Pakistan women's national field hockey team

The Pakistan women's national field hockey team represents Pakistan in international field hockey competitions, and is governed by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF). The first women's national championships were held in Lahore in 1976.[1] It took another seven years (1983) before the national team played an international match, against Ireland at Karachi and Lahore.[2]

History

2000s

In 2016, the team qualified for its first ever semi-final place at the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Cup held in Bangkok, Thailand.[3] In 2017, the team participated in three nation, Asian Challenge Cup held in Brunei where it placed runner-up to Hong Kong.[4] In January 2018, it participated in the Asian Games qualifiers held in Bangkok, Thailand.[5]

World Ranking

  • January 2018: 58[6]
  • November 2020: 62[7]



Members
Current Members[8]
NameClub (domestic)CityPositionCapsGoals
Rizwana Yasmeen (Captain)GojraGoalkeeper
Ambreen Arshad (Vice-Captain)WAPDABahawalpurLeft in2807
Amina GhaffarRailwaysLahore
Ayesha RafiqArmyHyderabad
Hamra LatifWAPDALahore
Hina PervaizLahore
Ibra SheikhLahore
Iqra_JavedLahore
Ishrat AbbasGojra
Kalsoom ShehzadiBahawalpur
Mayra SabirBahawalpur
Nafeesa AnwarGojra
Rushna KhanLahore
Sahrish WaheedLahore
Saira AshrafWAPDA Islamabad
Taskeen KausarBahawalpur
Zaib-un-NisaSukkur
Zakia NawazSheikhpura

Current as of 01 November 2020

Former Members
NameClub (domestic)CityPositionCapsGoals
Aamna Mir Full back
Amna Awan Forward
Aqeela Naseem Full back
Asia Sadiq Full back
Azra Nasir Forward
Benish Hayat Forward
Lina Afroz Full back
Nadia Full back
Neelama Hassan Forward
Rabia Qadir (captain)[9]Forward
Razia Malik Forward
Saima Afzal Full back
Saman Rashid Goalkeeper
Sanam Yousaf Full back
Shumaila Hafeez Forward
Sonia Khan Forward
Tahseen Safdar Goalkeeper
Uzma Lal Forward

References
  1. Record of the Women's National Hockey Championships Pakistan Hockey Federation. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  2. Pakistan Women Team Activities Record from 1983 to 2017 Pakistan Hockey Federation. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. Pakistan women's hockey team makes history Nabil Tahir, Express Tribune 7 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2020
  4. Women's Asian Challenge Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 31 October 2020
  5. Pak women’s hockey team announced The News 7 January 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  6. "Asian Games Qualifiers, International Hockey Federation". tms.fih.ch. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  7. "| Outdoor | FIH". www.fih.ch. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  8. National Women's Hockey Team Pakistan Hockey Federation. Retrieved 31 October 2020
  9. From Hockey to Accounting: Pakistan's Women Entrepreneurs Agata Slota, Palladium, 8 March 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2020
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