Pakistan's hockey team has failed for the 3rd time to qualify for the Olympics | Expert Analysis
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Pakistan's hockey team has failed for the 3rd time to qualify for the Olympics | Expert Analysis
Pakistan's hockey team has failed for the 3rd time to qualify for the Olympics | Expert Analysis
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00:00Viewers, Pakistan's national sport is hockey and we were so proud of our sport at one time.
00:05Once again, Pakistan's team will not participate in the hockey event of the Paris Olympics.
00:11Pakistan's team will not participate in this event.
00:13The 2012 Olympics was the last Olympics for us in which the hockey team participated.
00:19The winning team of the Olympics is out of the Olympics today.
00:23So, it is a pity. It is a matter of shock.
00:27The government should take action on this.
00:31In Pakistan, the talent of hockey is present in large numbers.
00:33But bogus clubs have destroyed both hockey and sports.
00:36Where did you get so much money?
00:39If you had invested half of the money on the domestic structure,
00:42Pakistan would have been playing the Olympics today.
00:44Young players are hopeful about hockey
00:47that maybe once again Pakistan's name will be included in the Olympics.
00:51With cameraman Mohammad Adnan, Ali Hassan, ARY News, Karachi.
00:55Former goalkeeper Imran Butt is with us. Let's talk to him.
00:58Imran, Assalam-o-Alaikum.
00:59Wa-alaikum-assalam. How are you?
01:01Imran, no surprise that Pakistan's team is not participating in the Olympics again.
01:05The way the downfall has come in this game.
01:08What a golden time we have seen.
01:10What a team we used to have.
01:13I can't hear your voice.
01:16Imran, can you hear me?
01:19Hello.
01:22Imran, can you hear me?
01:26Yes, I can hear you now.
01:27I am saying that it came as no surprise that Pakistan is not participating in the Olympics again.
01:31Obviously, the downfall that has come in this game.
01:33What will you say?
01:35Look, I always say that the Olympics and the World Cup are very important for us.
01:40And these are two events that are very important for hockey.
01:43You have played at the Top World Cup.
01:45We celebrate small events,
01:47but it doesn't matter to us.
01:49Every year, when the Olympics start, we talk that we will do better in the next Olympics.
01:56No doubt, there are good players in the Pakistan team.
01:59Young talent is good.
02:00But what is your planning?
02:02If we don't utilize our planning,
02:04where we are missing Pakistan after the last London Olympics,
02:09I think in the coming time, we will also miss the Rob Pantelis in 2028.
02:14For that, we will have to plan from now on.
02:16We will have to play matches from now on.
02:18We will have to play events with other teams.
02:20So that we can prepare for the Asian Games in the coming qualifier round.
02:24So tell me, Imran, policymakers play a very important role in this.
02:29As you said, we will have to plan.
02:32We always talk about short-term goals and long-term goals.
02:36For these big events, we have to work hard to have our representation here.
02:44You are absolutely right.
02:46The most important thing is what the policymakers are doing.
02:50What is the policy?
02:51What is the calendar of your preparation?
02:53What is the event scale?
02:56What is our plan?
02:57What should be our preparation before the Asian Games?
03:00Because India is the team that gives you the most tough time in the Asian Games.
03:06With which we have made a lot of progress.
03:08So the Asian Games is the easiest way for you to qualify for the Olympics.
03:12When you play with the European teams, you can see the luck factor.
03:15Because the European teams are better than us.
03:17Because we don't play matches with them after many years.
03:20So I think the most important thing for us is what our policymakers have planned.
03:25I don't see any planning yet.
03:28What is the calendar for the next World Cup in Pakistan?
03:31What events do we have to play?
03:33What are our domestic events?
03:35This is the most important thing.
03:36How much hockey does Pakistan have to play?
03:38We go to Atlanta and perform.
03:41No doubt the players perform well.
03:43But what was the level of the teams there?
03:45If we want to improve our level, then we will play the Olympics and the World Cup.
03:50If we win with the same teams and rebuild ourselves,
03:57If we keep the same things in us, then we won't even see the next Olympics.
04:02I think you have a golden chance in the World Cup.
04:05If there are 16 teams, then you have a chance to qualify.
04:09If there are 12 teams in the World Cup, then you will also qualify.
04:13I never thought that we would be talking about Pakistan not coming in the 12th.
04:19And if there are 16 teams, then Pakistan will go ahead.
04:21I think we are happy with a mediocre team.
04:24Because we don't see anything from the planning.
04:27You also heard about Hanif Khan.
04:29Even if we get the money, where will it go?
04:31Who will do the post-mortem on all this?
04:36I am talking about where the money went.
04:39This is a very wrong thing in Pakistan Hockey.
04:43But if the players say that we didn't get anything, then the government has supported us a lot.
04:48Everyone has boosted us.
04:50But I am saying that this boost-up is necessary.
04:53I am not saying that it is not necessary.
04:54But we need this boost-up before the Olympics Qualifier Round.
04:57We need this boost-up before the World Cup Qualifier Round.
05:00We need to set a criteria on those events where we have to give very high incentives to the players.
05:05It is not that we take a high incentive in a mediocre tournament.
05:09When the players' mark goes up, when the players' mindset changes.
05:13When we get something decided, where our hockey moves forward for 4 years.
05:18If we don't qualify for those events, then I think even if we perform well in small events,
05:23it doesn't matter to us at any place.
05:25Thank you very much, Emran Butt was with us.
05:28Obviously, he is also disappointed.
05:30The kind of position Pakistan Hockey is in.