Malaysia’s national hockey team on April 5 aims to win gold medals again at the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia, which is just over a month away.

Although Malaysia has maintained its record as a 16-time gold medalist in hockey at the SEA Games in the past, the Malaysian hockey team says it will not look back to celebrate a memorable past victory. Competition in Cambodia.

For captain Muhamad Faris Harizan said that although his team was capable of winning gold medals, his nickname Young Tiger would not underestimate the team in other ASEAN countries in the big tournament. Years.

According to the Malaysian hockey defender, the Malaysian hockey team has a lot of work to do if they do not want to be embarrassed in Cambodia.

“The pressure will be there as well and we can not underestimate the other teams because they will not give us an easy path. “The SEA Games is a high level international competition, so it will depend on experience as well. We must maintain our position on the mission to win gold medals.” This is what Faris told the Malaysian news agency Bernama.

For Malaysia, the national hockey team is one of the most important forces at the SEA Games, as in the 32nd event they will compete as 16 consecutive gold medalists. Malaysia won its first hockey gold medal in 1971.

The last gold medal for Malaysia was at the 2017 SEA Games in their country. However, Malaysia missed out on the Hockey Games at the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines without the Hockey Games and the 2021 SEA Games in Vietnam due to the Kovid-19 epidemic.

The Malaysian hockey team led by Muhamad Amin Rahim is currently in Perth, Australia to train for the 32nd SEA Games, which Cambodia is hosting.