Benish Hayat

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Benish Hayat also spelt as Binish Hayat is a former international field hockey player and current international umpire from Pakistan. To date, she is Pakistan's only international women umpire. [1]

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Since 2017, she has the status of a "Promising Umpire" which entitles her to officiate in matches throughout the world.

Career (player)

Hayat took up playing hockey during her college days at Government College for Women, Wahdat Road, Lahore in 2002. [2]

National

During her entire playing career (2004-2011), Hayat represented WAPDA. [2]

International

Hayat was part of the national side between 2004 and 2011 earning 10 caps. [2] Her only overseas tournament [2] was the 2006 Asian Games qualifiers held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in June [3] where the team placed 4th. [4] The team qualified for the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar but later withdrew. [5]

Career (Umpiring)

Her mentor is the Pakistani international umpire, Haider Rasool. [2]

National

Hayat officiated in the men's National Tray Hockey Championships held in Lahore in October–November 2020. [6]

International

Hayat umpired her first match in December 2012 at the Women Asia Cup held in Singapore [2] and to date has officiated in 49 matches. [7] In 2013, as a result of her performance at the Asian Challenge in Bangkok, Thailand she was officially given the status of an "International Umpire" by the FIH. [2] She continued with this status until 2017, when she was promoted and given the status of a "Promising Umpire." This status entitles her to officiate in matches throughout the world including in FIH events. [1] She has officiated matches at the senior and junior (under 21) levels. [8] She has attended courses including the Olympic Solidarity Technical Course for Coaches and FIH Qualified Hockey Academy Educator. [7]

At the 2018 Asian Games, she officiated in women's matches of Pool A as well as the 9/10 classification match. [9] She was the on field umpire in 4 matches, reserve umpire in 2 and video umpire in 1. [9]

Events officiated in [8]
DatesCompetitionM/WLocationTypeRoleUmpireVideo UmpireReserve Umpire
September 2013Asian ChallengeWomenBangkok, ThailandSenior outdoorUmpire5--3
February 2014Asian Games Qualifying TournamentWomenBangkok, ThailandSenior outdoorNational Umpire3 [10] --3
September 2015Junior Asia CupWomen Changzhou, China Under 21 outdoorUmpire4--3
February 2016South Asian GamesMen Guwahati, India Senior outdoorNeutral Umpire0----
February 2016South Asian GamesWomenGuwahati, IndiaSenior outdoorNeutral Umpire4----
October 20164th Women's AHF CupWomenBangkok, ThailandSenior outdoorUmpire5--4
August 2017SEA GamesWomenKuala Lumpur, MalaysiaSenior outdoorNeutral Umpire4--1
January 2018Asian Games QualifiersWomenBangkok, ThailandSenior outdoorNational Umpire7--2
July 2018Hockey Series Open - SingaporeWomen Singapore Senior outdoorNeutral Umpire3--2
August–September 2018Asian GamesWomen Jakarta, Indonesia Senior outdoorUmpire412
September 2019AirAsia Women's Junior AHF CupWomenSingaporeUnder 21 outdoorNeutral Umpire4--1
Asian Games (2018) [9]
DateTeamsResultStatus
19 August 2018Japan vs Chinese Taipei11-0Umpire
23 August 2018Hong Kong vs Chinese Taipei2-3
27 August 2018China vs Hong Kong15-0
31 August 2018Hong Kong vs Kazakhstan2-0
25 August 2018Chinese Taipei vs Malaysia0-11Video Umpire
21 August 2018China vs Chinese Taipei9-0Reserve Umpire
25 August 2018Japan vs China4-2

Hockey Academy

In 2016, Hayat established the Canex Hockey Academy in Lahore to train girls between the ages of 8 and 13. [2]

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