India 3-5 Japan Highlights Asian Champions Trophy 2021 Hockey Semifinal: Japan stun India
Hockey | December 21, 2021 19:21 ISTDefending champions India will now face Pakistan in the third-place match on December 22.
Defending champions India will now face Pakistan in the third-place match on December 22.
The Manpreet Singh-led side's confidence must be sky high as they had thrashed Japan 6-0 in their last round-robin match and come Tuesday, India would definitely fancy another big win en route to the title clash.
Defending champions India confirmed their place in the semifinal of Asian Champions Trophy 2021 will take on Japan in their final group stage match on Sunday.
High on confidence after thrashing hosts Bangladesh 9-0, the India hockey team will face off their joint defending champions and arch-rivals Pakistan in the preliminary round match.
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Following a setback of a surprise draw against Korea, India men's hockey team will look to bounce back in the 2021 Asian Champions Trophy against host Bangladesh in Dhaka.
India started brightly and took a 2-0 lead before Korea fought back in the last two quarters and scored through Jonghyun Jang in the 41st minute and Sunghyun Kim in the 46th minute.
Defending champions India will begin their campaign against South Korea in their opening match of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy 2021.
India have won this prestigious event thrice since its inception in 2011 and have won the previous two editions.
After a Hockey India source confirmed to PTI that one player has tested positive, the Asian Hockey Federation too issued a statement about the development on its Twitter handle.
The Asian Champions Trophy is slated in Dhaka from December 14 to 22; Defending Champions India begin their campaign on the opening day against Korea.
The tournament is scheduled to be played in Donghae, South Korea from December 5-12.
The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) was earlier forced to postpone the ACT for both men and women twice because of the pandemic.
Pakistan coach Hasan Sardar triggered a controversy by claiming that India backed out of the summit clash on a soggy pitch even though his side wanted to play.
India, thus, remained unbeaten in the tournament having topped the round-robin stages with 13 points, courtesy four wins and a draw out of their five games.
Indian and Pakistan were declared as the joint winners after the final was abandoned due to bad weather conditions.
It turned out to be a tall task for the world no. 5 Indians to get past Japan against whom they had registered a convincing 9-0 win in the league stages.
The final semi-final line-up will be decided after last round robin matches on Thursday.
But it was Pakistan who stunned the Indians by taking the lead as early as in the opening minute of the match.
Having started with two forays into the Indian circle in the first quarter, Oman wilted under pressure in the second half, eventually losing 11-0.
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