KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia outplayed South Korea 5-2 to finish third in the Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) at Balbir Singh International Hockey Stadium in Mohali, India today.
Asian Games silver medallist Malaysia seized the lead in the second minute through Fitri Saari.
But three minutes later South Korea, with nine new faces, equalised off a penalty corner converted by Park Geun Woo.
The Koreans then took the lead through Chun Semin in the 13th minute.
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But Malaysia, coached by South African Brendon Carolan, stormed back to score four goals in the last two quarters.
Veteran forward Faizal Saari converted a penalty corner in the 34th minute to level the scores.
Then Azrai Aizad Abu Kamal scored two goals, in the 45th and 50th minutes, earning him the Man of the Match award.
Captain Marhan Jalil completed the rout with a penalty corner goal in the 58th minute.
The Speedy Tigers had five penalty corners and converted two, while the Koreans converted one of two.