1st COAS National Inter-Club Hockey Championship From July 14.

LAHORE -- Hockey as a national game, having the most decorated history in the sports book of Pakistan, is nowhere close to its former glory. To revive the hockey culture and to uplift it as a national game, for the first time in history of Pakistan, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has taken an initiative for conducting the 1st National Inter-Club Hockey championship 2022.

The championship is scheduled to be held from July 14-23 here at the National Hockey Stadium. The event is aimed at promoting the game at the grassroots level i.e. club level which will help hunt emerging talent from remote areas of Pakistan. The championship is divided into four stages including district, divisional, provincial and national level. The final national round will see total 10 teams including four teams from Punjab, two teams from Sindh, two teams from KPK, one team from Baluchistan and one team each from Islamabad, AJK, Gilgit-Baltistan.

The championship started with 72 districts and 718 clubs contesting at district level all over Pakistan. The district level stage ended on May 25 with encouraging...