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Skuad remaja bakal pelengkap Piala Sultan Azlan Shah

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PASUKAN remaja negara yang rancak melakukan persiapan menjelang Piala Dunia Remaja, Jun depan, dilihat sebagai pilihan terbaik Persekutuan Hoki Malaysia (PHM) untuk memenuhi kuota penyertaan Piala Sultan Azlan Shah, April ini.

Ini berikutan penarikan saat akhir oleh skuad gergasi hoki Asia, Korea Selatan, minggu lalu selain faktor kelembapan ekonomi dunia menyebabkan kebanyakan pasukan utama dunia memutuskan untuk tidak menyertai saingan pada 3 hingga 12 April ini.

Sehingga kini, hanya lima pasukan mengesahkan penyertaan - India, Pakistan, New Zealand dan Mesir yang menyertai buat julung kalinya selain Malaysia - kurang satu pasukan lagi buat memenuhi kuota enam pasukan.

Setiausaha Kehormat PHM, Hashim Mohamed Yusoff, berkata pihaknya kini masih menunggu pengesahan dua pasukan lain iaitu Ireland dan Jepun selepas tarikh penyertaan yang sepatutnya berakhir 31 Disember lalu dilanjutkan sehingga Sabtu ini.

“Kami menghantar jemputan kepada 14 negara tetapi Belgium, Kanada, England, Afrika Selatan menyertai Liga Eropah manakala Australia sibuk dengan saingan liga sendiri.

“Argentina ada menawarkan penyertaan skuad remajanya tetapi kami tidak boleh terima bagi mengekalkan kualiti kejohanan manakala China dan Korea Selatan mempunyai alasan masing-masing,” katanya yang mengakui Piala Sultan Azlan Shah hanya boleh disertai oleh pasukan dalam 20 kelompok terbaik dunia.

Skuad muda negara pimpinan K Rajan yang mengakhiri latihan di Australia Sabtu lalu, bakal bersaing dengan tiga pasukan termasuk India dan Pakistan pada Kejohanan Hoki Remaja Empat Negara (11-15 Mac ini) yang juga perlawanan pemanas badan sebelum saingan 20 pasukan di Johor Bahru dan Singapura, Jun nanti.


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