Pakistan women's national field hockey team

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AssociationPakistan Hockey Federation
ConfederationAHF (Asia)
CaptainRizwana Yasmeen
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Home
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Away
FIH ranking
Current 52 Steady (12 March 2024)
Women's AHF Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2003)
Best result4th (in 2003 and 2016)

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

No Year Host Position
1 1997 Singapore Singapore
-
2 2003 Singapore Singapore
4th
3 2012 Singapore Singapore
6th
4 2016 Thailand Thailand
4th

Members

Current as of 1 November 2020.

Current Members
Name Club (domestic) City Position Caps Goals
Rizwana Yasmeen (Captain) Gojra Goalkeeper 20 0
Ambreen Arshad (Vice-captain) WAPDA Bahawalpur Left-in 28 7
Amina Ghaffar Pakistan Railways Lahore
Ayesha Rafiq Pakistan Army Hyderabad
Hamra Latif WAPDA Lahore
Hina Pervaiz Lahore 16 1
Ibra Sheikh Lahore 11 0
Iqra Javed Lahore
Ishrat Abbas Gojra 27 3
Kalsoom Shehzadi Bahawalpur 15 3
Mayra Sabir Bahawalpur 28 11
Nafeesa Anwar Gojra 20 0
Rushna Khan Lahore Goalkeeper 6 0
Sahrish Waheed Lahore 11 1
Saira Ashraf WAPDA Islamabad 7 0
Taskeen Kausar Bahawalpur 16 0
Zaib-un-Nisa Sukkur 21 0
Zakia Nawaz Sheikhpura 24 0
Former Members
Name Club (domestic) City Position Caps Goals
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) 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

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