Bangladesh suffered a 1-6 goals defeat against Malaysia in their last Pool A match and was eliminated from the Women’s Hockey Junior Asia Cup 2024 in Muscat, Oman on Wednesday.
Bangladesh Women’s (Under 21) hockey team, which qualified for the first-ever Junior Asia Cup Hockey as the runners-up AHF Cup Tournament held in Singapore last June, suffered huge defeat in all the four Pool A matches of the main draw, also a qualifying tournament for 2025 Women’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.
Bangladesh conceded a humiliating 0-19 goals defeat against China, suffered 1-13 goals defeat against India and conceded 1-2 goals defeat against Thailand in their Pool A matches.
In the day's last group match, Zati Alyani made a hattrick scoring three goals. Nur Iman, Nur Shamin and Noor Asyqin scored one each for Malaysia.
After conceding five goals in a row, captain Orpita Pal scored the face-saving goal for Bangladesh in the 49th minute from a penalty stroke.
Women’s Hockey Junior Asia Cup: Bangladesh suffer humiliating 19-0 defeat against China
However, Bangladesh Men’s Junior Hockey team qualified for the Junior World Cup Hockey to be held in India in December next year as they finished 5th in the just concluded 10-team Men's Junior Asia Cup Hockey also in Oman.