Quantity: India vs Pakistan
Or what: AFC Men's Champions League Home and Away Match
when: Saturday, September 14, 3:45 PM (07:45 GMT)
where: Moki Hockey Training Base, Hulunbuir, China
How to proceed: Al Jazeera's live text coverage begins at 05:00 GMT
Sports fans in South Asia can expect a thrilling contest on Saturday between India and Pakistan. However, the contest will be played on the blue artificial pitch of a hockey stadium, not the green grassy cricket pitches synonymous with India-Pakistan matches.
Three months after the start of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's T20 World Cup in New York, the vizinhos renewed their competition in Hulunbuir – a northeastern Chinese city in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region – during the round robin stage of Asian Hockey. The Asian Football Confederation (AHF) Men's Champions Cup.
Here's everything you need to know about the sport, the tournament and the next match:
Do India and Pakistan have good football?
You bet. To simplify, while two South Asian selections dominated the hockey world in the early 1990s, in the 1947 league that led to the creation of Pakistan, the selection in Indiana included players from both sides of the border who played the Divide and. won our Olympics in 1928, 1932 and 1936.
India and Pakistan have won 11 Olympic gold medals, five world titles, three IIHF Champions Cup titles and dozens of hockey matches between them.
It is worth noting that hockey – not cricket – is the national sport of India and Pakistan.
olympic gold medals
World Cups
champion cup
Mug of Sultan Azlan Shah
Asian Cup
AFC Champions League
Gold medals at the Asian Games
South Asian Games
India vs Pakistan: Rivalry History and Hockey
Starting in 1947, two separate countries, India and Pakistan, were created. It also stems from a primarily political rivalry that has lasted for decades and has spilled over into sports.
In the 1950s and 1960s, India and Pakistan won five Olympic gold medals between them. They would face each other in three finals, with India winning twice.
The two teams have met only once in the World Cup final, in 1975, when India won. No matter the tournament and occasion, your matches always generate maximum interest, resulting in sold-out tickets and widespread media coverage.
India vs Pakistan: Head-to-head record
Contested Games: 180
Defeat against India: 66
Late Pakistani poetry: 82
withdrawal: 32
Goals scored for India: 377
Goals scored for Pakistan: 402
Model Guide: India
India has had the best results we have seen in South Asia in recent years.
Most recently, India won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics and is the current champion of the Asian Games, Asian Champion's Cup and Commonwealth Games.
The Men in Blue are unbeaten in four games in the current tournament.
Last five results:
- India 3-1 South Korea
- India 8-1 Malaysia
- India 5-1 Japan
- India 3-0 China
- India 2-1 Spain (Paris Olympics)
Model Guide: Pakistan
Pakistan's recent return to hockey has been mixed. The Greenshirts will win two and draw two of their four matches in the quarter-final stage of the current tournament.
Surprisingly, or Pakistan to fail To qualify for the last three Olympics and two of the last three World Cups.
Last five results:
- Pakistan 1- China
- Pakistan 2-1 Japan
- Pakistan 2-2 South Korea
- Pakistan 2-2 Malaysia
- Pakistan 2(1) – 2(4) Japan (Azlan Shah Sultan Cup)
Or what is field hockey and how is it played?
It is simply made in the form of hockey, or an 11-player sport, and is played on an artificial field – also known as Astroturf – between two teams.
All eleven players move the hockey puck with the hockey cue to score the opponent's goal. The team that scores more goals wins.
Hockey cleats are made from a combination of fiberglass, carbon, and aramid and include a long shaft leading to a curved head used to maneuver the ball down the field and hit the goal.
The sport's world governing body is the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
How did you score a non-hockey goal?
A goal can only be scored inside the attacking circle and can result in direct play, penalty kicks being scored or penalties being awarded.
How long does a hockey game last?
A hockey game is played for 60 minutes, divided into four periods of 15 minutes each. The break is played between the second and third quarters and lasts for 15 minutes. There is only a two-minute break after the first and third quarters.
If the game is stopped due to injury or lack of the ball, the stopwatch will stop, which generally means the game continues for longer than the stipulated 60 minutes.
In 2019, the match was played in two 35-minute periods, with a five-minute break in between.
What about the AFC Champions League?
The Continental Hockey Championship began in 2011, and is contested between the top six teams in the region.
All teams face each other in a league system, and the top four teams advance to the semi-finals.
How many times will you play in the 2024 Asian Cup?
- China
- India
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Pakistan
- Korea do Seoul
Who are the previous winners of the Asian Champions Cup?
- 2011: India
- 2012: Pakistan
- 2013: Pakistan
- 2016: India
- 2018: India and Pakistan (joint winners)
- 2021: Korea do Seoul
- 2023: India
Indiana National Team
Harmanpreet Singh (captain), Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Suraj Karkera, Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Sanjay, Sumit, Rajkumar Pal, Neelakanta Sharma, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Manpreet Singh, Mohammad Raheel Mosin, Abhishek, Sukhjit Singh, Arajjit Singh Hundal, Uttam Singh, Gurjot Singh
Pakistan national team
Imad Butt (Captain), Abdul Rehman, Ajaz Ahmed, Ghazanfar Ali, Mohammad Hammad Uddin, Zakaria Hayat, Abdullah Ishtiaq Khan, Sufyan Khan, Arshad Liaqat, Abu Mahmood, Nadeem Ahmed, Faisal Qadir, Rana Waheed Ashraf, Sulaiman Razzaq, Roman, Hanan Shahid, Moin Shakeel, Muneeb Ur Rehman
