Pakistan hockey hits new low, slips to 14th place in FIH Rankings.

KARACHI: Pakistan hockey team is placed at the 14th position in the latest FIH rankings, its worst ever ranking.

According to the latest rankings released by FIH on Wednesday, Pakistan slipped one place from its previous worst 13th to a new low of 14th in the chart with 895 points. 

The green shirts finished at seventh place out of 10 teams in the recently concluded FIH World Hockey League and failed to secure direct qualification to World Cup 2018.

Pakistan earlier missed the 2016 Olympics and Champions trophy, it also missed the 2014 World Cup due to poor show.

The latest ranking is led by Argentina, followed by Australia and Germany at second and third position, respectively.

Former captain Samiullah Khan has expressed his disappointed at the current state of of the sport.

“Pakistan Hockey Federation didn’t do enough to create a pool of players and now we have very limited players in our hockey circuit,” said Samiullah.

“Unfortunately, some Olympians sticking with PHF are not sincere with the game and they’re there working for their own survival.”

Pakistan has won 20 Gold medals in major hockey tournaments including four World Cups, three Olympics, three Champions Trophy and eight Asian Games.

“We introduced tournaments such as the World Cup, Champions Trophy and Asia Cup and it is very sad to see that we are now struggling even to qualify for these tournaments,” said Samiullah.