Hockey Teams Fail To Secure World Cup Berths

Monday, April 19, 2021

The National Hockey sides suffered embarrassing defeats at the World Cup qualifiers PIC: BOTSWANA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION FB PAGE

The men and women’s national Hockey teams failed to secure places at the 2022 Indoor Hockey World Cup following dismissal performances at the qualifiers.

The teams were in South Africa over the weekend competing at the 2021 FIH Indoor Africa qualifiers that started on Friday (April 16th) and ended yesterday (Sunday April 18th).

They failed to score a point after four rounds of games each. The qualification tournament that was held at the Thomas Moore College, Durban pitted the local teams against continental heavyweights, South Africa and Namibia after a number of countries in the southern region of the continent pulled out.

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Hockey Teams Fail To Secure World Cup Berths

The men and women’s national Hockey teams failed to secure places at the 2022 Indoor Hockey World Cup following dismissal performances at the qualifiers.

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