Pakistan Super Hockey League

Pakistan Super Hockey League
SportField hockey
Founded2005
Folded2005
AdministratorPakistan Hockey Federation
No. of teams6
CountryPakistan
HeadquartersLahore, Punjab, Pakistan
ConfederationAHF (Asia)
Last champion
Sindh Qalandars (1)
Level on pyramidLevel 1
Tournament formatDouble Round-robin and Playoffs

The Pakistan Super Hockey League was a franchise-based field hockey tournament in Pakistan held in 2005. It was organized by the Pakistan Hockey Federation.

Overview

A franchise-based hockey league in Pakistan was proposed during the tenure of Pakistan Hockey Federation president Tariq Kirmani in 2005.[1][2][3][4] The six teams represented Pakistan’s provinces and administrative regions. Sindh Qalandars represented Sindh, Shan-e-Punjab represented Punjab, Frontier Falcons represented the North-West Frontier Province, Baloch Lions represented Balochistan, Northern Cavaliers represented the Northern Areas, and Capital Dynamos represented the Islamabad Capital Territory. Individual teams received corporate sponsorship: Sui Southern Gas Company sponsored Sindh Qalandars,[5] MCB Bank sponsored Shan-e-Punjab,[6] and Saudi Pak Commercial Bank sponsored Northern Cavaliers.[7]

There would be 18 matches in all, 15 to be played on single league basis and three classification matches.[8] The tournament featured six teams competing in a single round-robin league stage, with each team playing every other team once. The top two teams advanced to the final, while the third and fourth placed teams contested the bronze medal match and the fifth and sixth placed teams played a fifth-place play-off.[9]

Teams

Six teams were named to play in the tournament.[10] Players were selected from different regional and departmental teams of the National Hockey Championship. Six Indian players also participated in the tournament including Dilip Tirkey, Adrian D'Souza, Gagan Ajit Singh, Sandeep Singh, Viren Rasquinha and Arjun Halappa.[8][10][11][12]

Sindh Qalandars

Ahmed Alam (PIA, captain), Dilip Tirkey (India), Tariq Yameen (HBL), Gohar Rasool (Wapda), Atif Mushtaq (Customs), Asim Khan (NBP), Adnan Zakir (NBP), Kashif Jawed (HBL), Muhammad Zubair (PTCL), Muhammad Shahbir (Wapda), Rashid (Pak Army), M. Khaliq (HBL), Mazhar (Customs), Zeeshan (PAF), Ranan Fayyaz (PIA), Mukhtar Hussain (PIA), Rashid (KESC), Sameer Hussain (HBL), Ishtiaq Mubin (SSGC), Wasif Raza (SSGC)

Officials: Akhtar-ul-Islam (Manager), Nasir Ali (Coach), Weseem Feroz (Assiatant Coach), Mansoor Ahmed (Goal-keeper trainer)

Shan-e-Punjab

Salman Akbar (PTCL), Tariq Imran (PTCL), Sandeep Singh (India), Ghazanfar Ali (PTCL), Muhammad Saqlain (ABL, captain), Waqas Sharif (Wapda), Arshad Mustensar Sheikh (Customs), Tariq Aziz (NBP), Shafqat Rasool (Customs), Waqas Liaqat (NBP), M. Shahid (Police), Shahzad Ahmed (Customs), Anayat Ullah (PTCL), Muhammad Shahbaz (Police), Adnan Mushtaq, M. Ashraf (Punjab), Riaz (Punjab).

Officials: Manzoor Junior (Manager), Naveed Alam (Coach), Saleem Sherwani (Assistant Coach), M. Tariq (Goal-keeping coach)

Frontier Falcons

M. Iqbal (PIA), Ikhalq Jr (PIA), Ehsanullah (Customs), Sumair Saleem (NBP), Shahid Waseem (Police), Aamir Shahzad (Pak Steel) Muhammad Arif (PTCL), Yasir Islam (PIA), M. Farooq (PIA), Rahim Khan (PIA), Naveed Iqbal (Wapda), Farhan (Punjab), Kashif Ali (Pak Steel), Pizwan-ul-Haq (PTCL), Amar Ishrat (NBP), Saeed Shah (PAF), Naeem Akbar (NBP), Viren Rasquinha (India), Rana Sajjad (Wapda), Abbas (KESC).

Officials: Farhat Khan (Manager), Qamar Ibrahim (Coach), Qasim Khan (Assistant Coach), Rauf (Goal-keeper Coach)

Baloch Lions

Adrian D'Souza (India), Zeeshan Ashraf (NBP), Imran Warsi (NBP), Imran Khan (PIA), Rana Asif (Wapda), Sajjad Anwar (PTCL), Zakirullah (Wapda), Shakeel Abbasi (PTCL), Shabbir Hussain (SSGC), Muhammad Sarwar (ABL, captain), Saleem (Army), Imran Shah (Customs), Adnan Hamid (NBP), Irfan (PTCL), Abu Baker (PIA), Adif Bilal (Wapda), Mudassar Ali (Wapda), Khurram Butt (Wapda), Waqas Hasib (Attock).

Officials: Rasheed Baloch (Manager), Danish Kaleem (Coach), Muhammad Farooq Khan (Assistant Coach), G. Jillani (Goal-keeper Coach)

Northern Cavaliers

Nasim Ahmed (PIA), M. Imran (Army), Amin Saleem (PIA), Sultan Ashraf (Wapda), Khalid Mahmood (HBL), Dilawar (Army), Rehan Butt (Wapda), Saleem Khalid (PTCL), Mahmood Ali (PIA), Muhammad Nadeem (NBP, captain), Akhtar Ali (NBP), Shakir Muneer (Wapda), Arjun Halappa (India), Fayaz Ahmed (ABL), Ishtiaq Ahmad (Pak Steel), Kashif Yaqoob (PAF), Mudassar Abbas (SSGC), Rauf (Pak Steel), Yasin Dilawar (Customs).

Officials: Ashraf Awan (Manager), Rana Zaheer (Coach), Safdar Abbas (Assistant Coach), Arshad Hussain (Goal-keeper coach)

Capital Dynamos

Amanullah (Wapda), Ateeq-ur-Rehman (PTCL), Ali Raza (PIA), M.Usman (PIA), Adnan Maqsood (NBP), Inam-ur-Rehman (PIA), Owais Khan Shani (NBP), Mudassar Ali Khan (Wapda, captain), Gagan Ajit Singh (India), Naeem Akram (Wapda), Asghar (Army), Tariq Mahood (Police), Muhammad Sami (SSGC), Shahid Rabbani (Wapda), Rizwan Butt (Wapda), Razzaq (Wapda), Ghulam Murtaza (Wapda), Waqas Akbar (Pak Steel), Rana Javaid (Wapda).

Officials: Pervaiz Kiyani (Manager), Tauqeer Dar (Coach), Ghulam Ghaus (Assistant Coach), Ikhlaq Usmani (goal-keeper coach)

Schedule

League stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sindh Qalandars 5 3 0 2 14 10 +4 9
Northern Cavaliers 5 3 0 2 13 12 +1 9
Baloch Lions 5 3 0 2 12 11 +1 9
Shan-e-Punjab 5 3 0 2 16 17 –1 9
Capital Dynamos 5 2 0 3 16 16 0 6
Frontier Falcons 5 1 0 4 8 13 –5 6

Play-offs

Fifth and sixth place

Third and fourth place

Final

Awards

Best Player[13][14] Second Best Player[13] Third Best Player[13] Best Goalkeeper[13][14] Second Best Goalkeeper[13][14][15] Third Best Goalkeeper[13]
Shabbir Hussain

(Sindh Qalandars)

 Ehsanullah

(Frontier Falcons)

 Shabbir Ahmad

(Sindh Qalandars)

 Ahmed Alam

(Sindh Qalandars)

 Adrian D'Souza

(Baloch Lions)

 Nasir

(Northern Cavaliers)

Later plans

In February 2016, the Pakistan Hockey Federation initiated preparations for another franchise league by the same name, to be played from October to November 2016.[16][17][18] The league was postponed after the government of Punjab refused to give an NOC to host the event in 2016. In December 2017, it was announced that the PHSL was given an NOC. The inaugural season was slated to begin in April 2018, but was postponed to July 2018 due to the national team's participation in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and the forthcoming month of Ramadan.[19] It was further pushed back to 12 to 19 January 2019. Around a dozen international players (from Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, France, and Argentina) were expected to play, with all matches taking place in Lahore.[20] Six were proposed for Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar and Quetta.[21][22] However, due to a lack of funds, the tournament was postponed to 15 to 25 March 2019.[23][24] On 11 January 2022, the Pakistan Hockey Federation announced that the inaugural edition of the PHSL would take place in 2022.[25][26] However the league ultimately failed to launch.[4]

In 2026, the Pakistan Hockey Federation announced plans to launch a separate PTCL-sponsored National Hockey League as part of wider reforms.[27][28][29][30][31]

See also

References

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  4. 1 2 Farooqi, Ibrahim (2023-01-15). "Pakistan hockey needs dedicated administrators: Samiullah". Dawn. Retrieved 2026-03-08.
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  6. ↑ "MCB at the forefront of promoting hockey – Business Recorder". Retrieved 2026-07-26.
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  8. 1 2 "Six Indians for Pakistan hockey league". Rediff. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
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  10. 1 2 "PHF names teams for Super Hockey League". Brecorder. 2005-08-27. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
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