Teams announced for Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup

The domestic hockey event will be held from Feb 7-15.

KARACHI: The 10 participating teams of the Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup hockey tournament, being held at the Pakistan Customs sports complex from February 7-15, have been announced by event director Hanif Khan.

The teams that will take part are Pak Customs, PIA, NBP, SSGC, Railways, Police, Army, Pakistan Steel Mills, Sindh and Punjab, divided into three pools.

Over the nine-day period, the tournament will hold 23 matches; the group stages will be played from February 7-12 while the semi-finals and final will be played on February 13 and February 15 respectively.

Pakistan Customs’ Chief Collector Tariq Huda said that this event was first organised in 1955 and since then has been held only four times, with the last one being staged in 2010.

He vowed that Pakistan Customs would make sure the Quaid-e-Azm Gold Cup is held on a regular basis.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 6^th, 2015.

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