🏑 Hero Asia Cup 2017

The 10th edition of the quadrennial event took place at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh from October 11 to 22, 2017, and dubbed as "Hero Asia Cup 2017".

Southeast Asia's hockey powerhouse Malaysia made a championship appearance against team India.

In the group stage round-robin preliminary, Malaysia topped the teams in Pool B. They defeated China (7-1) before beating South Korea (2-1) and Oman (7-1).

The top two teams from both pools (called Super 4s group) battled in a round robin format to determine the top two teams for the championship match. 

Fortunately, Malaysia won over Pakistan (3-2), a draw versus South Korea and a defeat against India. The 1-1-1 card of Malaysia placed them in second behind India which topped the Super 4s group.

At the final day of the tournament, Pakistan took the 3rd place or bronze medal after beating South Korea, 6-3. While Malaysia failed to beat India in the championship match. The final match ended with a 2-1 scores. 

But still, a big congratulations to team Malaysia for placing runner up. 

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