

Air Marshal

Air marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...

 M. Nur Khan from 1978 that Pakistani hockey entered something of a golden age. National Senior, National Junior and Women Hockey Teams were all competing internationally, increasing the work load of PHF Office and secretary Brigadier

Brigadier

Brigadier is a senior military rank, the meaning of which is somewhat different in different military services. The brigadier rank is generally superior to the rank of colonel, and subordinate to major general....

 M.H.Atif tremendously.

On the personal initiative of Air Marshal M. Nur Khan, the FIH introduced the World Cup Tournament and the Champions Trophy Tournament, which are now rated amongst the major international tournaments, alongside the Olympics. At this time, Pakistan held all the major titles in men's international hockey.

However, the 1976 Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

 in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 had seen the introduction of artificial turf to international hockey competition. Pakistan was unable to build as many of the new pitches as the European nations or Australia and New Zealand and so the strength of the national side declined. It was after a lapse of 12 years that the Pakistan Hockey Team again started climbing and won the Champions Trophy and the World Cup with Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar as president and Colonel

Colonel

Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

 Mudassar as secretary of the Federation.

The PHF has provincial teams who play against each other such as:-

• Baloch Lions
• Capital Dynamos
• Frontier Falcon
• Sindh Qalanders
• Shan-e-Punjab
• Northern Cavaliers

In recent times, the Pakistan Hockey Team has seen some lacklustre performances and has failed to win a major hockey tournament since the 1994 World Cup, mainly due to lack of proper nurturing of youth, administrative problems, increasing apathy towards the game by public in favour of cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

, and unstable player-coach relationships.

PHF Presidents

1. Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan (1948-50)
2. Chaudhry Nazir Ahmed (1950-52)
3. Khan Abdul-Qayyum Khan
   Abdul Qayyum Khan
   Abdul Qayyum Khan was a major figure in Pakistan politics, in particular in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province where he served as deputy speaker, Chief Minister and Minister in the Central Government and as Federal Interior Minister.-Early life:His father Khan Abdul Hakim was a Tehsildar in N.W.F.P...
   
    (1952-54)
4. Nawab Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani
   Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani
   Mushtaque Ahmed Gurmani was a Pakistani politician. In his role as Minister without Portfolio he signed the Karachi Agreement of 1949 that established a ceasefire line between Pakistani and Indian areas of Kashmir, which later become known as the Line of Control...
   
    (1955-56)
5. Mian Naseer Ahmed (1956-59)
6. General Muhammad Musa (1960-66)
7. Air Marshal Nur Khan
   Nur Khan
   Air Marshal Malik Nur Khan, HJ, HS, HQA, SPk was the Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Air Force from 1965 to 1969. Considered the hero of the 1965 air war - the man who led the Pakistan air force achieve parity over the three times bigger Indian air force on the very first day of the 1965 war - a...
   
    (1967-69)
8. Lieutenant General Khwaja Mohammad Azhar Khan
   Khwaja Mohammad Azhar Khan
   Lieutenant General Khwaja Mohammad Azhar Khan was the chairman of the high-powered committee of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan and a former governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.-Early life:...
   
    (1969-71)
9. Nawab Sadiq Hussain Qureshi
   Sadiq Hussain Qureshi
   Nawab Sadiq Hussain Qureshi was a Pakistani politician who served as both Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in the 1970s. A close aid of Mr...
   
    (1971-76)
10. Air Marshal Nur Khan
    Nur Khan
    Air Marshal Malik Nur Khan, HJ, HS, HQA, SPk was the Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Air Force from 1965 to 1969. Considered the hero of the 1965 air war - the man who led the Pakistan air force achieve parity over the three times bigger Indian air force on the very first day of the 1965 war - a...
    
     (1976-84)
11. Air Vice-Marshal Waqar Azeem (1984-86)
12. Air Marshal Azim Daudpota
    Azim Daudpota
    Air Marshal Mohammed Azim Daudpota, commonly known as Azim Daudpota, was a three-star officer in the Pakistan Air Force who went on to briefly serve as Governor of Sindh.-Air force career:...
    
     (1986-90)
13. Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan
    Farooq Feroze Khan
    Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan, NI, SBt, , is a retired four-star air force officer in the Pakistan Air Force who was the 13th Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force from 1991 to 1994. Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from...
    
     (1990-91)
14. M Nawaz Tiwana (1991-93)
15. Air Vice-Marshal Farooq Umar (1993-96)
16. M Nawaz Tiwana (1996-97)
17. Akhtar Rasool Chaudhry (1997-99)
18. Arif Ali Khan Abbasi (1999-2000)
19. General Aziz Khan (2000-05)
20. Tariq Kirmani (2005-06)
21. Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali
    Zafarullah Khan Jamali
    Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali was the 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan and former Chairman of the Pakistan Hockey Federation.-Early life:Born in Baluchistan, Jamali was the second Baluch Prime Minister of Pakistan...
    
     (2006-2008)
22. Qasim Zia
    Qasim Zia
    Qasim Zia is an Olympian who represented Pakistan in Field Hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics at Los Angeles and 1986 Hockey World Cup. Qasim Zia was a fullback. He played 87 International matches, in which he scored 15 goals...
    
     (2008-onwards)

PHF Secretaries

1. General Baseer Ali Sheikh (1948-54)
2. Syed M Ayub (1954-55)
3. Mian Raziuddin Ahmed (1955-60)
4. Brigadier Riaz Hussain (1960-62)
5. Aurangzeb Khan (1962-64)
6. Lieutenant Colonel Zafar Ali Khan (1964-67)
7. Wing Commander Masood Ahmed (1967-69)
8. Iftikhar Rasool Mali (1969-70)
9. Major Khurshid Zaman (1970-72)
10. Dr. Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool (1972-73)
11. Shamim Yazdani (1973)
12. M Sharif Janjua (1973-74)
13. Captain Syed Naseer Ahmed (1974-75)
14. Sardar Asif Hayat (1975-78)
15. Brigadier MH Atif
    Manzoor Hussain Atif
    Brigadier Manzoor Hussain Atif was a former secretary Pakistan Hockey Federation and Olympian. Atif was born in 1928 in Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan....
    
     (1978-89)
16. Brigadier A Hamid Hameedi (1989-92)
17. Colonel Syed Mudasir Asghar (1993-99)
18. Brigadier MH Atif
    Manzoor Hussain Atif
    Brigadier Manzoor Hussain Atif was a former secretary Pakistan Hockey Federation and Olympian. Atif was born in 1928 in Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan....
    
     (1999-2000)
19. Zahir Shah (2000)
20. Brigadier Musaratullah Khan (2000-06)
21. Akhtarul Islam (2006-07)
22. Khalid Memood (2007-08)
23. Muhammad Asif Bajwa
    Asif Bajwa
    Muhammad Asif Bajwa is a Pakistan ex-Field Hockey Team Player . He later became Pakistan's Hockey Team Manager and Chief Coach. Asif started his career against Spain in 1991. Bajwa was a member of Pakistan's World Cup-winning hockey team in 1994 and played 74 international matches and scored 25...
    
     (2008-present)

Olympics

• 1960 Summer Olympics, Rome
  Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics
  The field hockey tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was contested from August 26 to September 9, with sixteen participating teams. Only men competed in field hockey at these Games. Pakistan won the gold medal, defeating India in the final and ending India's run of six successive...
  
  
• 1968 Summer Olympics, Mexico
  Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Final results for the Hockey competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics: Only a men's competition was held.-Medalists:Medal'TeamGold PakistanSilver AustraliaBronze India-Final Rankings:*1.*2.*3 *4.*5.*6.*7.*8.*9.*10.*11.*12.*13.*14....
  
  
• 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles
  Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  All matches were played at Weingart Stadium, Los Angeles, United States. Final results for the Hockey competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics:-Men's Medalists:-Women's Medal Winners:-References:**...
  
  

Hockey World Cup

• 1971 Men's World Cup
• 1978 Men's World Cup
• 1982 Men's World Cup
• 1994 Men's World Cup

Hockey Champions Trophy

• 1978 Men's Champions Trophy
• 1980 Men's Champions Trophy
• 1994 Men's Champions Trophy
  1994 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)
  The 1994 Men's Champions Trophy took place from March 17 to March 25, 1994 in the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. Six nations took part: defending champions Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, host nation Pakistan, and Spain.-Pool:...
  
  

Pakistan Hockey Star Players

Some of the star players of Pakistan Hockey include

• Latif ur Rehman
• Habib Ur Rehman
• Akhter Husain
  Akhter Husain
  Akhter Husain , HPk, OBE, was an eminent senior statesman and civil servant of Pakistan. He was appointed Governor of West Pakistan in September 1957 succeeding Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani and then continued in office during the regime of General Muhammad Ayub Khan until April 1960.-Early life:Mr...
  
  
• Waseem Ahmad
  Waseem Ahmad
  Waseem Ahmad is a Pakistan field hockey player and ex- captain of Pakistan hockey team...
  
  
• Shahbaz Ahmed
  Shahbaz Ahmed
  Shahbaz Ahmad is a former field hockey player from Pakistan who is also known as Shahbaz Ahmad Sr. He is considered to be among the best forwards in the history of field hockey...
  
  
• Farhat Hassan Khan
• Saleem Sherwani
• Islahuddin
• Hassan Sardar
  Hassan Sardar
  Hassan Sardar is a former field hockey player and captain from Pakistan, who won the golden medal with the Men's National Hockey Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
  
  
• Samiullah Khan
• Kaleemullah Khan
  Kaleemullah Khan
  Kaleemullah Khan is a famous hockey player from Pakistan, his brother Samiullah Khan, was also a hockey player.A forward, Kaleemullah played between 1979 and 1986, he was capped 176 times with 97 goals. He won Gold at the 1984 Olympics and won the World Cup in 1986. He scored winning goal in 1984...
  
  
• Akhtar Rasool
  Akhtar Rasool
  Akhtar Rasool is a former field hockey player and captain from Pakistan, who won the golden medal with the Men's National Hockey Team at the Hockey World Cups 1978 and again in 1982....
  
  
• Manzoor Hussain (field hockey)
• Mansoor Ahmed
  Mansoor Ahmed
  Mansoor Ahmed is a hockey player from Pakistan.A Goalkeeper, Mansoor Ahmed played between 1986 and 1997, he was capped 238 times. He won Bronze in the 1976 Olympics and Gold at the 1984 Olympics. Ahmed was a runner-up at the 1990 World Cup, but won 1984 World Cup.In 1996, at the Olympics in...
  
  
• Maqsood Hussain
  Maqsood Hussain
  Maqsood Hussain born at Sialkot on 10 April 1962 carries a career record of International Field Hockey from 1981-1987. Maqsood Hussain , at forward position usually Right Out, played 38 matches scoring 27 goals. He is the brother of ex Pakistan Field Hockey Captain Manzoor Hussain Junior....
  
  
• Mohammed Saqlain
  Mohammed Saqlain
  Mohammed Saqlain is a field hockey player. He plays centre half and is one of the most feared players in the world of his sport...
  
  
• Shahnaz Sheikh
  Shahnaz Sheikh
  Shahnaz Sheikh is a famous hockey player from Pakistan. He was born at Sialkot, Pakistan.A forward, Shahnaz Sheikh played between 1969 and 1978, he was capped 68 times and scored 45 goals. He won Silver in the 1972 Olympics and Bronze in the 1976 Olympics . Shahnaz won 1971 World Cup and was...
  
  
• Waseem Feroz
• Abdul Jr
• Atif Bashir
  Atif Bashir
  Atif Bashir Qureshi is a German Turkish-Pakistani footballer, who plays for Barry Town in the Welsh Football League First Division and at international level for the Pakistan national team.-Early career:...
  
  
• Tahir Zaman
  Tahir Zaman
  Tahir Zaman is a former hockey player from Pakistan who had played in the 1992 Olympics. Zaman, who was team captain, later served as coach for the team and took part in the 2002 Olympics. Zaman also took part in the Olympic Solidarity Hockey Coaching Course as part of the International Hockey...
  
  
• Muhammad Waqas Sharif
  Muhammad Waqas Sharif
  Muhammad Waqas Sharif is a field hockey player. He plays as Right Out.-2010:Waqas was a member of the gold medal winning team at the Asian Games in Guanzhou, China.-References:...
  
  
• Nasir Ali
  Nasir Ali
  Nasir Ali is a Pakistani field hockey player. He played at fullback position. He was a player in the National hockey team from 1981 to 1988....
  
  
• Asif Bajwa
  Asif Bajwa
  Muhammad Asif Bajwa is a Pakistan ex-Field Hockey Team Player . He later became Pakistan's Hockey Team Manager and Chief Coach. Asif started his career against Spain in 1991. Bajwa was a member of Pakistan's World Cup-winning hockey team in 1994 and played 74 international matches and scored 25...
  
  
• Tariq Sheikh
  Tariq Sheikh
  Tariq Sheikh is a field hockey player who remained a member of Pakistan National Hockey Team from 1986 to 1993. He was born at Sialkot. He was caped 44 times and scored 23 goals. He is younger brother of Shahnaz Sheikh. He played 1990 7th Hockey World Cup at Lahore and was silver medalist...
  
  
• Zeeshan Ashraf
  Zeeshan Ashraf
  Zeeshan Ashraf is a field hockey player. He plays full back. He made his international debut for Pakistan in 2001, and competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.-Career:...
  
  
• Shahid Ali Khan
  Shahid Ali Khan
  Shahid Ali Khan is a retired field hockey goalkeeper from Pakistan, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and later became the Pakistan's goal keeping coach. Eight years later he was on the side that captured the bronze medal in...
  
  
• Sohail Abbas
  Sohail Abbas
  Sohail Abbas is a field hockey defender and penalty corner specialist from Pakistan. He is the highest scorer of goals in Hockey breaking Dhyan Chand's record 274 goals for the most goals scored in international competition, with his current goal tally at 328...
  
  

See also

• Field hockey
  Field hockey
  Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
  
  
• International Tournaments (field hockey)
• Pakistan national field hockey team
  Pakistan national field hockey team
  The Pakistan National Field Hockey Team also known as the Green Shirts represent the Pakistan Hockey Federation in international field hockey competitions. Field Hockey is the national sport of Pakistan...
  
  

Shehnaz Sheikh
Salim Sherwani
Zahid Sheikh

External links

• PHF - Pakistan Hockey Federation Official Web Site
• Pakistan Hockey Website