South Korea dash Malaysia women's hockey semi-final hopes
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian women's team’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the Asian Games are over after losing 2-1 to South Korea in Group A at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium on Sunday.
Malaysia's women's hockey team suffered a 2-1 defeat to South Korea in their Group A match at the Asian Games, effectively ending their hopes of advancing to the semi-finals. Park Seung Ae opened the scoring for South Korea with a penalty corner in the 15th minute, followed by An Su Jin's goal in the 29th minute. Malaysia managed to pull one back through Nurmaizatul Hanim Syafi's penalty corner in the 60th minute.
This marked Malaysia's eighth loss to South Korea in ten meetings since the Olympic qualifiers in Victoria, Canada, in 2008. India defeated Malaysia in their Group A match, advancing to face South Korea in the semi-finals, while China takes on Japan for the other spot. Malaysia, currently ranked 21st in the world, will participate in the fifth-to-eighth classification playoff matches.
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