Pakistan gamers rejoice throughout their Males’s U18 Hockey Asia Cup third-place playoff towards Malaysia on the Kawasaki Heavy Industries Hockey Stadium in Kakamigahara, Japan, June 6, 2026. — Asian Hockey Federation
Pakistan claimed bronze on the Males’s U18 Hockey Asia Cup 2026 with a commanding 3-0 victory over Malaysia on the Kawasaki Heavy Industries Hockey Stadium on Saturday.
The Inexperienced Shirts, who have been knocked out of the title race following a gruelling 5-3 defeat by the hands of India within the semi-finals, made a blazing begin to the place playoff as Uzair Ahmad opened their scoring simply three minutes into the sport via a sensational subject objective.
Pakistan continued to regulate the sport regardless of Adeel receiving a inexperienced card late within the first quarter and ultimately managed to double their benefit within the twenty third minute when Asam Haider efficiently transformed the penalty stroke.
The third quarter noticed 5 penalty corners — three to Pakistan and two to Malaysia — being awarded, however neither workforce may rating, and the scoreboard remained intact at 2-0 within the former’s favour.
The ultimate quarter additionally bought off to a quiet begin till Adeel netted a sensational subject objective within the penultimate minute to spherical up a dominant victory for Pakistan, who had completed because the runners-up within the earlier version of the Males’s U18 Hockey Asia Cup final 12 months.
For the unversed, Pakistan kicked off their marketing campaign with a powerful 3-0 victory over China earlier than struggling a slender 3-2 defeat by the hands of Malaysia.
The nationwide workforce then inflicted a commanding 5-2 victory over Bangladesh to prime the Group B standings and thus certified for the semi-final.
Pakistan squad for U18 Hockey Asia Cup:
Mustafa Ghulam, Haider Asam (c), Saeed Muzammil, Asnan Muhammad, Zaman Muhammad, Akbar Hassan, Sami Rana Abdul, Awan Abdullah, Adeel, Zunair Muhammad, Najeeb Muhammad Yahya, Ullah Shahid, Yasin Salman, Qureshi Uzair Ahmad, Ghani Usman, Usman Muhammad, Aslam Muhammad Farhan and Noman.
