The Asian Champions Trophy Hero Hockey Tournament, Chennai, India 2023 will officially open from 3 to 12 August 2023 and today, the Malaysian Hockey Confederation (KHM) officially announced the line-up of 20 players who will lead Malaysia’s challenge at the tournament.
The announcement of the list was announced by the Chairman of the National Team Management Committee, Dato’ Najmi Razak in a press conference at the KHM Office which was also attended by the Manager of the National Men’s Senior Team, Dato’ Mirnawan Nawawi, the Head Coach of the National Men’s Senior Team, Coach A. Arulselvaraj and Chief Executive Officer of KHM, Mr. Nishel Kumar.
This 7th edition of the tournament will see Malaysia receive opposition from hosts India, Korea, Japan, China and Pakistan and through the announced list of players, also listed are two players who have been called back to play with the national team, Mohd Fitri Saari and Abdul Khaliq Hamirin .
The manager of the National Men’s Senior Squad, Coach A. Arulselvaraj explained that the Asian Champions Trophy Hero Hockey Tournament is the last stage for the team to prepare for the Hangzhou Asian Games and the selection of players covered every aspect including the players’ fitness level and recovery from injury.
“The team has been preparing for the Championship and going through the physical fitness phase and special programs to further strengthen the team.
“We have also enlisted the services of Glenn Turner and Kieran Govers to strengthen the attack pattern and we also focus on the team’s structure when counter-attacking.
“I hope that in this tournament the players will show more than 100% determination and effort and most importantly they believe in themselves.
“The team has done the maximum preparation leading up to this tournament so the players need to believe that they can give their best performance and be able to do it because that high self-confidence will further increase the team’s belief and in each other that they can perform at their best,” he said. he
The National Men’s Senior Squad will depart for Chennai, India on Saturday (July 29, 2023) and will open the tournament on August 3, 2023.
The following is a list of 20 players of the National Men’s Senior Squad who will play in the Asian Champions Trophy Hero Hockey Tournament, Chennai, India, 2023.
NO POSITION NAME
1 MUHAMMAD HAFIZUDDIN OTHMAN GOALKEEPER
2 MOHD ZAIMI MAT DERIS GOALKEEPER
3 MUHAMMAD RAZIE ABD RAHIM DEFENSE
4 MUHAMMAD MARHAN MOHD JALIL DEFENSE
5 MUHAMMAD NAJMI FARIZAL JAZLAN DEFENSE
6 MUHAMMAD AMINUDDIN MOHD ZAIN DEFENSE
7 MUHAMMAD SYAFIQ HASSAN DEFENSE
8 MUHAJIR ABDU RAUF DEFENSE
9 MUHAMMAD NAJIB ABU HASSAN DEFENSE
10 MUHAMMAD AMIRUL HAMIZAN AZAHAR DEFENSE
11 FAIZ HELMI JALI CENTRAL
12 MEOR MUHAMMAD AZUAN HASSAN CENTRAL
13 CENTRAL SHELLO SILVERIUS
14 MUHAMMAD AZRAI AIZAD ABU KAMAL CENTRAL
15 ABDUL KHALIQ HAMIRIN CENTRAL
16 MUHAMMAD FIRHAN ASHAARI ATTACKER
17 FAIZAL SAARI ATTACKER
18 MOHAMAD ASHRAN HAMSANI ATTACKER
19 MUHAMAD RAMADAN ROSLI THE ATTACKER
20 MOHD FITRI SAARI ATTACKER
Here is the Management and Coaching line up for the Asian Champions Trophy Hero Hockey Tournament, Chennai, India 2023.
NO POSITION NAME
1 DATO’ MIRNAWAN NAWAWI TEAM MANAGER
2 ARULSELVARAJ ANTHONISAMI HEAD COACH
3 AZRUL EFFENDY BISTAMAM ASSISTANT COACH
4 KUMAR SUBRAMANIAM GOALKEEPING COACH
5 THOMAS MICHAEL DROWLEY FITNESS TRAINER
The following is the match schedule of the Malaysian team in the one-round league at the Asian Champions Trophy Hero Hockey Tournament, Chennai, India 2023.
NO DAY / DATE TIME
(MALAYSIAN TIME)
MATCH
1 THURSDAY / 3 AUGUST 20:45 MALAYSIA vs PAKISTAN
2 FRIDAY / 4 AUGUST 20:45 CHINA v MALAYSIA
3 SUNDAY / 6 AUGUST 23:00 MALAYSIA v INDIA
4 MONDAY / 7 AUGUST 18:30 JAPAN vs MALAYSIA
5 WEDNESDAY / 9 AUGUST 20:45 MALAYSIA vs. KOREA
