Pakistan crew sing their nationwide anthem forward of their Males’s U18 Hockey Asia Cup 2025 match in opposition to Bangladesh on the Dazhou Nationwide Hockey Coaching Centre in Dazhou on July 8, 2025. — Asian Hockey Federation
DAZHOU: Pakistan continued their unbeaten run within the Males’s U18 Asia Cup 2025 with a commanding 2-1 victory over China right here on the Dazhou Nationwide Hockey Coaching Centre on Wednesday and certified for the semi-finals.
The inexperienced shirts received off to a flying begin to the high-stakes conflict as Hassan Shahbaz netted the opener in simply the eleventh minute by a area purpose.
The scoreline remained intact at 1-0 till halftime regardless of 4 penalties shared between the 2 groups in an eventful second quarter.
The purpose drought finally culminated late within the third quarter when Ali Hanzala doubled Pakistan’s lead by one other well-executed area purpose.
China, nevertheless, had been fast to tug 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, making certain 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 purpose 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 identical 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, Junaid Asam, Mohammad Abdullah Farooq, Abdullah Awan, Zubair Lateef, Mohammad Yaseen, Mohammad Ali Taj, Ghulam Mustafa, Ali Hamza, Ali Hanzala, Aamir Sohail, Adeel Afzal, Mohammad Jaman, Mohammad Hussain, Mohammad Shaheer, Hasan Shahbaz, Yaseen Jamshaid
Crew Administration:
Shafqat Malik (Supervisor), Mukhtar Ahmed, Touseeq Ahmed, Masood-ur-Rahman (Coaches)
