Bangladesh Jr. hockey team face Japan tomorrow

Dhaka, 31 May - Bangladesh take on Japan in their fifth-sixth place classification round match of 10th edition Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup scheduled to be held tomorrow (Thursday) at Salalah Sports Complex in Oman.

The match kicks off at 5 pm (BST). Earlier, Bangladesh made winning start in the tournament beating host Oman by 2-0 goals in their opening match, but suffered a 1-5 goals defeat to strong Malaysia in their second match of the group.

The boys in red and green staged a brilliant fight back beating Uzbekistan by 3-1 goals in their third Pool B match, but went down a 1-3 goal defeat to strong Korea.

Bangladesh, however, managed a 4-1 goals victory over Thailand in their fifth-eighth place classification round match held on Tuesday last evening.