2023-08-09 17:46:27
Chennai: India’s success story in Asian Champions Trophy hockey by ending Pakistan’s semi-final ambitions. In the fifth league match, the hosts won by four goals without opposition. With this, India retained the first position by scoring 13 points with four wins and one draw.
Pakistan, who needed a win or a draw to reach the semi-finals, returned as fifth. India will face Japan and Malaysia will face Korea in the semi-finals on Friday. Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored India’s first goal in the 15th minute. After eight minutes, Pakistan’s semi-prospect began to fade away as the captain added to the lead. Juguraj Singh also opened the account in the 36th minute at the start of the second half. Akshdeep Singh scored India’s fourth goal in the 55th minute.
The hosts, who won once morest China, Malaysia and South Korea, drew 1-1 with Japan.
South Korea and Japan in the semi-finals
CHENNAI: After India and Malaysia, defending champions South Korea and Japan entered the semi-finals of the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament. After beating Korea 1-0 in the last league match, Malaysia secured the second position behind India (13) with 12 points.
After defeating China 2-1, Japan, Korea and Pakistan got five points each. The champions made it to the last four as the third team on goal difference, but Japan had to wait until following the India-Pakistan match. Japan benefited from Pakistan’s defeat. Pakistan and China were eliminated without seeing the semis.
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