A player from Faisalabad

Shahbaz Ahmed is a Pakistani hockey player whose birthplace Olympedia records as Faisalabad, Punjab. He is sometimes identified as Shahbaz Senior to distinguish him from other players with similar names. A name, spelling or nickname alone is not enough to connect every record: team, tournament and date provide important checks. Olympedia lists his Olympic appearances from 1988 to 1996. His Punjab birthplace is one part of a career that involved clubs, national teams and international competitions, and should not be treated as a complete explanation of his sporting development.[1]

The 1994 World Cup

The International Hockey Federation lists Shahbaz in Pakistan’s squad for the 1994 men’s World Cup in Sydney. Its match report records a 1–1 final against the Netherlands, followed by a 4–3 Pakistan victory on penalty strokes.[2][4]

The federation also describes Shahbaz as a former Pakistan captain and a member of the winning team.[3]

A squad listing establishes participation in a tournament, while an individual match record is needed for details of a particular appearance. Team titles are collective achievements involving players and staff, and an individual profile should preserve that context when discussing a famous victory.[2]

Olympics and later work

Olympedia records Shahbaz Ahmed in Pakistan’s men’s hockey teams at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics, including the bronze-medal team in 1992.[1]

In 2015 the International Hockey Federation reported his appointment as secretary general of the Pakistan Hockey Federation. That was a dated administrative appointment, not a claim about his current role. Competition records and later interviews provide different kinds of evidence: one establishes a result, the other may explain how a player remembered a career or approached administration. Both are useful when read with their dates and purposes in mind. The distinction helps readers follow his work over time and check it against dated records.[3]

Sources & notes

Source records include access dates and, where known, limits on what was examined. Checks used AI assistance; independent human or specialist review has not been completed.

  1. Olympedia. Shahbaz Ahmed ↗Written source · Source date: publication date not established · Locator: Faisalabad and Olympic participation. Accessed 2026-11-03.Competition record or dated sporting biography inspected.Return to A player from Faisalabad, paragraph 1 ↑Return to Olympics and later work, paragraph 1 ↑
  2. International Hockey Federation. 1994 men’s World Cup: Pakistan team ↗Written source · Source date: 1994 · Locator: Squad and final result. Accessed 2026-11-03.Competition record or dated sporting biography inspected.Return to The 1994 World Cup, paragraph 1 ↑Return to The 1994 World Cup, paragraph 3 ↑
  3. International Hockey Federation. Shahbaz Ahmed appointed Pakistan Hockey Federation Secretary General ↗Written source · Source date: 2015-09-12 · Locator: Career and appointment. Accessed 2026-11-03.Competition record or dated sporting biography inspected.Return to The 1994 World Cup, paragraph 2 ↑Return to Olympics and later work, paragraph 2 ↑
  4. International Hockey Federation. 1994 men’s World Cup final: official match report ↗Tournament record · Source date: publication date not established · Locator: Match 42, 4 December 1994: full time 1–1, penalty strokes 3–4, Netherlands–Pakistan. Accessed 2026-11-04.The federation’s match-report page gives the final score and penalty-stroke result. It is a database-generated report, not an independently examined original 1994 match sheet.Return to The 1994 World Cup, paragraph 1 ↑
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