The three -time Olympics Gold Medalist Pakistan hockey team failed to qualify for the Olympics for the third time in a row.
Pakistan team failed after taking the lead against New Zealand in the third position of the qualifiers in Muscat.
The Pakistan Hockey team had to take third position in the Olympics qualifier to get a place at the Paris Olympics, but in the third position match, Pakistan was defeated by New Zealand 2-3.
The first quarter of the third position played in Muscat was equalized without a goal, but at the beginning of the second quarter, Abu Bakar Mahmood turned the penalty corner into a goal and gave Pakistan the lead.
However, 6 minutes later, New Zealand's Scott Boide equalized.
The next moment Pakistan got a penalty stroke on which Abu Bakar Mahmood scored and gave Pakistan the lead.
Pakistan's 1-2 lead lasts for the last few minutes of the last quarter, but 8 minutes before the decisive resource, New Zealand's Hago Engels scored 2-2 and then in the 58th minute, Scott Boide scored a goal. The lead of 2-3, which lasted until the end of the match.
Thus, Pakistan lost the third position 2-3 and failed to qualify for the Olympics once again.
The Pakistan hockey team had not even qualified for Rio de Janeiro and the Tokyo Olympics before.