Bangladesh's final hope of AHF Cup shattered

Dhaka, 25 April -Bangladesh national men's hockey team hope of playing final of the AHF Cup Hockey shattered when they suffered an exciting 5-4 goals defeat to Oman in the semifinal held at GBK Hockey Field in Jakarta, Indonesia Friday.

Bangladesh will now play against Kazakhstan in the 3rd-4th place-deciding 
match scheduled to be held on April 27 at the same venue.

In the proceeding, Shohanur scored a brace in the 13th and 54th minute while 
Ashraful Islam and Obaidul netted one goal each for Bangladesh in the 24th 
and 38th minute respectively.

Earlier, Bangladesh finished the Pool B champions with all win records in the 
tournament.

Bangladesh got off to flying start in the tournament beating Kyrgyzstan by 5-
1 goals in their opening match and defeated host Indonesia by 3-2 goals in 
their second match.

Bangladesh eventually emerged as group champions beating Thailand by 2-1 
goals in their third match to maintain their domination in the tournament.

The boys in red and green finished the group tourney thrashing Sri Lanka by 
5-0 goals.

The AHF Cup tournament will serve as the qualification tournament for the 
next edition Asia Cup.BSS