LAHORE, Oct 26 The second PHF Junior Super Hockey League will begin at the National Hockey Stadium here from Wednesday.

Prize money of Rs2 million will be distributed amongst the players.

Man-of-the-match will get a cash prize while man-of-the-tournament will receive a motorbike.

Scrutiny of the teams will also start from Wednesday before the matches.

A three-member credentials check committee has been constituted for verification of age of the players.

Rana Mujahid Ali will be the convener with Habib Ahmad and Shahid Ali Khan as members.

Matches will be played on round-robin system.

Participating teams are Lahore, Sialkot, Karachi, Faisalabad, Quetta, PHF Academy, Islamabad and Peshawar.

International qualified coaches have been appointed with the teams.

Managers and coaches of the teams are

LAHORE Khalid Rasool (manager); Anjum Saeed, Mohammad Sarwar, Mohammad Asghar and Mujahid Afzal (coaches).

FAISALABAD Khalid Bashir (manager); Mohammad Shafqat, Mian Zafar and Khalid Iqbal (coaches).

SIALKOT Amir Shafiq (manager); Zaheer Ahmad Babar, Sabir Ali, Dilawar Hussain and Amir Rasheed (coaches).

PESHAWAR Manzoor Ahmad Saadat (manager); Ihsanullah, Naveed Iqbal, Ameer Hamza and Anwar Hussain (coaches).

ISLAMABAD Naeem Awan (manager); Col. Nadeem Ahmad, Naeem Ahmad, Rizwan Munir and Syed Ziaullah Shah (coaches).

KARACHI Farooq Khan (manager); Danish Kaleem, Iftikharuddin, Mohammad Ali and Mohammad Mubashir (coaches).

QUETTA Farooq Ahmed (manager); Mujahid Butt, Ahmad Ali and Amir Saleem (coaches).

PHF ACADEMY Saleem Sherwani (manager); Tariq Sheikh, Khawar Javed and Asif Ahmad Khan (coaches).

First-day schedule

Islamabad v PHF Academy 2pm; Lahore v Peshawar 4pm; Quetta v Sialkot 6pm; Faisalabad v Karachi 8pm.

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