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Association | Pakistan Hockey Federation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Confederation | AHF (Asia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head Coach | Roelant Oltmans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Muhammad Usman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Captain | Ammad Butt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Most caps | Waseem Ahmad (410)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top scorer | Sohail Abbas (348)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current | 16 ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest | 4 (2000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lowest | 20 (Jul 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() (London, United Kingdom; 2 August 1948) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() (Madras, India; 26 December 1995) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 16 (first in 1948) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 13 (first in 1971) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Asian Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 17 (first in 1958) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Asia Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 11 (first in 1982) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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The Pakistan national field hockey team (Urdu: پاکستان قومى ہاكى ٹیم)[4] 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.[5] 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.[6][7] 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.[8] Waseem Ahmad is the most-capped player for the team, having played 410 times between 1996 and 2013.[9]
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.[10]