Pakistan group sing their nationwide anthem forward of their Males’s U18 Hockey Asia Cup 2025 match on the Dazhou Nationwide Hockey Coaching Centre in Dazhou on July 8, 2025. —AHF
DAZHOU: Persevering with their unbeaten run within the Males’s U18 Asia Cup 2025, Pakistan secured a commanding 2-1 victory over China on the Dazhou Nationwide Hockey Coaching Centre to qualify for the semi-finals.
The Inexperienced Shirts bought off to a flying begin to the high-stakes conflict as Hassan Shahbaz netted the opener in simply the eleventh minute by means of a area objective.
The scoreline remained intact at 1-0 till halftime regardless of 4 penalties shared between the 2 groups in an eventful second quarter.
The objective drought ultimately culminated late within the third quarter when Ali Hanzala doubled Pakistan’s lead by means of one other well-executed area objective.
China, nevertheless, had been fast to drag one again as Jiaxing Lin transformed a penalty nook in the identical minute.
The hosts then made a number of efforts to web the equaliser however Pakistan goalkeeper Ghulam Mustafa denied them any likelihood of forcing their approach again into the sport, guaranteeing the scoreline remained intact at 2-1.
The victory prolonged Pakistan’s unbeaten run to 4 matches as they topped Group A standings with 12 factors and a objective distinction of 21, scoring 25, whereas conceding solely 4.
The Inexperienced Shirts will face Malaysia within the semi-final, scheduled to be performed on the similar venue on Friday.
Pakistan began their Males’s U18 Asia Cup 2025 marketing campaign with a ruthless 8-0 victory over Hong Kong earlier than routing Sri Lanka 9-0.
They then confronted Bangladesh of their third match and prevailed 6-3, which had put them inside touching distance of semi-final qualification.
Squad
Mohammad Usman, Atif Ali, Asam Junaid, Mohammad Abdullah Farooq, Abdullah Awan, Zubair Lateef, Mohammad Yaseen, Mohammad Ali Taj, Ghulam Mustafa, Ali Hamza, Ali Hanzala, Aamir Sohail, Adeel Afzal, Mohammad Zaman, Mohammad Hussain, Mohammad Shaheer, Hasan Shahbaz, Yaseen Jamshaid
Workforce Administration
Shafqat Malik (Supervisor), Mukhtar Ahmed, Touseeq Ahmed, Masood-ur-Rahman (Coaches)
