Last three times champions Bangladesh smartly reached the final of the nine-nation Men's Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Cup -2022 with all-win record crushing their Central Asian rivals Kazakhstan by 8-1 goal in the 2nd semifinal at the GBK Hockey Field in Jakarta on Saturday, reports UNB.
With the day's feat, Bangladesh not only reach the final but also qualified for the final round of the next Men's Asia Cup Hockey with direct qualifiers --India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Pakistan-- as one of the top three teams of the ongoing AHF Cup 2022.
Bangladesh will play final today (Sunday) at 7 pm local time and 6 pm Bangladesh time against Oman, which eliminated Sri Lanka by 2-1 goal in the first semifinal, also on Saturday.
In the day's one-sided 2nd semifinal, Ashraful Islam made a hat-trick scoring four goals, last match hat-trick maker Khorshedur Rahman struck two while Rasel Mahmud and Shohanur Rahman Sabuj scored one goal each for Bangladesh
Earlier, Bangladesh crushed Singapore 7-0, beating hosts Indonesia 7-2, Iran 6-2 and upper- ranked Oman 3-2 in the Pool B matches of the nine-team AHF Cup, also a qualifying meet for the next Men's Asia Cup Hockey.
Bangladesh face Oman in Men's AHF Cup Hockey final today
They beat Kazakhstan 8-1 in semifinal
FE Team | Published: March 19, 2022 22:04:12
Bangladesh face Oman in Men's AHF Cup Hockey final today
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