Thai hockey defeats Iran 3-1, takes 5th place in Asia in Indonesia
from the Hockey Association of Thailand Under the supervision of Mr. Chaiyaphak Siriwat sent Thai national hockey players to join the Asian hockey championship. in jakarta Indonesia, with 9 nations participating in the competition In which Thailand joins Line A, there are Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Thailand, while Line B has Bangladesh, Oman, Singapore, Iran and Indonesia, with Gen. Pichai Khen. Chan, Vice President of the Association supervises as a team manager.
For the competition in the first round, all meeting in the line, Thailand lost to Kazakhstan 0-6, Thailand won Uzbekistan 1-0, Thailand lost to Sri Lanka 2-6, making it 4th place in Group A after Uzbekistan. Zbekistan won 2-1 against Kazakhstan, making the ball count better. So the Thai team played in the rankings 5-8, which included the Thai team, Uzbekistan, Iran and Indonesia. In which the Thai team played against the host Indonesia, we won 1-0, going into the rankings 5-6 with Iran, who defeated Uzbekistan 3-2.
As for the competition in the rankings 5-6, the Thai team plays against Iran. It appears that the Thai team fights to the death and plays like a counter-attack, using speed to benefit until defeating a giant like the Iranian team 3-1, who scores a goal for the Thai national team, 29 minutes, Kritsada Chaikaew leads 1-0, minutes August 56, Phutthakasem, Thailand took the lead 2-0 and in 57 minutes, Chana Chon Rungniyom shot to give Thailand a 3-0 lead before Navid Taherrad scored a goal, hitting the egg 1-3 until the time expired. The Thai hockey team won the 5th place in Asia successfully.
After finishing, Mr. Chaiyaphak Siriwat, president of the Hockey Association of Thailand, said that from the first round of games until reaching the final 5, he was very satisfied with the results because we used almost all new teams with players aged 15 16-17-18 years to fight with the big teams of Asia At first, we might get a lot of goals scored because excited kids are not used to the game because everyone has just set off to compete abroad for the first time. We finished 5th in Asia. It’s considered satisfied. What needs to be fixed is the position, back, middle, front, only 4-5 people. For this athlete, when they return to Thailand, they will continue to camp because there is a tournament to select male hockey players to win tickets to the Asian Games. in Hangzhou China in September which will be selected in Thailand at Chalerm Phrakiat Khlong Hok Stadium Between 5-15 May, it is expected that there will be 8 nations to choose from, because Asia’s 1-6 rankings have already received quotas.
