Asian Hockey Champions Trophy: Pakistan defeats Japan

In the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2024, Pakistan defeated Japan by two goals to one.

In the ongoing Asian Hockey Champions Trophy in China, Pakistan played the third match against Japan. Nadeem Ahmed scored the first goal in the 10th minute of the game and gave the team the lead. In the second quarter, Sufyan Khan doubled Pakistan's lead by scoring another goal.

But seven minutes later, Japan scored on a penalty corner to reduce the deficit to one goal. Both teams tried hard to score in the fourth quarter, but neither team could score.

This is Pakistan's first victory in the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy, both the previous matches were drawn.

Pakistan finished second on the points table with five points.