KUALA LUMPUR (Sports Desk) Pakistan hockey team has reached the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup after 13 years after defeating Canada on Wednesday.
Pakistan hockey team played their first game against host Malaysia where the national team scored 5 goals against the host team 4, in the second game they defeated South Korea with 4 goals against zero, against Japan the team scored 5 goals to 4 in the fourth game against Canada.
Even after playing 4 matches, Pakistan is at the top position in the points table, on the other hand, Japan has also defeated Malaysia and reached the finals, now Pakistan and Japan will face each other in the finals .
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Japan defeated Malaysia 1-2, after which Pakistan and Japan had 10 and 10 points respectively on the points table, due to which the Japanese and Pakistani teams reached the final.
Pakistan will play the fifth match of their pool against New Zealand on May 10 at 1:00pm Pakistani time It should be noted that Australia has won the Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 10 times and is the highest ranked India has won the this title 5 times and second. Although Pakistan and South Korea won the title of Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament champions 3, 3 times.
Apart from this, Pakistan has managed to reach the finals of the Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 6 times. Japan have made it to the finals of the tournament for the first time, having never reached the finals of the title before.
