The hosts India reached the semi-final of the Hero Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023 after beating South Korea in a 3-2 thriller on the fourth day of the competition (7 August). Earlier in the day, Malaysia became the first team to book the semi-final spot in the six-team competition.
Actually, India qualified for the semi-final after Pakistan beat China during the second game of the day.
At the end of the fourth day, Team India is leading the table with 10 points, while Malaysia are in the second spot with nine points. While China (one point) have no chance to manage the top four spots, Korea (five points) and Pakistan (five points) are in better situations than Japan (two points) for the semi-final qualifications.
Brief match report: India vs Korea
Q1 (Final Scoreline): India 1 (Nilakanta Sharma 6’) — Korea 1 (Kim Sunghyun 12’)
In the sixth minute, Nilakanta Sharma opened India’s account with a brilliant field goal. Six minutes later, the South Korean team equalised after Kim Sunghyun fired with a field goal.
Q2 (Final Scoreline): India 2 (Harmanpreet Singh 23’) — Korea 1
In the 23rd minute, India earned two back-to-back penalty corners, where captain Harmanpreet Singh scored from the second one to regain the hosts’ lead.
Half-time
Q3 (Final Scoreline): India 3 (Mandeep Singh 33’) — Korea 1
The tournament hosts managed the 3-1 lead at the end of the third quarter, thanks to Mandeep Singh’s field goal in the 33rd minute.
Q4 (Final Scoreline): India 3 — Korea 2 (Jihun Yang 58’)
Captain Harmanpreet Singh failed to score from a penalty stroke in the second minute of the quarter as the opponent goalkeeper saved his shot.
In almost the last ten minutes, the Korean team dominated and earned nine penalty corners. In the 58th minute, Jihun Yang made the scoreline 3-2 by utilising the last penalty corner of the match.
Other games of the day
Japan 1 [Niwa Takuma 59’ (FG)] — Malaysia 3 [Najmi Jazlan 13’ (PC); Ashran Hamsani 37’ (FG); Shello Silverius 59’ (FG)]
Pakistan 2 [Muhammad Khan 20’ (PC); Afraz 39’ (FG)] — China 1 [Jiesheng Gao 33’ (PC)]
Hero Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023: Latest Points Table
Team | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goal For | Goal Against | Goal Difference | Points |
India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 10 |
Malaysia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 9 |
Korea | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 5 |
Japan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 2 |
China | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 1 |
(Updated till 7 August 2023)
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