Kuantan, Pahang dipilih sebagai tuan rumah kejohanan hoki Piala Razak dari 26 Oktober hingga 4 November ini sebagai merayakan ulang tahun keputeraan Sultan Pahang dan bukan lagi di ibu kota seperti yang dijadualkan sebelumnya.
Sumber Persekutuan Hoki Malaysia (PHM) berkata, dua gelanggang berumput polygrass di Stadium Hoki Sukpa dan Kompleks Sukan Bandar Indera Mahkota akan digunakan bagi kejohanan 10 hari itu sekali gus menggantikan Stadium Hoki Nasional, Bukit Jalil.
Beberapa minggu lalu, gelanggang di Kuantan didapati tidak memenuhi syarat pertandingan tetapi pemeriksaan sejak Isnin lalu oleh dua pegawai berpengalaman, Datuk G. Vijiyanathan dan C. Paramalingam memberikan kelulusan untuk melangsungkan Piala Razak di situ.
Kejohanan kali ini turut mengundang Singapura, Brunei, Thailand dan Indonesia yang berpeluang menjadikannya persediaan ke Sukan SEA Korat, Disember ini apabila hoki dipertandingkan semula sejak 2001.
Piala Razak tahun lalu berlangsung di Johor Bahru dengan Johor merangkul gelaran Bahagian Satu dengan menewaskan Melaka 5-1 sementara Perak membenam Selangor 4-0 sebagai juara Bahagian Dua.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Monday, October 8, 2007
National players not allowed to play in Razak Cup
The national players will not be released for the Razak Cup tournament which will be held at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil from Oct 26 to Nov 4.
The Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) president Tan Sri Anwar Mohd Nor, said they have decided not to release the national players for the tournament because their fitness level would drop.
“We have learnt from past experience. The 30 players in the training squad would concentrate on preparing for the Champions Trophy which will be held from Nov 29 to Dec 9 in Kuala Lumpur.
“Our priority is the Champions Trophy which is part of the preparation for next year’s Olympic qualifier,” said Anwar.
The other teams in the fray for the Champions Trophy are Olympic champions Australia, world champions Germany, Holland, Spain, South Korea, Pakistan and Britain.
National coach Sarjit Singh said that the national team would go for a one-week mental training stint in Kuching from Oct 25- 31.
“The national players need mental strength to put up a strong challenge in the tournament. Physiologist Frederick Tan will conduct the mental training,” said Sarjit, who guided the national team to win the first ever bronze medal in the recent Asia Cup in Chennai.
Sarjit said that he would also focus more on the fitness level, which was not up to the mark in the Asia Cup.
“The players need to be extremely fit to put up a strong challenge. Besides that we will be facing teams who are much stronger and ranked higher than us.
“We will start training twice a day from tomorrow to improve the fitness level,” said Sarjit.
Sarjit added that they need an all rounder who can play well and at the same time deliver penalty corner goals in the tournament.
“In the Asia Cup our penalty corner conversion rate was not that good. We only managed to score 10 penalty corner goals from the total of 32 we scored in the tournament.
“Defender Zulkifli (Rejab) is good with his penalty corner flicks but cannot sustain his form for the entire match. Another defender Baljit (Singh) has shown progress in his game but needs to improve his penalty corner flicks,” said Sarjit.
Sarjit added that his other options for taking penalty corners are midfielders Jiwa Mohan and Mohd Suffian Mohamed.
“Suffian, however, needs to improve his game if he hopes to win a place in the tournament,” said Sarjit.
Sarjit added that 18 players would be named for the Champions Trophy while the remaining 12 would be named for the Korat SEA Games squad.
“Although 16 players need to be registered for the SEA Games, the remaining four will come from the Champions Trophy squad. The four might join the players in Korat after the Champions Trophy,” said Sarjit.
The Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) president Tan Sri Anwar Mohd Nor, said they have decided not to release the national players for the tournament because their fitness level would drop.
“We have learnt from past experience. The 30 players in the training squad would concentrate on preparing for the Champions Trophy which will be held from Nov 29 to Dec 9 in Kuala Lumpur.
“Our priority is the Champions Trophy which is part of the preparation for next year’s Olympic qualifier,” said Anwar.
The other teams in the fray for the Champions Trophy are Olympic champions Australia, world champions Germany, Holland, Spain, South Korea, Pakistan and Britain.
National coach Sarjit Singh said that the national team would go for a one-week mental training stint in Kuching from Oct 25- 31.
“The national players need mental strength to put up a strong challenge in the tournament. Physiologist Frederick Tan will conduct the mental training,” said Sarjit, who guided the national team to win the first ever bronze medal in the recent Asia Cup in Chennai.
Sarjit said that he would also focus more on the fitness level, which was not up to the mark in the Asia Cup.
“The players need to be extremely fit to put up a strong challenge. Besides that we will be facing teams who are much stronger and ranked higher than us.
“We will start training twice a day from tomorrow to improve the fitness level,” said Sarjit.
Sarjit added that they need an all rounder who can play well and at the same time deliver penalty corner goals in the tournament.
“In the Asia Cup our penalty corner conversion rate was not that good. We only managed to score 10 penalty corner goals from the total of 32 we scored in the tournament.
“Defender Zulkifli (Rejab) is good with his penalty corner flicks but cannot sustain his form for the entire match. Another defender Baljit (Singh) has shown progress in his game but needs to improve his penalty corner flicks,” said Sarjit.
Sarjit added that his other options for taking penalty corners are midfielders Jiwa Mohan and Mohd Suffian Mohamed.
“Suffian, however, needs to improve his game if he hopes to win a place in the tournament,” said Sarjit.
Sarjit added that 18 players would be named for the Champions Trophy while the remaining 12 would be named for the Korat SEA Games squad.
“Although 16 players need to be registered for the SEA Games, the remaining four will come from the Champions Trophy squad. The four might join the players in Korat after the Champions Trophy,” said Sarjit.
Coach Sarjit cool over having Germany in Olympic qualifiers
The Malaysian men’s hockey team face a mammoth task in qualifying for next year’s Beijing Olympics, having been drawn with world champions Germany in the men’s qualifying tournament in Kakamigahara, Japan, from April 5-13 next year.
The other teams in the fray are Japan, the Czech Republic, Poland and Switzerland. Only the champions will qualify for Beijing.
National coach Sarjit Singh, however, is unperturbed by world number two Germany’s presence.
“Germany were favourites to beat Belgium in the third playoff in the European Championships last month to qualify for the Olympics. But Belgium surprised Germany to qualify for the Olympics.
“Our mission in Japan is to qualify for the final and we will go all out to achieve it. In the final anything can happen,” said Sarjit. “The players are in high spirits after winning their first-ever bronze in the Asia Cup in Chennai last week. We are leaving no stone unturned in our quest to give our best in the qualifiers.”
Meanwhile, eight-time Olympic champions India are drawn with Britain, Austria, Bangladesh, Chile, and Egypt in the qualifiers in Santiago, Chile, from March 1-9.
The third qualifying tournament is in Auckland from Feb 2-10. It will feature Argentina, Cuba, France, Ireland, New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago.
The winners of the three qualifiers will join the nine teams who have already assured their place in the 12-nation Olympic competition.
The other teams in the fray are Japan, the Czech Republic, Poland and Switzerland. Only the champions will qualify for Beijing.
National coach Sarjit Singh, however, is unperturbed by world number two Germany’s presence.
“Germany were favourites to beat Belgium in the third playoff in the European Championships last month to qualify for the Olympics. But Belgium surprised Germany to qualify for the Olympics.
“Our mission in Japan is to qualify for the final and we will go all out to achieve it. In the final anything can happen,” said Sarjit. “The players are in high spirits after winning their first-ever bronze in the Asia Cup in Chennai last week. We are leaving no stone unturned in our quest to give our best in the qualifiers.”
Meanwhile, eight-time Olympic champions India are drawn with Britain, Austria, Bangladesh, Chile, and Egypt in the qualifiers in Santiago, Chile, from March 1-9.
The third qualifying tournament is in Auckland from Feb 2-10. It will feature Argentina, Cuba, France, Ireland, New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago.
The winners of the three qualifiers will join the nine teams who have already assured their place in the 12-nation Olympic competition.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Malaysia hos Trofi Juara-juara
KUALA LUMPUR – Persekutuan Hoki Antarabangsa (FIH) semalam memutuskan Malaysia sebagai tuan rumah baru Trofi Juara-juara (lelaki) dari 29 November hingga 9 Disember ini selepas memindahkannya dari Lahore, Pakistan atas sebab keselamatan pada 12 September lalu.
Presiden FIH, Els van Breda Vriesman berkata dalam laman web rasmi, kejohanan itu akan dilangsungkan di Stadium Hoki Nasional, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.
Trofi Juara-juara kali ini turut disertai lapan pasukan yang bersaing satu kumpulan berbanding enam sebelumnya. Malaysia pernah menjadi tuan rumahnya pada 1993.
Enam pasukan asal kejohanan ini iaitu Australia, Jerman, Korea Selatan, Belanda, Pakistan dan Sepanyol, dikekalkan dan akan disertai oleh Malaysia dan Great Britain.
Kata Vriesman, FIH tetap mengundang Pakistan demi menebus pembatalan hak tuan rumah mereka manakala Great Britain dipilih kerana pencapaiannya di tangga kelima Piala Dunia 2006 dan Malaysia layak automatik selaku tuan rumah.
Presiden FIH, Els van Breda Vriesman berkata dalam laman web rasmi, kejohanan itu akan dilangsungkan di Stadium Hoki Nasional, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.
Trofi Juara-juara kali ini turut disertai lapan pasukan yang bersaing satu kumpulan berbanding enam sebelumnya. Malaysia pernah menjadi tuan rumahnya pada 1993.
Enam pasukan asal kejohanan ini iaitu Australia, Jerman, Korea Selatan, Belanda, Pakistan dan Sepanyol, dikekalkan dan akan disertai oleh Malaysia dan Great Britain.
Kata Vriesman, FIH tetap mengundang Pakistan demi menebus pembatalan hak tuan rumah mereka manakala Great Britain dipilih kerana pencapaiannya di tangga kelima Piala Dunia 2006 dan Malaysia layak automatik selaku tuan rumah.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Allocation of Teams for Olympic Qualification Tournaments
Despite some surprising results in the Oceania Cup, which was the last Continental tournament for direct Olympic qualification, hockey giant Australia’s women’s team will join their men’s team in Beijing next year in a quest for gold medals.
After the Oceania Cup, nine of the 12 Olympic participants for both the men’s and the women’s hockey tournament are now finalized:
Men: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Korea, Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, Spain.
Women: Argentina, Australia, China, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa.
Furthermore, the FIH is pleased to release the details of the Olympic qualifying tournaments to be played early 2008.
Men:
North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand – 02/10 February 2008
Argentina, Cuba, France, Ireland, New Zealand and Trinidad & Tobago
Santiago, Chile – 01/09 March 2008
Austria, Bangladesh, Chile, Egypt, Great Britain and India
Kakamigahara, Japan – 05/13 April 2008
Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Switzerland
The reserve nations for the tournaments (in order) are:
(1) Netherlands Antilles (2) USA (3) Mexico
Women:
Baku, Azerbaijan – 12/20 April 2008
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Chile, Kenya, Spain and Ukraine
Kazan, Russia – 19/27 April 2008
Belgium, Chinese Taipei, India, Netherlands Antilles, Russia and USA
Victoria, Canada – 26 April/04 May 2008
Canada, Cuba, Ireland, Italy, Korea and Malaysia
The reserve nations for these tournaments (in order) are:
(1) France (2) Uruguay (3) Barbados
The FIH will now request the National Associations and National Olympic Committees of all teams qualified for both the Olympic Games and the WorldHockey Olympic Qualifiers to confirm their participation. In the event that a nation does not accept the invitation to participate in a qualifier, it will be replaced directly by the reserve nations in order of world ranking.
After the Oceania Cup, nine of the 12 Olympic participants for both the men’s and the women’s hockey tournament are now finalized:
Men: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Korea, Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, Spain.
Women: Argentina, Australia, China, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa.
Furthermore, the FIH is pleased to release the details of the Olympic qualifying tournaments to be played early 2008.
Men:
North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand – 02/10 February 2008
Argentina, Cuba, France, Ireland, New Zealand and Trinidad & Tobago
Santiago, Chile – 01/09 March 2008
Austria, Bangladesh, Chile, Egypt, Great Britain and India
Kakamigahara, Japan – 05/13 April 2008
Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Switzerland
The reserve nations for the tournaments (in order) are:
(1) Netherlands Antilles (2) USA (3) Mexico
Women:
Baku, Azerbaijan – 12/20 April 2008
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Chile, Kenya, Spain and Ukraine
Kazan, Russia – 19/27 April 2008
Belgium, Chinese Taipei, India, Netherlands Antilles, Russia and USA
Victoria, Canada – 26 April/04 May 2008
Canada, Cuba, Ireland, Italy, Korea and Malaysia
The reserve nations for these tournaments (in order) are:
(1) France (2) Uruguay (3) Barbados
The FIH will now request the National Associations and National Olympic Committees of all teams qualified for both the Olympic Games and the WorldHockey Olympic Qualifiers to confirm their participation. In the event that a nation does not accept the invitation to participate in a qualifier, it will be replaced directly by the reserve nations in order of world ranking.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Mixed results for our juniors in playing tour Down Under
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian junior hockey team have won once and lost twice in their five-match playing tour against the Australian juniors in Queensland, Australia.
Malaysia took the lead in the first match but went down 1-4 on Wednesday.
However, they bounced back to win the next match 3-2 on Thursday.
In the third match yesterday, the national juniors were outplayed 5-0 because most of the players are fasting.
National junior coach Tai Beng Hai said in a telephone interview from Queensland yesterday that out of the 20 players, only forward Harwinder Singh is not fasting.
“The first two days of fasting took its toll on the players as we lost out in every department.
“We are in Australia without six 20-year-old players because we want to expose the Under-19 players, who are preparing for the 2009 Junior World Cup,'' said Beng Hai, who is assisted by Gurmit Singh.
Beng Hai added that they would be playing their next two matches in Buderim, where the Oceania Cup will be held.
Hosts Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea are involved in the Oceania Cup, with the champions earning an automatic berth to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Australia, the Olympic champions, are favourites to win the tournament and New Zealand are most likely to finish runners-up and will go through the Olympic qualifier.
Malaysia might be drawn in the same group with the Kiwis in the qualifier.
The Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) have sent national coach Sarjit Singh, who guided Malaysia to their first ever bronze medal in the Asia Cup in Chennai on Sunday, to Australia to watch the Oceania Cup with former national coach Paul Lissek.
Beng Hai said after the Australian playing tour they would go to South Korea later this month for more friendly matches.
“We are using the two playing tours to Australia and Korea to prepare for the Singapore International Invitational meet next month,'' said Beng Hai.
The other teams in that tournament are hosts Singapore, Australia, India, Pakistan and Taiwan.
Malaysia took the lead in the first match but went down 1-4 on Wednesday.
However, they bounced back to win the next match 3-2 on Thursday.
In the third match yesterday, the national juniors were outplayed 5-0 because most of the players are fasting.
National junior coach Tai Beng Hai said in a telephone interview from Queensland yesterday that out of the 20 players, only forward Harwinder Singh is not fasting.
“The first two days of fasting took its toll on the players as we lost out in every department.
“We are in Australia without six 20-year-old players because we want to expose the Under-19 players, who are preparing for the 2009 Junior World Cup,'' said Beng Hai, who is assisted by Gurmit Singh.
Beng Hai added that they would be playing their next two matches in Buderim, where the Oceania Cup will be held.
Hosts Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea are involved in the Oceania Cup, with the champions earning an automatic berth to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Australia, the Olympic champions, are favourites to win the tournament and New Zealand are most likely to finish runners-up and will go through the Olympic qualifier.
Malaysia might be drawn in the same group with the Kiwis in the qualifier.
The Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) have sent national coach Sarjit Singh, who guided Malaysia to their first ever bronze medal in the Asia Cup in Chennai on Sunday, to Australia to watch the Oceania Cup with former national coach Paul Lissek.
Beng Hai said after the Australian playing tour they would go to South Korea later this month for more friendly matches.
“We are using the two playing tours to Australia and Korea to prepare for the Singapore International Invitational meet next month,'' said Beng Hai.
The other teams in that tournament are hosts Singapore, Australia, India, Pakistan and Taiwan.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Malaysia keen to host Champions Trophy
KUALA LUMPUR: The International Hockey Federation (IHF) have decided to move the men’s Champions Trophy tournament away from Lahore, Pakistan, due to safety reasons.
And the Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) are keen to host the tournament, scheduled for Dec 1-9.
Olympic champions Australia and Spain, who have qualified for the tournament, informed the FIH that they would not be able to participate due to security reasons. Germany, South Korea and Holland also did not confirm their entry.
Reserve countries England and Japan also declined the invitation. With six of the best eight hockey teams not participating in the Samsung Champions Trophy, one of the most important hockey tournaments in the world, the FIH had no option but to change the venue for the 2007 Champions Trophy tournament.
FIH will decide on the new venue in the next few days.
MHC secretary Datuk Dr S.S. Cheema said that they informed FIH on Sept 6 of their intention to host the tournament.
Cheema said that the Malaysian team, who won their first-ever bronze medal in the Asia Cup in Chennai on Sunday, have no competitions left this year.
“So it will really benefit the national team to play in the Champions Trophy as they need to play quality matches to prepare for next year’s Olympic qualifie,” he said.
The national team, who returned from the Asia Cup on Tuesday, will resume training on Tuesday.
And the Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) are keen to host the tournament, scheduled for Dec 1-9.
Olympic champions Australia and Spain, who have qualified for the tournament, informed the FIH that they would not be able to participate due to security reasons. Germany, South Korea and Holland also did not confirm their entry.
Reserve countries England and Japan also declined the invitation. With six of the best eight hockey teams not participating in the Samsung Champions Trophy, one of the most important hockey tournaments in the world, the FIH had no option but to change the venue for the 2007 Champions Trophy tournament.
FIH will decide on the new venue in the next few days.
MHC secretary Datuk Dr S.S. Cheema said that they informed FIH on Sept 6 of their intention to host the tournament.
Cheema said that the Malaysian team, who won their first-ever bronze medal in the Asia Cup in Chennai on Sunday, have no competitions left this year.
“So it will really benefit the national team to play in the Champions Trophy as they need to play quality matches to prepare for next year’s Olympic qualifie,” he said.
The national team, who returned from the Asia Cup on Tuesday, will resume training on Tuesday.
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