Jalandhar, Nov 2 (PTI) Japan defeated Asian Games silver medallists Malaysia 2-1 in their final round-robin match to finish third in the standings at the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament here on Monday.
Japan ended their round-robin campaign with nine points from five matches.
Kentaro Fukuda (24th, 54th minutes) scored twice through field goals for Japan after Malaysia had taken the lead in the 10th minute through a field effort.
Earlier in the day, China and Bangladesh played out a 1-1 draw in their final round-robin match of the tournament to finish at the bottom of the standings.
China took the lead through a penalty corner conversion by Benhai Chen in the second minute before Bangladesh equalised through Ashraful Islam’s penalty stroke in the 38th minute.
China and Bangladesh are out of the semi-final reckoning, having finished fifth and sixth respectively.
India will take on South Korea in their final round-robin match next.
India are likely to face South Korea in the semi-final on Wednesday, while Japan are set to take on Malaysia again in the other last-four match. PTI SSC SSC AH
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