BHUBANESWAR: South Africa defeated Pakistan 4-1 in the penalty shootout stage of the Junior Hockey World Cup’s ranking match here on Thursday.
The ranking match between the Green Shirts and the Proteas ended 3-3 at the scheduled time before being decided in the penalty shootout stage. For Pakistan, field goals were scored by Abu Zar, Abdul Hanan, and Abdul Rehman.
In the penalty shootout, Adeel Latif scored the only goal for Pakistan in response to South Africa’s four.
Green shirts will play their last match on December 4 for 11th /12th position.
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