U21 Men’s Junior “The 10th AHF Junior Asia Cup (2024/Muscat)” Result of the 3rd place match [Japan 2-1 Malaysia] – 3rd place in the tournament, qualified for the Junior World Cup

The Japanese U21 Men’s Junior National Team (World Ranking: WR18) finished the 10th AHF Junior Asian Cup (2024/Muscat) in Muscat, Oman, in third place with a 2-1 win against Malaysia (WR11) in the third place match.

Koki Origasa (Yamanashi Gakuin University), #18 GK, was selected as the Man of the Match.

Japan qualified for the Junior World Cup to be held next year.

The Rising Star Award was given to captain #4 DF Yamato Kawahara (Ritsumeikan University).

FIH World Ranking as of November 26

Game №.28　Hockey Oman 21:30 Start
Japan		vs	Malaysia
		2 – 1

3rd place game Official Match Record
Current FIH World Ranking (Please select Men’s (Junior)) [FIH Official Website]

Goals

7 min FG – #9 FW Tsubasa Tanaka (Tenri University)
9 min FG – #1 FW Yuma Fujiwara (Iwate Prefectural Numakunai High School)

Final Result

	Team	World Rank (Before competition)	Gr
Champion	India	2nd	A
2nd	Pakistan	9th	B
3rd	Japan	18th	A
4th	Malaysia	11th	B
5th	Bangladesh	21st	B
6th	China	48th	B
7th	Thailand	40th	A
8th	Korea	12th	A
9th	Oman (Host Country)	33rd	B
10th	Chinese Taipei	37th	A