Men's Hockey 18th Asian Games 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Korea Beat Sri Lanka In Men's Hockey

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Asian Games 2018

Final score of  8-0

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

Korea defeated Sri Lanka 8-0 in the 2018 Asian Games men’s hockey Group A game at the Hockey Stadium, Bung Karno sports complex, Jakarta, on Wednesday.

Playing in hot weather, Kim Young-kyu's team competed with high tempo from the very beginning. Korea took the lead through Kim Seongkyu from a penalty corner in the fourth minute.

Two minutes later, Korea doubled the lead to 2-0 through Kim Junghoo.

Sri Lanka tried to evade pressure from the Koreans by launching a quick attack through winger Malegoda Gamage. These efforts, however, were dampened by the Korean defense.

One-two passes between Korean players were converted into another goal by Hwang Weonki.

Korean Bae Jong-suk scored another goal by end of the first quarter following a pass from Kim Kihoon.

Both teams alternately launched attacks in the second quarter, but no goals were scored.

However in the third quarter, Jang Jonghyun scored three goals for Korea, exploiting Sri Lanka's weak defense.

At the end of the game, Hwang Taeil scored another goal for Korea through a horizontal shot that passed the Sri Lankan defenders.