#4 Pakistan’s loss is Malaysia’s gain
The junior team of Pakistan was barred from competing at the World Cup by FIH despite officially qualifying for the same, on account of the fact that they had failed to apply for visas before the stipulated deadline.
“Visas had been applied for after the official deadline and no accommodation was confirmed within the set deadlines. Despite a number of correspondence and reminders, the PHF was not able to show that their team would be able to travel to Lucknow for the event which begins in only a few days’ time,” the FIH said in a statement.
As a result of this development, Malaysia’s junior team earned a call-up to the event from the FIH in order to ensure a full complement of 16 playing teams. Malaysia are placed in Pool B alongside Netherlands, Belgium and Egypt.
