ISLAMABAD – Pakistan will battle against the arch-rivals India in thehockey event of Asian Games 2018 being held in Indonesia.
Both teams lost their respective semi-final matches; Pakistan lost 0-1 toJapan while Malaysia got the better of India on penalty shootout 7-6 afterdrawing the match 2-2 in the regular time on Thursday.
The two teams will fight for the 3rd spot in the Asian Games hockey toclinch a bronze medal for the country.
The match is scheduled to be played on September 01 at 5:30 pm PakistanStandard Time. The gold medal match will also be played on the same daybetween Malaysia and Japan at 8:00 pm.
Pakistan remained unbeaten in the pool matches, however, lost theirsemi-final clash against Japan in a poor display of hockey, missing out ona number of occasions.DateMatchResultAugust 20 Pakitan vs Thailand 10-0August 22 Pakistan vs Oman 10-0August 24 Pakistan vs Kazakhstan 16-0August 26 Pakistan vs Malaysia 4-1August 28 Pakistan vs Bangladesh 5-0August 30 Pakistan vs Japan
Semi-Final0-1September 01 Pakistan vs India
3rd Place Play-offTBD*
*TBD = To be decided
Pakistan has had a poor Asian Games overall, clinching only 03 bronzemedals till now. If Pakistan wins against India, it will be the 4th bronzemedal. In 2014’s hockey event at Asian Games Incheon, Pakistan bagged asilver medal, losing the final to India.