Hockey World League: Pakistan to face Argentina in quarterfinals

KARACHI: Pakistan hockey team will take on Argentina in the quarterfinals of Hockey World League 2017 tournament today (Thursday).

Despite losing to Netherlands, India and Canada, the green-shirts qualified for the quarterfinals after Canada and Scotland drew 1-1 on Tuesday.

Scotland had to win the match in order to qualify for the quarter finals of the tournament, but only managed to draw against Canada.

On Monday, Pakistan tasted its first victory of the tournament after defeating Scotland 3-1 in their last pool match.

Meanwhile, Argentina has remained undefeated in the competition so far. It defeated Korea 2-1, Malaysia 5-2, China 10-0 and drew against England 3-3.

In other quarter finals fixtures, India will face off against Malaysia, Netherlands against China and England against Canada.

The World League Semifinal Round is also a 2018 World Cup qualifier.

However, if Pakistan fails to qualify for the world cup it will have to win the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy, which will be held in India later this year.