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Pakistan Slips to 14th Position in Int’l Hockey Federation

Web Desk(July 28, 2017): Pakistan hockey team are placed at the 14th position in the Federation International Hockey (FIH) rankings, their worst ever ranking.

According to the latest rankings released by FIH, Pakistan slipped one place from their previous worst 13th to a new low of 14th in the chart with 895 points.

The green shirts finished at seventh place out of 10 teams in the recently concluded FIH World Hockey League and failed to secure direct qualification to the World Cup 2018. Pakistan earlier missed the 2016 Olympics, the FIH Champions Trophy and the 2014 World Cup due to poor show.

The latest ranking are led by Argentina, followed by Australia and Germany at second and third position, respectively.

Former captain Samiullah Khan has expressed his disappointment at the current state of the sport. “The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) failed to create a pool of players and now we have very limited players in our hockey circuit,” said Samiullah.

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