Yusuke kawamura

Asian Hockey Champions Trophy: The 2024 Asian Champions Trophy started off with a goal-fest here at the picturesque Moqi Hockey Training Base on Sunday with Japan and Korea engaging in a thrilling encounter, with the match going down to the wire as Korea held Japan to a 5-5 draw.

For Korea, goals were scored by Jihun Yang (3', 38', 53'), Junghoo Kim (31') and Hyeonhong Kim (58') while Naru Kimura (7'), Kazumasa Matsumoto (18'), Yuki Chiba (25'), Yusuke Kawamura (36') and Kosei Kawabe (54') scored for Japan.

In the opening quarter, Korea set the pace with a fierce attack that resulted in a penalty stroke within the first three minutes of the game.