Hong Kong Women's Qualify for Asian Games
The Hong Kong Women's has just returned from Bangkok, finishing 4th out of 5 participating teams. Hong Kong secured the qualification prior the tournament began as Pakistan and Sri Lanka has both pulled out of the tournament due to security concern. The team was forced to travel as Asian Hockey Federation has confirmed that if any team withdraws from the competition they will not be allowed to participate in the 16th Guangzhou Asian Games.
Results
Hong Kong 2 - 1 Singapore Scorers: TBC
Hong Kong 1 - 2 Thailand Scorers: TBC
Hong Kong 1 - 0 Chinese Taipei Scorers: Michelle Hegglie
Hong Kong 0 - 2 Kazakhstan
Hong Kong narrowly missed the final playoff with the same goal difference but less goal scored.
3rd /4th Playoff - Hong Kong 0 - 1 Thailand
Final Standing
1st - Kazakhstan
2nd - Chinese Taipei
3rd - Thailand
4th - Hong Kong
5th - Singapore
Yip Wai Ting was awarded Goalkeeper of the tournament.
Squad
KCC
Michelle Heggli
Maggie Chung
Weeraya Ho
Tessa Yung
Grace Wong
Samara Emmett
Christie-Anna Ozorio
Kirsten Lilias
Shaheen
Yip Wai Ting
Miranda Hung
Yii Sue Suet
Valley
Angelina Mok
Rachel Lau
HKFC
Barbara Mountain
Nicola Sawyer
Asian Games Men's Qualifier Day 7 (16/5) - Schedule
Hong Kong 5 - 1 Thailand (HT 2 - 0) Scorers: Arif Ali 3 - PC, FG and PS, Ashgar Ali - FG. Akbar Ali - FG. Man of The Match: Arif Ali
Singapore 1 - 3 Sri Lanka
Bangladesh 4 - 1 Oman
Asian Games Men's Qualifier Day 6 (15/5) - Schedule
Sri Lanka 4 - 3 Thailand
Bangladesh 0 - 1 Singapore
Oman 5 - 1 Chinese Taipei
Asian Games Men's Qualifier Day 5 (13/5) - Schedule
Bangladesh 3 - 3 Sri Lanka
Hong Kong 1 - 1 Chinese Taipei (HT 0 - 0) Scorers: Arif Ali - PS
Oman 4 - 2 Thailand
Asian Games Men's Qualifier Day 4 - Schedule
Hong Kong 2 - 2 Bangladesh(HT 1 - 1) Scorers: Chris Marshall - FG, Arif Ali - PC, Swalikh Mohammed - Penalty Stroke miss, Howard Leung - Penalty Stroke save. Man of The Match: Howard Leung
Chinese Taipei 5 - 5Thailand
Oman 1 - 1 Singapore
Asian Games Men's Qualifier Day 3 - Results
Oman 5 - 4 Sri Lanka
Hong Kong 1 - 3 Singapore (HT 0 - 1) Scorer: Ashgar Ali - PC
Chinese Taipei 7 - 5 Bangladesh
Asian Games Men's Qualifier Day 2 - Results
Hong Kong 4 - 3 Sri Lanka (HT 2 - 0) Scorer: (2) Arif Ali - PC, PC, Ashgar Ali - PC, Christopher Marshall - PC
Man of the Match: Arif Ali
Bangladesh vs Thailand
Singapore vs Chinese Taipei
Day 2 Game Schedule
Day 2 Match Schedule
Hong Kong vs Sri Lanka 10.00am
Bangladesh vs Thailand 2.00pm
Singapore vs Chinese Taipei 4.00 pm
Hong Kong will be aiming for maximum points in day 2 of the tournament to ensure a top 4 finish in the tournament, next lowly Thailand will be up against hosts Bangladesh and will be hoping to limit the amount of goals they concede. Ending day 2 the young side will be hoping to lead the table up against a determined Chinese Taipei which managed to secure a draw against Sri Lanka despite being on the backfoot for most of the game. The Bangladesh game will be shown live by local television BTV.
Hong Kong all-square with Oman in opening game
Hong Kong has forced to settle for a 1-1 draw with Oman in the opening game of the Asian Games Qualifying Tournament, the game began with the Hong Kong side starting the game with great confidence and discipline in defense frustrating the Omani side and Hong Kong side were able to deliver with some excellent counter attacks which managed to force six penalty corners in the first 20 minutes of the game. The Oman defenders were able to break down the penalty corner on three attempts with one should have resulted in a penalty stroke after the Omani runner managed to have both his hands held on drag flicking specialist Arif Ali whilst he was about to take a shot from point blank range, Ashgar Ali (Senachi) had a brilliant strike deflected out to the base line by the line defender, Arif also had a high drag flick attempt saved by a brave defender. Arif finally managed to find the net on the last penalty corner of the half with a low drag well placed on the left side of the goal. With the tournament adopting the new 2 minute green card sin bin rule it was surprising to see the trailing side to finish the half with only one green card to its name given the frequency of dangerous tackles. Hong Kong completed the half with the one nil lead. In the second half both side were struggling with the thirty five degrees of heat and the Oman side exerted more pressure on the Hong Kong defense and was rewarded a field goal after vice captain Shafiq Mirza being caught in possession in the midfield and the attackers went straight towards the circle and taking a first time shot which was lucky to go in on the same spot as the first goal. Hong Kong then owed Goalkeeper Howard Leung to some resolute goalkeeping to keep the side in the game and Harry Bal was unlucky to not score himself on the other end from 4 chances, with 2 outstanding saves from the man of the match Omani goalkeeper. Both sides were unable to add any more goals in the remainder of the half.
The tournament had also adopted the video referral as used in the world cup and EHL, 1 referral will be allowed for each side in the game. Defenders will also be asked to go to the half way line if they break the penalty corners before the injection.
In the following game Sri Lanka only managed a 3-3 draw with Chinese Taipei which has just arrived the night before there first game. Day 1 of the tournament completed with Singapore beating Thailand 5-2. Hosts Bangladesh did not have a scheduled game today and will feature on Sunday after all the teams having a rest day tomorrow.
Hong Kong Men's Squad Announced
The Hong Kong Hockey Association has announced the 16-man squad for the Asian Games Qualifier in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The squad will be leaving tomorrow evening with the tournament beginning on the 7th. After various changes, the tournament will now feature Bangladesh, Chinese Taipei, Oman, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand as well as Hong Kong and be based on a round robin format. The top 6 finishing teams will qualify and join Asia's top 6 (Korea, Pakistan, China, Malaysia, India & Japan) in the 16th Guangzhou Asian Games from 12th to 27th November later this year. The qualifying tournament will be the 1st tournament for many of Hong Kong Players including uncapped Douglas Corbel (Ex France U21) having finally switched allegiance to play for Hong Kong. Khalid Hussain, Noman Mohamed and Kelson Wong have recently received their first cap for Hong Kong at the Macau Interport. We wish the Hong Kong team with 8 of our sponsored players all the best
The Squad
Howard Leung (GK) Shaheen
Ashgar Ali Shaheen
Khalid Hussain Shaheen
Kelvin Yip Shaheen
Arif Ali KCC
Kelson Wong (GK) KCC
Jackie Chan KCC
Harinder Bal KCC
Swalikh Mohammed KCC
Noman Mohammed Pakistan Association
Shafiq Mirza (Vice Captain) Pakistan Association
Akbar Ali (Captain) HKFC
Guvinder Dillon HKFC
Ravinder Dillon HKFC
Douglas Corbel HKFC
Hong Kong - Macau Interport
This year Hong Kong will be traveling to Macau for the annual inter-port. Previously, Hong Kong has won the previous inter-port trophy as well as beating Macau 6-0 during the East Asian Games. On the other side, Macau would be looking to continue their development for the future. Macau has not particapted in a FIH International Tournament since 2006 and as a result they no longer feature in the FIH world rankings.
Macau vs Hong Kong - Field Hockey Inter-port--- Date: April 18, 2010 (Sunday)
Venue: Macao Taipa Hockey Stadium
11:00-12:30 Men's Master
13:00-14:30
Men's Junior (Hong Kong U-21)
14:30 -16:00 Ladies (Hong Kong development team)
16:30 -18:00 Men's Senior
The Men's national team will be led by Hong Kong Team Vice Captain Shafiq Mirza with Captain Akbar Ali working overseas, this will be the final game before the team travels for the Asian Games Qualifier in Dhaka, Bangladesh from the 7th of May - 16th May. The top 6 teams will qualify for the tournament.
New Zealand Visiting Team - Scots College
Following the conclusion of the Hockey Australia Country Men's and Women's team tour in Hong Kong they are now in Malaysia playing against the national development side for 3 games over 2 days in Kuala Lumpur. Hockey Australia compromises of players which has never represented any of the National or Junior National Australia Team and has never played in the Australian Hockey League.
Another team has arrived following their departure, the Scots College from Wellington, New Zealand, The Scots College team will feature 14-17 year old schoolboys. They will be playing 3 games during their visit.
12 April 2010, 18:30 Boys Team of Scots College vs Valley Boys Team at Happy Valley Score: 4:0
13 April 2010, 18:30 Boys Team of Scots College vs HKHA U18 Boys Team at King's Park Score: 2:3
14 April 2010, 18:30 Boys Team of Scots College vs Kowloon Cricket Club Boys Team at King's Park Score: 5-1
We look forward to see you supporting our local youth players for the upcoming games!
Here are the results for the games during Hockey Australia's visit in Hong Kong.
7 April 2010 - Hockey Australia Women's Team
vs Kowloon Cricket Club Women's Team
Score: 6:0
7 April 2010 - Hockey Australia Men's
Team vs Kowloon Cricket Club Men's Team
Score: 6:1
Man of the Match - Selected by the Hockey Australia Team: Arif Ali
8 April 2010 - Hockey Australia Women's Team
vs Hong Kong Football Club Women's Team
Score: 4:2
8 April 2010 - Hockey
Australia Men's
Team vs Hong Kong Football Club Men's Team
Score: 3:3
10April 2010 - Hockey Australia Women's Team
vs Valley Women's Team
Score: N/A
10 April 2010 - Hockey
Australia Men's
Team vs Pakistan Association Men's Team
Score: 5:3
Man of the Match- Selected by the Hockey Australia Team: Arshad Mohammed
11April 2010 - Hockey Australia Women's Team
vs Hong Kong Women's Team
Score: 2:0
11 April 2010 - Hockey
Australia Men's
Team vs Hong Kong Men's Team
Score: 3:4
Scorers: Shafiq Mirza (PC), Swalikh Mohammed x 2(FG) and Ashgar Ali (FG)
Man of the Match- Selected by the Hockey Australia Team: Howard Leung
HK-Macau School Boys Inter-port
The Hong Kong school boys has successfully retained the Inter-port Trophy by beating the Macau school boys team 4-1. The match was played at the Macao Taipa Hockey Stadium last Saturday, 14th of April.
This bi-annual competition will be held in Hong Kong in 2 years time.
We would like to congratulate the team on this achievement.
American Express Easter 6's
The 1st American Express Easter 6's has just concluded. The tournament featured 24 teams, with 14 men's and 10 women's teams.
Kowloon Cricket Club featuring several Hong Kong international has won the cup by beating Kangwon National University A Team 6:3 in the final. Both teams progressed by beating pre-tournament favourites ASI - Samurai (featuring Ashgar Ali and Olympic Gold Medalist Jaap-Derk Buma) and Kangwon National University B Team respectively.
The plate competition was won by Khalsa Sports Club, they beat Shaheen in the final and the bowl competition was won by The Flying Hoppers from Switzerland after strong resilience from the combative Owls.
The new format of the competition has changed from a mixed 9 a-side full pitch tournament to a 6 a-side half-pitch tournament. Various changes has been adopted with field goals counting as 2 and penalty corner goals counting as 1, there are no long corners and side boards has been placed running down the sideline thus allowing the game to be much faster..
Monthly Special
Starting from the 1st of April, we will offer a 'stick of the month' and 'product of the month', such products will be on a 20% discount. Each customer may only purchase 1 of each item!
We look forward to see you at our shop!
- Lisa commented on HK-Macau School Boys Inter-port, May 29, 2010.
