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Asian Hockey Champions Trophy: Unbeaten Pakistan played valiantly to register their first victory in the Hero Asian Champions Trophy by beating Japan 2-1 here at the Moqi Hockey Training Base on Wednesday.

Goals were scored by Ahmad Nadeem (10') and Sufyan Khan (21') while Raiki Fujishima (28') scored the lone goal for Japan. With this win, Pakistan is placed second in the pool standings, with five points behind India on the top.

Opening quarter witnessed Pakistan's intent to stay ahead of Japan in this game. Though they have remained unbeaten in the tournament so far with 2-2 draw against Malaysia and 2-2 draw against Korea, they needed a win to stay in contention for the title.