Today, on the first day of the tournament, the first match was played between the host Mari Petroleum and Police, which the host Mari Petroleum won easily by 5 goals to 1 and started their journey in the tournament brilliantly.
In the match played between Mari Petroleum and Police, Arbaaz Ahmed of Mari Petroleum scored 3 goals in a row on the penalty corner to score the first hat-trick of the tournament while Afraz Khan played an important role in his team’s victory by scoring 2 goals. paid Qayyum Dogar could score the only goal from Police.
In the match played between Mari Petroleum and Police, Haroon Rasheed International and Asad Abbas performed the umpiring duties while Ameer Hamza was the reserve umpire. Technical Officer Murtaza Bhatti along with Yasir Lodhi and Tariq Butt performed the responsibilities of the judges.
The second match was played between Army White and Pakistan Navy in the first match which Pakistan Navy easily won by 5 goals to 1.
In the match played between Navy and Army White, Basharat, Ehsanullah Khan, Muhammad Sabir, Hamad Ali, Rana Waleed scored one goal each from Pakistan Navy, Zul Noreen scored the only goal from Army White.
In the match played between Pakistan Navy and Army White, the umpiring duties were performed by Irfan Tahir and Fahad Ali Khan while Asad Abbas was the reserve umpire. Technical Officer Akhtar Ali along with Yasir Lodhi and Asif Shahzad acted as judges.
The third match which was also the opening match of the tournament was played between Pakistan WAPDA and Army Color.
A brilliant and thorny match played between Pakistan WAPDA and Army Color, Pakistan WAPDA won the match thanks to a penalty corner goal by Panchwal Abbas in the last minute of the match.
In the match played between Pakistan WAPDA and Army Color, Haroon Rasheed International and Ameer Hamza performed the umpiring duties along with Malik Safdar as Reserve Umpire. Syed Zia Hussain Bukhari, Asif Shahzad and Yasir Lodhi performed the responsibilities of the judges well along with Akhtar Ali, the technical officer of this match.
The fourth and final match was played between Pakistan Air Force and Punjab Rangers, which Pakistan Air Force won by 2 goals to 1. Mohsin Hasan scored both goals from Pakistan Air Force while Dawood Bhatta scored the only goal from Punjab Rangers.
Anwar Hussain and Zahid Ali performed the umpiring duties in this match along with Rizwan Khan who was the reserve umpire. The technical officials included Naveed Mirza, Gulfam Khokhar and Yasir Lodhi along with Technical Officer Rafiqur Rehman.
On this occasion, Tournament Director Olympian Nasir Ali, Olympian Shahnaz Sheikh, Tournament Organizing Secretary Colonel Muhammad Yameen, Assistant Tournament Director Major Tariq Wark, Assistant Tournament Director Raja Shuja Iqbal, Empires Manager Zulfikar Hussain, Assistant Empires Manager Kamran Shah, Assistant Empires Manager Mubarak Ali. , Event Media Coordinator Zulfikar Baig, Assistant Media Coordinator Muhammad Hafeez, Haji Naeem and their team along with a large number of hockey fans were present in the stadium.
