Champion National Bank of Pakistan 🇵🇰
National Bank defeated WAPDA on penalty shootout and won the Mari Petroleum Azadi Hockey Cup Tournament. Mari Petroleum Azadi Hockey Cup Champion named after National Bank, WAPDA defeated Penalty Shootouts, Federal Minister for Sports Inter-Provincial Coordination Dr. Fehmida Mirza graced the occasion while President PHF Brigadier R Khalid Sajjad Khokhar, CEO Mari Petroleum Faheem Haider, Lieutenant General R Ashfaq Nadeem, Major General R Asghar Nawaz, Secretary General PHF Asif Bajwa, Director General Pakistan Sports Board Col R Muhammad Asif Zaman were present on the occasion as special guests. According to the details, under the auspices of Mari Petroleum Sports Department, under the supervision of Pakistan Hockey Federation, the champion of the first Mari Petroleum Azadi Hockey Cup, Sehra National Bank defeated Pakistan Wapda by defeating the foundation of penalty shootouts. The match started with a fast game. The two front-line teams of the Pakistan Hockey Federation launched a series of attacks to overtake each other. The finalists comprising most of the players of Pakistan's senior and junior hockey teams entertained the spectators with their excellent performance. Rana Waheed scored a field goal for Pakistan WAPDA in the 9th minute of the game to give WAPDA a one goal lead. The match ended in a 2-2 draw. Aleem Usman and Salman Razzaq of WAPDA team managed to score a goal in the penalty shootout stage while Tauseeq Arshad, Ejaz Ahmed and Rana Waheed failed to score and led to the defeat of the team. Muhammad Dilbar and Ahmad Nadeem scored successful penalty shootouts while Arsalan Qadir and Amir Ali failed to score. National Bank's penalty shootout score was 2-3 and the overall score was 4-5. The National Bank Hockey Team was declared the winner of the first Mari Petroleum Azadi Hockey Cup 2021. The match was supervised by umpires Sohail Akram Janjua and Haroon Rashid while Asad Abbas was the reserve umpire. Murtaza Bhatti, Dr. SA Majid, Rafiq Khan, Shahid Gul, Ikram Ahq, Aslam Shah and Javed Sadiq performed the duties of judges in this match while Hamza Tufail performed his duties as a technical officer. Tournament Director Legend Olympian Hanif Khan, Assistant Tournament Directors Mohammad Shafiq Bhatti and Mohammad Yaseen, Umpires Manager Rashid Mahmood Butt and Assistant Umpires Manager Dilawar Bhatti performed their duties. Mari Petroleum awarded the biggest prizes in the history of Pakistan Hockey Domestic Events. Each player of the final winning team National Bank was given 100 cc motorcycles and each runner up team WAPDA was given 70 cc motorcycles for each player. The best scorer of the event was Rizwan Ali. The best goalkeeper was Muhammad Iqbal, the best umpire was Sohail Janjua and the best technical official was Hamza Tufail. National Bank captain Abu Bakar Tariq Mahmood was declared the man of the match in the final. President of Pakistan Hockey Federation Brigadier R Khalid Sajjad Khokhar presented a cash award of Rs. 10,000 (Rs. 10,000) to the Man of the Match player for each match of the event and Rs. One thousand rupees) cash awards were given. A total of 16 Man of the Match awards were given at the event. The Chief Guest of the Final Ceremony was Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Federal Minister for Sports, Inter-Provincial Coordination. Asghar Nawaz, Secretary General PHF Asif Bajwa, Director General Pakistan Sports Board Col. R. Muhammad Asif Zaman, Chairman National Hockey Selection Committee Olympian Manzoor Jr., Member National Hockey Selection Committee Olympian Khalid Hameed, Head Coach National Hockey Team Olympian Khawaja Junaid at the ceremony. Were participants. Distinguished guests distributed valuable prizes among the players and on behalf of President Pakistan Hockey Federation Brigadier R Khalid Sajjad Khokhar, Federal Minister for Sports Inter-Provincial Coordination Dr. Fehmida Mirza, CEO Mari Petroleum Fahim Haider, Lt. Gen. R Ashfaq Nadeem and D. Special shields were also presented to G-Pakistan Sports Board Col. R. Muhammad Asif Zaman.
