Pakistan beats China to finally qualify for 2018 Hockey World Cup

Pakistan beats China to finally qualify for 2018 Hockey World Cup

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Hockey team has finally qualified for the 2018 Hockey World Cup with their last win over China.

Pakistan beat China 3-1 to finish seventh in the Hockey World League Semi-final Round at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Sunday.

With this victory, Pakistan are virtually assured of a place in the 2018 Hockey World Cup. 

Earlier, Pakistan failed to qualify for the Rio Olympics 2016 for the first time in their hockey history, as they never needed to qualify for the world cup in their peak times, rather the nation used to firmly believed that whether to win gold in other games or not, but gold in hockey was obvious for Pakistan.