MSSM Hockey: Pahang and Johor book passage into the last eight

Pahang and Johor chalked up their second consecutive wins to book places in the quarter-finals of the boys’ Under-18 National Schools Sports Council (MSSM) hockey championships yesterday.

Pahang, hammered Sarawak 6-0 in Group D match on Tuesday, outplayed Kedah 3-0 yesterday.

Pahang’s last group match will be against Kuala Lumpur and the winners of this match will top the group.

Adrizal Arif Rahim gave Pahang the lead with a field goal in the 13th minute before Mohd Fitri Abdul Manan increased the lead in the 43rd minute off a penalty corner. Four minutes later, Mohd Aminuddin Abu made it 3-0 with another field goal.

Johor, who edged Terengganu 4-3 in a Group C match on Tuesday, beat Putrajaya 4-0 yesterday.

Johor scored all their goals in the first-half through Mohd Faiz Helmi Jali (5th), Mohd Hanif Sehat (29th), Mohd Fariq Saadon (30th) and Mohd Noraqmal Abdul Ghafar (33rd).

They will wrap up their fixtures against Perlis today.

Selangor, who upset defending champion Penang 5-3 in the first match, were beaten 1-3 by Perak in a Group A match yesterday.

Selangor will have to wait for the outcome of the match between Perak and Penang today to know if they will advance into the quarter-finals.

TODAY FIXTURES

BOYS

Group A: Perak vs Penang (5pm).

Group B: Kelantan vs sabah (11am), N. Sembialn vs Malacca (3.30pm).

Group C: Terengganu vs Putrajaya (9.30am), Johor vs Perlis (11am).

Group D: Kedah vs Sarawak (8am), K. Lumpur vs Pahang (9.30am).

GIRLS

Group A: Sabah vs Terengganu (3.30pm).

Group B: Sarawak vs Penang (2pm).

Group C: Pahang vs Perak (8am), Malacca vs Kelantan (9.30am).

Group D: K. Lumpur vs N. Sembialn (11am), Perlis vs Selangor (12.30pm).