REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BIAK -- Indonesia's national hockey team is expected to win a gold medal in the next 27th Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar on December 11.

Its manager, Yotam Wakum, said here on Sunday that the chance for the team to win a gold medal from the women's event was big.

"Eighteen members of the women's team, seven of them hailing from Biak, Papua, have now been ready to compete for the nation at the event," he said.

He said during training under coach Mateus Kbarel in Jakarta the women's team had shown various progresses such as in their cooperation.

In the next SEA Games in Myanmar Indonesia's tough rivals would include Myanmar, he said.

He said he was optimistic the team could win a gold medal in the biennial event.

"The target set for the hocky team is a gold medal. We players and officials all hope we can achieve it," he said.

Ahead of the event Indonesian players are still conducting physical training as well as strategic and technical aspects.

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