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Published: June 01, 2022 21:17:01 | Updated: June 02, 2022 16:51:07
Bangladesh conceded a humiliating 0-8 goal defeat against former World Cup, Olympics and Asia Cup champions Pakistan in the 5th place deciding match of the Hero Asia Cup Hockey ‘2022 at the GBK Hockey Field in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Wednesday (June 1).
After the match, Bangladesh, which achieved their ever-best world ranking of 27 in the FIH Men’s Field Hockey a couple of days ago, had to satisfy with the 6th place in the eight-nation Asia Cup Hockey’ 2022.
In the day’s keenly contested final, South Korea clinched the prestigious Asia Cup Hockey crown for a record 5th time after 1994, 1999, 2009 and 2013, beating formidable Malaysia by 2-1 goals at the same venue Wednesday evening, reports UNB.
Jang Hyun of South Korea was adjudged the best player of the Tournament while Razie Rahim of Malaysia was named the highest scorer of the tournament scoring 13 goals.
Earlier, In the day’s 3rd place deciding match, last time champions India finished 3rd in the just concluded Hero Asia Cup beating Japan by 1-0 goal at the same venue Wednesday afternoon.
With the frustrating defeat in the day’s 5th place deciding match, Bangladesh’s losing record against four times World champions, three times Olympics and Asia Cup champions Pakistan has continued, since their first meeting in 1982.
Earlier, Pakistan beat Bangladesh 9-0 in 1982, 1-0 in the Asia Cup in Dhaka in 1985, 6-0 in 1999, 8-0 in 2003, 10-0 in 2007, 7-0 in 2017 and 6-2 in Dhaka in 2021.
In the match against Bangladesh, Mubashar Ali struck two, Ali Rizwan, Afraz, Abdul Shahid, captain Umar Bhutta, Ajaz Ahmed and Ghazanfar Ali scored one each for Pakistan, which dominated the first half by 2-0 goals.
Earlier, Bangladesh finished 3rd in the four-team Pool B of the Asia Cup Hockey 2022 beating Oman by 2-1 goals in a group match and entered the dream battle of 5th place beating hosts Indonesia by 4-2 goals in a classification match last Sunday.
Pakistan, which finished 3rd in the four-team Pool A of the Asia Cup, entered the 5th place battle beating Pool B bottom team Oman by 5-2 goals in another classification match last Saturday.
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