By Tariq Ali
Indian men's junior hockey team won Jr Asia Cup for the record fifth time beating Pakistan by 5-3. India won the cup for the three times in a row. For the Indian team Araijeet Singh Hundal scored four goals in the final match at Oman Hockey Stadium, Muscat, Oman, 2024.
Placing results
Gold Medal India 5-3 Pakistan
Bronze Medal Japan 2-1 Malaysia
5th - 6th place Bangladesh 6-3 China
7th - 8th place Thailand 2-2 South Korea (PS 3-2)
9th - 10th place Oman 1-1 Chinese Taipei (PS 3-2)
Final standings
1 India 2 Pakistan 3 Japan 4 Malaysia 5 Bangladesh 6 China 7 Thailand 8 South Korea 9 Oman 10 Chinese Taipei
The highest match scores
India 16-0 Chinese Taipei
Japan 11-0 Chinese Taipei
India 11-0 Thailand
South Korea 9-6 Chinese Taipei
Japan 9-1 Thailand
The hat-trick scorers
4 goals Dilraj Singh India 16-0 Chinese Taipei
4 goals Harris Osman Malaysia 9-1 Oman
4 goals Wang Yubo China 7-2 Oman
4 goals Araijeet Singh Hundal India 5-3 Pakistan (Final)
3 goals Tsubasa Tanaka Japan 11-0 Chinese Taipei
3 goals Wei Cheng- Ze Chinese Taipei 6-9 South Korea
3 goals Saurabh Anand Kushwaha India 16-0 Chinese Taipei
3 goals Rosan Kujur India 16-0 Chinese Taipei
3 goals Arshdeep Singh India 8-1 South Korea
3 goals Sufyan Khan Pakistan 6-0 Bangladesh
3 goals Sufyan Khan Pakistan 4-1 Malaysia
3 goals Md Hasan Bangladesh 6-3 China
3 goals Amirul Islam Bangladesh 6-3 China
Top goal scorers
12 goals Sufyan Khan (Pakistan)
10 goals Araijeet Singh Hundal (India)