The worldwide hockey federation (FIH) has withdrawn the internet hosting rights of the 2024 Paris Olympics qualifying occasion from Pakistan that was attributable to be held in January 2024.
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“The International Hockey Federation has withdrawn the internet hosting of the Olympic qualifier occasion from Pakistan. FIH communicated this choice to the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), citing non-cooperation and interference within the affairs of the PHF as the first causes for withdrawal,” PHF tweeted on Tuesday.
The announcement comes in after the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) suspended PHF, ordering fresh elections in August. The PSB then appointed an ad-hoc committee which sacked the entire coaching staff of the men’s team just ahead of the Asian Games. This was done after PHF president Brigadier (retd) Khalid Sajjad Khokar got elected for a third term in 2022 after holding elections which the PSB refused to recognise and ratify.
“FIH can confirm that it has informed the Pakistan Hockey Federation of its decision to withdraw the hosting of the Men’s FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifier tournament – scheduled in January 2024 – from Pakistan. This is primarily due to the recent developments in the governance situation of the Federation,” the FIH informed HT.
In July, the FIH had introduced that China, Pakistan and Spain had been chosen because the hosts of the hockey Olympic qualifiers. Twelve groups every will compete in each males’s and ladies’s competitions at Paris 2024. While France have already certified as hosts, 5 different groups will qualify as winners of continental competitions – Asian Games within the case for India. The remainder of the six spots will likely be stuffed by way of the Olympic qualifiers.
For ladies, Valencia and Changzhou will host the Olympic qualifiers from January 13 to 21 whereas Valencia and Lahore have been chosen for the lads’s occasion. Each match will host eight groups with the highest three making the lower. But with Tuesday’s choice, it stays to be seen which metropolis will change Lahore.
“A brand new host for this match will likely be introduced shortly. The different qualifiers will likely be staged in China and Spain as introduced in July,” added FIH.
In other news, Raghu Prasad will be the only Indian umpire officiating at the Paris Games as FIH confirmed the names of technical delegates, officials, umpire managers, umpires and medical officers.
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