Korean men's hockey loses to Pakistan... Finished 4th in Asian Games

(Nagoya = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Hyeon-gu = The Korean men's hockey team unfortunately missed the podium.

The national team led by coach Min Tae-seok lost 3-5 to powerful Pakistan in the bronze medal match held at Kakamigahara Green Stadium in Gifu Prefecture, Japan on the 3rd.

Pakistan is the country that has won the Asian Games men's hockey championship eight times, the most.

Korea won the bronze medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Games and was on the verge of winning the bronze medal for the second time in a row, but could not last the last 15 minutes of the quarter.

Korea, which conceded the first goal to Pakistan in the first quarter, balanced the score at 1-1 with a field goal by Lee Kang-san (Incheon Metropolitan Sports Council).

Then, in the second quarter, Kim Yong-bok (Seongnam City Hall) made a field goal and Yang Ji-hoon (Gimhae City Hall) scored a penalty corner goal to make it 3-1.

However, they did well to block Pakistan's waves of attack in the third quarter when they were tied at 3-2, but allowed a field goal to tie the score at 3-3 in the middle of the fourth quarter.

They then lost the initiative by conceding a penalty corner goal, and then scored a key goal while the goal was empty, dropping the score to 3-5.

At the 2022 Hangzhou Games, Korea's hockey team was the only team ball sport to win medals for both men and women, but this time, both men and women ended up in 4th place.

◇ 3-day record (Gifu Prefecture Green Stadium)

▲ Men’s hockey bronze medal match

Korea 3(1-1 2-1 0-0 0-3)5 Pakistan