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Paul Chohan
Paul Satinder "Bubli" Chohan (born 2 July 1957 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India) is an Indian-born Canadian former field hockey player who represented Canada. International senior competitions * 1975 – Pan American Games, Mexico (2nd) * 1976 – Olympic Games, Montreal (10th) * 1978 – World Cup, Buenos Aires (11th) * 1979 – Pan American Games, San Juan (2nd) * 1981 – World Cup Qualifier, Kuala Lumpur (9th) * 1983 – Pan American Games, Caracas (1st) * 1984 – Olympic Games, Los Angeles (10th) * 1985 – World Cup Qualifier, Barcelona (4th) * 1986 – World Cup, London (10th) * 1987 – Pan American Games, Indianapolis (1st) * 1988 – Olympic Games, Seoul (11th) * 1989 – World Cup Qualifier, Madison, USA (2nd) * 1990 – World Cup, Lahore (11th) * 1991 – Pan American Games, Havana (2nd) * 1995 – Pan American Games The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Field Hockey
Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper. Teams must move a hockey ball around a field by hitting it with a field hockey stick, hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting circle and then into the goal (sports), goal. The match is won by the team that scores the most goals. Matches are played on grass, watered turf, artificial turf, although grass has become increasingly rare as a playing surface. Indoor hockey is usually played on a synthetic hard court or hardwood sports flooring, and beach version is played on sand. The stick has evolved significantly over the game's history in its composition and shape. Wooden sticks, though once standard, have become increasingly uncommon as technological advancements have made synthetic materials cheaper. Today, sticks are typicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1957 Births
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1997 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier
The 1997 Men's Intercontinental Cup was a qualifier for the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Tuesday March 4 to Saturday March 15, 1997. Twelve nations took part, and they were divided into two groups of six in the preliminary round. The top six teams joined the other six that have already qualified: Australia men's national field hockey team, Australia, England men's national field hockey team, England, Germany men's national field hockey team, Germany, India men's national field hockey team, India, Netherlands men's national field hockey team, Netherlands, and Pakistan men's national field hockey team, Pakistan. Squads **( 1.) Pablo Moreira (gk) **( 2.) Jorge Querejeta **( 3.) Edgardo Pailos **( 4.) Maximiliano Caldas **( 5.) Diego Chiodo **( 6.) Fernando Moresi **( 7.) Rodolfo Pérez (field hockey), Rodolfo Pérez **( 8.) Carlos Retegui **( 9.) Carlos Geneyro **(10.) Santiago Capurro **(11.) Jorge Lombi **(12.) Germán Orozco **(13.) Rodo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1996 Men's Hockey Olympic Qualifier
The 1996 Men's Olympic Qualifier was a field hockey tournament held in Barcelona, Spain, from 19–28 January 1996. The tournament was held at the Real Club de Polo. Eight nations competed at the tournament, with the top five earning qualification to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Squads * Igor Barkov * Vitali Bondarenko * Alexandre Boudnikov * Guennadi Bribovski * Youri Canja * Serguey Drozdov * Alexandre Eklemenko (gk) * Dmitri Yukovski * Stepan Klimovich * Yuri Korottchenko * Alexandre Mankovski * Nikolay Sankovets * Andrei Tchebotarev * Albert Vintekevich (c) * Igor Voltyuk * Alexandre Yukovets ;Head Coach: ''unknown'' * Fabian Berger * Joeri Beunen * Mick Beunen * Alexandre de Chaffoy * Marc Coudron (c) * Jean-Michel Deville *Gérald Dewamme * Philippe van Hemelen * Laurent Kelecom * Michel Kinnen * Michel van Oost (gk) * Patrick Pille * Thierry Renear * Vincent Van Diest * Bruno Vuylsteke * Jean Willems ;Head Coach: Alain Geens *Alan Brahmst *Patrick Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1995 Pan American Games
The 1995 Pan American Games, officially known as the XII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Mar del Plata 1995, were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from 12 to 26 March 1995. After 44 years, this was the Pan American Games' first return to the country that hosted the first Games, in 1951. Overview The seaside resort city of Mar del Plata hosted the XII Pan American Games. The city of 600,000 is located 400 km south of Buenos Aires. Welcoming 5,144 athletes from 42 countries of PASO community, events were held in 34 different sports. The Games were held early by Northern Hemisphere standards, but at the end of summer in the Southern Hemisphere. Organizers spread the 1995 games throughout Argentina, including Buenos Aires, Parana, and Mar del Plata. Bidding process Only Mar del Plata submitted a bid to host the 1995 Pan American Games that was recognized by the Pan American Sports Organization (OPEPA). Honoring an agreement that was made after Mar del Plata wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1990 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup was the seventh edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held in the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan from 12 to 23 February 1990. The Netherlands defeated, the hosts, Pakistan 3–1 in the final, with Australia beating out West Germany for third place in extra time, 2–1. Qualification Umpires *S Eldine Ahmed (EGY) *Shafat Baghdadi (PAK) *Khizar Bajwa (PAK) *Amarjit Bawa (IND) *Adriano de Vecchi (ITA) *Santiago Deo (ESP) *Amjarit Dhak (KEN) *K O'Connor (CAN) *Don Prior (AUS) *Alain Renaud (FRA) *Eduardo Ruiz (ARG) *Iwo Sakaida (JPN) *Claude Seidler (FRG) *Nikolai Stepanov (URS) *Patrick van Beneden (BEL) *Peter von Reth (NED) *Roger Webb (ENG) Squads Group stage Pool A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Classification round Ninth to twelfth pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1989 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and the overthrow of the communist dictatorship in Romania in December; the movement ended in December 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Revolutions against communist governments in Eastern Europe mainly succeeded, but the year also saw the suppression by the Chinese government of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing. It was the year of the first Brazilian direct presidential election in 29 years, since the end of the military government in 1985 that ruled the country for more than twenty years, and marked the redemocratization process's final point. F. W. de Klerk was elected as State President of South Africa, and his regime gradually dismantled the aparthei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hockey At The 1988 Summer Olympics ...
Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul took place from 18 September to 1 October 1988 at the Seongnam Stadium in Seongnam. Twenty teams (twelve for men and eight for women) competed in the tournament. Men's tournament Preliminary round Group A Group B Medal round Final standings # # # # # # # # # # # # Women's tournament Preliminary round Group A Group B Medal round Final standings # # # # # # # # Medal summary Medal table Medalists References External links Official Olympic Report {{Field hockey at the Summer Olympics Events at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey at the Summer Olympics Summer Olympics 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1986 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 1986 Hockey World Cup was the sixth Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held in London, England. The competition was won by Australia, who defeated host nation England men's national field hockey team, England 2–1 in the final. Germany men's national field hockey team, West Germany finished third after defeating the Soviet Union men's national field hockey team, Soviet Union. England, as hosts – and also as Olympic bronze medallists – were viewed as having quite a tough group, containing Olympic champions Pakistan, and a highly fancied Dutch side, with the Soviet Union seen as potential dark-horse outsiders. But Pakistan struggled badly, winning only a single group match against New Zealand, failing to adjust to the AstroTurf surface, used in a major hockey tournament for the first time instead of grass. The Soviets scored surprise victories over both Pakistan and England, leaving England in danger of going out of their own tournament in the group stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1985 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical and distributed name service that provides a naming system for computers, services, and other resources on the Internet or other Internet Protocol (IP) networks. It associates various information ... is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States space exploration programs, United States or the Soviet space program, Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is Brazilian presidential election, 1985, elected president of Brazil by the National Congress of Brazil, Congress, ending the Military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hockey At The 1984 Summer Olympics
Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place from 29 July to 11 August 1984 at the Weingart Stadium, in Monterey Park. Men's tournament Preliminary round Group A Group B Medal round Final standings # # # # # # # # # # # # Women's tournament The United States and Australia played out a penalty shoot-out for the bronze medal after finishing equal on points and goal difference in the round robin stage, which the United States won 10–5. Pool Final standings # # # # # # Medal summary Medal table Medalists * Penalty stroke competition for the bronze medal: United States defeated Australia 10–5. * Both teams had a 2–2–1 record and 9 goals for and 7 goals against. Canada also had a 2–2–1 record but had 9 goals for and 11 goals against. * West Germany finished just ahead of the tied teams with a 2–1–2 record to claim silver. See also * Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads * Field hockey at the 1984 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
