| China beat Hong Kong 6-1
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September 8, 2007
China 6 Hong Kong 1
After conceding a goal in the 5th minute to Hong Kong, China fought back and slammed six past the Hong Kong defence to record a 6-1 victory and play Pakistan for the 5th/6th play-offs on Sunday. China had failed to make it to the semi-finals after South Korea had beaten them on a superior goal average.
Arif Ali provided the shocker when he converted a penalty corner in the 5th minute. Hong Kong has shown a lot of improvement but lack of infrastructure and a professional league has not thrown up too many players. Hong Kong players have the talent but lack tournaments to show-case them and improve skill-wise.
China hit back with the equalizer in the 12th minute when Lui Xian struck with a penalty corner. At the break, China led 4-1.
Hong Kong’s defence stood out well in the second half as they restricted the speedy Chinese to only two goals.
Score Sheet:
Arif Ali (5th, PC) 1-0
Liu Xiang (12th, PC) 1-1
Liu Xiang (24th, FG) 2-1
Huang Wei (29th, PC) 3-1
Liu Xian (35th, FG) 4-1
Huang Wei (41st, FG) 5-1
Hu Hui Ren (61st, PC) 6-1
| Schedule |
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Final Standings :
1. India
2. S Korea
3. Malaysia
4. Japan
5. China
6. Pakistan
7. Bangladesh
8. Hong Kong
9. Sri Lanka
10. Singapore
11. Thailand
Sunday's Matches  |
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| TEAM A | TEAM B | Playoff | TIME | RESULT | |||
| S Lanka | SPore | 9/10 | 08:00 | 6-0 | |||
| Ban | HKG | 7/8 | 07:00 | 3-1 | |||
| China | Pak | 5/6 | 09:30 | 3-2 | |||
| Malaysia | Japan | 3/4 | 16:00 | 5-3 | |||
| India | S Korea | 1/2 | 18:30 | 7-2 | |||
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Saturday's Matches |
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| TEAM A | v | TEAM B | TIME | RESULT | |||
| Singapore | v | Thailand | 08:00 | 4-0 | |||
| Pak | v | Ban | 07:00 | 10-0 | |||
| China | v | HongKong | 09:30 | 6-1 | |||
| S Korea | v | Malaysia | 17:00 | 2-1 | |||
| India | v | Japan | 19:30 | 4-1 | |||
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SCORE TABLE |
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| POOL A | |||||||
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | PTS |
| Malaysia SF | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 10 | |
| Japan SF | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 9 | |
| Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 7 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 3 | |
| Singapore | 4 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| POOL B | |||||||
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | PTS |
| India SF | 5 | 5 | 46 | 2 | 15 | ||
| S Korea SF | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 10 |
| China | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 10 |
| Bangladesh | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 6 | |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 46 | 3 | |
| Thailand | 5 | 5 | 1 | 67 | 0 | ||
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