Pakistan, under new captain Sohail Abbas, finished at the bottom of the points table in the tournament and they leave for a tough European tour just two days after reaching home on Monday.
"It is shameful the way the team performed. We have been saying for months now the present Pakistan Hockey Federation officials are damaging Pakistan hockey with their policies," former Olympian Shahnaz Sheikh said.
Pakistan, who had several junior players in their ranks, won just a game against Argentina 4-2 and were then whipped by Malaysia, Korea, India, New Zealand and England in their remaining matches.
The PHF has said that the Azlan Shah Cup and the European tour would be the final preparatory tournaments for the Olympics.
But already the PHF's decision to part ways with Dutch coach Michel Van Den just months before the Olympics over basically monetary issues has been seen as a disastrous one.
"Once they had brought in a foreign coach it was a disaster to let him go months before the Olympics for which purpose he was hired in the first place. In his case, some of the PHF officials let their egos rule over their minds," former Olympian Samiullah said.
The Dutch coach had guided Pakistan to their first Asian Games title in 20 years in 2010 and later guided the team to a title win in an invitational tournament in Australia.
But after these encouraging results, the PHF, in a surprising move, decided to sideline some seniors including Rehan Butt and Zeeshan Ashraf. MORE
