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Malaysia to take Pakistan in first Round Robin match

The Super 4s stage will see Malaysia take on Pakistan in the first match while India will play against defending champions Korea in the second match of 10th Hockey Asia Cup at Dhaka's Maulana Bhashani Stadium.

India tops the Pool A with 9 points where Pakistan stands on second position with 4 points and Japan on the third and hosts Bangladesh secured the last position.

In Pool B, Malaysia on the 1st position with 9 points, Defending Champions South Korea stands on the 2nd position with 6 points. China with 1 win secured the 3rd place with only 3 points whereas, Win-less Oman stays at the bottom on the pool B.

Pakistan will start its Round Robin campaign against Malaysia on Wednesday 18th October.

Following is the schedule of Pakistan’s matches in Round Robin

Date                            Match                                 Time
18 October 2017    Pakistan vs Malaysia          2:00 PM (pst)
19 October 2017    Pakistan vs South Korea    2:00 PM (pst)
21 October 2017    Pakistan Vs India                4:30 PM (pst)

The top two teams from the Round Robin will meet again in the Final on 22 October 2017. The bottom two play for the third position on the same day.

The teams which have finished at the third and fourth spots in Pool A & Pool B will figure in the Classification matches for Fifth to Eighth places.

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