Dhaka – Bangladesh got eliminated from semifinal of the qualifying round of the Youth Olympic Games Hockey [Asian Zone] losing to giant India by2-9 goals held in Thailand on Saturday.Captain Shohanur Rahman Sabuj scored both the goals for Bangladesh against world hockey power India in the 23rd and 29th minutes respectively.
Malaysia booked a berth for the final eliminating South Korea by 5-4 goals in penalty shootout as the 2nd semifinal match between two teams was locked in 4-4 goals in the stipulated period.
India will play Malaysia in the title-deciding final on Sunday (April 29) at 5 pm while Bangladesh will play Korea in the 3rd place decider on the same day at 3 pm.
With the day’s feat, two finalists of Asia–India and Malaysia-earned right to play in the Youth Olympic Games Hockey to be played in Argentina in October 2018. Earlier on Friday, Bangladesh smartly reached the last four stages of the 11-nation meet eliminated another giant Pakistan after making a 3-3 draw with them in their last pool B match.
Bangladesh brighten their chance for the semifinals crushing Chinese Taipei by 12-2 goals in another match of the day as Pakistan lost their respective match to Malaysia by 1-12 goals.
After the pool B matches, Bangladesh finished runners-up to reach semifinal toppling Pakistan securing 10 points from five matches with three wins, one draw and one defeat while Pakistan eliminated from the group stage with eight points. Bangladesh started their group campaign with 10-4 victory against Singapore and maintained their winning spree crushing Cambodia by 20-0 goals before conceded a 4-7 goal loss against Malaysia.UNB
