Pakistan

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Pakistan
Flag of Pakistan.svg.png
Continent Asia
Population 177,100,000
Registered players N/A
Referees N/A
Rinks N/A
National teams None
IIHF since Not a member
Top league Pakistani Championship


Pakistan is a country in South Asia. Islamabad is the capital, and Karachi is the largest city.

History of hockey in Pakistan

An official IIHF news release from 2005 stated that "Pakistan also applied for a membership but the congress decided to postpone the application until the ice hockey program in the country will have a better structure."[1] There is an ice rink located at the multi-sport facility, known colloquially as the Arena, in Karachi.[2]

In March 2018, the Shaheen Ice Hockey Team, sponsored by Shaheen Air International, won the Lion City Cup in Singapore.[3] On December 29, 2018, the first-ever ice hockey game in Pakistan was played between the Pakistan Air Force and the G-B Scouts at the winter resort of Naltar in Gilgit-Baltistan. The match went to a penalty shootout, in which Shahryar scored the only goal of the game, giving PAF the win.[4]

The Pakistani Championship was contested for the first time in 2019.

References

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