MSSM Hockey: Penang recover to enter last eight

Defending champions Penang bounced back from their opening game defeat to beat Perak 3-1 in Group A and qualify for the boys’ Under-18 National Schools Sports Council (MSSM) hockey quarter-finals at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday.

Penang, who lost 3-5 to Selangor on Tuesday, needed a two-goal win but they were down 0-1 in the second minute through a Sabri Mohamed penalty corner.

Penang then hit back with three goals in the second-half. Rashid Baharom started the fightback with a brace in the 45th and 47th minutes. Adam Ahmad sealed victory with the third in the 51st minute.



Last year’s runners-up Negri Sembilan made it to the last eight despite being held to a 1-1 draw by Malacca in a Group B match yesterday.

Negri, Kelantan and Malacca all ended their Group B matches with five points each. But Negri and Kelantan make the quarter-finals with better goal difference.

n TODAY’S MATCHES

Boys’ quarter-finals: Selangor vs Terengganu (8am, pitch I), Negri Sembilan vs Pahang (8am, pitch II), Kuala Lumpur vs Kelantan (9.30am, pitch I), Johor vs Penang (9.30am, pitch II).

(All matches at the National Hockey Stadium, Bukit Jalil)

Girls’ quarter-finals: Penang vs Kuala Lumpur (8am, KLHA Stadium), Terengganu vs Malacca (8am, Tun Razak Stadium), Selangor vs Kedah (9.30am, KLHA Stadium), Perak vs Sarawak (9.30am, Tun Razak Stadium).