Islamabad: KHURRAM SHEHZAD AWAN
Pakistan Hockey team fail to qualify for the Paris Olympics 2024 after defeating from New Zealand by 3-2 in the third place qualifier match at Oman on 21 January, 2024. New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 3-2 in the bronze medal.
At the beginning of the match green team performed very well and took the lead at the 18th minutes after scoring goal by Abu Bakar and again Abu Bakar Scored goal on Penalty Stroke in the 24th minutes of the match but New Zealand bounced back scored goals in the 24th , 52th and final match winning goal in the 58th minutes of the match and got the bronze medal.
It is the third consecutive time that Pakistan Hockey team failed to qualify for the Olympic games. Pakistan is the fourth time world winner of hockey world cup but now national game hockey is declined due to the internal politics in the pakistan hockey federation which is the like a cancer for the game which should be solved by the big surgery.
