The Pakistan women's national field hockey team represents Pakistan in international field hockey competitions and is governed by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF).
History
Beginnings (1970s–1990s) The first women's national championships were held in Lahore in 1976. It took another seven years (1983) before the national team played its first international matches, against Ireland, at Karachi and Lahore. Malaysia then visited Pakistan for a series of matches in Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi. Tours by China (1985) and Zimbabwe (1986) followed in the following years. Pakistan won all these series.
In 1995, Pakistan drew an exhibition game against Germany 1–1. The same year, it won a series against Kazakhstan.
In 1996, it finished last at the four-team hockey event at the Islamic Solidarity Women Games held in Islamabad. It then visited China and won the only match against the host team. In 1997, Pakistan hosted a four-nation Golden Jubilee Tournament, with Azerbaijan, China, and Singapore also attending. The home team finished last.
Further participations (2000s–2020s) In 2003, Pakistan finished fourth in the second edition of the Women's AHF Cup held in Singapore. It participated in the qualifiers for the 2006 Asian Games, and secured the fourth position. In 2012, Pakistan stood sixth in the third edition of the Women's AHF Cup. In September 2013, Pakistan finished fourth in the Asian Women's Challenge Cup held in Bangkok, Thailand.
Pakistan qualified for the semi-final place at the 2016 Women's AHF Cup held in Bangkok, Thailand. However, it lost 5–1 against Thailand, and then finished fourth. In 2017, the team participated in three-nation third edition of the Asian Challenge Cup held in Brunei, where it finished runner-up to Hong Kong.
In January 2018, it participated in the Asian Games qualifiers held in Bangkok, finishing sixth out of seven teams.
Tournament record AHF Cup NoYearHostPosition11997 Singapore22003 Singapore32012 Singapore42016 Thailand52025 Indonesia
Members Current as of 1 November 2020. + Current Members Name Club (domestic) City Position Caps Goals Rizwana Yasmeen Gojra Goalkeeper 200 Ambreen Arshad WAPDA Bahawalpur Left-in 28 7 Amina Ghaffar Pakistan Railways Lahore Ayesha Rafiq Pakistan Army Hyderabad Hamra Latif WAPDA Lahore Hina Pervaiz Lahore 161 Ibra Sheikh Lahore 110 Iqra Javed Lahore Ishrat Abbas Gojra 273 Kalsoom Shehzadi Bahawalpur 153 Mayra Sabir Bahawalpur 2811 Nafeesa Anwar Gojra 200 Rushna Khan Lahore Goalkeeper 60 Sahrish Waheed Lahore 111 Saira AshrafWAPDA Islamabad 70 Taskeen Kausar Bahawalpur 160 Zaib-un-Nisa Sukkur 210 Zakia Nawaz Sheikhpura 240 + Former Members Name Club (domestic) City Position Caps GoalsAamna MirFull backAmna AwanForwardAqeela NaseemFull backAsia SadiqFull backAzra NasirForwardBenish HayatForwardLina AfrozFull backNadiaFull backNeelama HassanForwardRabia Qadir (captain) Forward Razia MalikForwardSaima Afzal Full backSaman RashidGoalkeeperSanam YousafFull backShumaila HafeezForwardSonia KhanForwardTahseen SafdarGoalkeeperUzma LalForward
See also Pakistan men's national field hockey team Pakistan men's national under-21 field hockey team
References
External links Official website