Pakistan lose to South Africa 3-4 in bronze medal match of FIH Nations Cup

Pakistan lost their bronze medal match to South Africa 3-4 in the FIH Hockey Men’s Nations Cup in Poland.

The first quarter of the game went without a goal. The second quarter went with the scores of 1-1 as Samkelo Mvimbi of South Africa scored the first goal followed by Abubakar Mahmood scoring a goal through a penalty corner for Pakistan levelling the score 1-1.

Mustapha Cassiem scored the second goal for South Africa through a penalty corner in the third quarter of the match followed by another goal for Pakistan by Abdul Rehman which levelled the score once again.

In the fourth quarter, Keenan Horne scored the third goal for South Africa and Cassiem followed with another goal in the 58th minute of the game taking the scorecard to 4-2.

Hannan Shahid tried to save the game with a last-minute goal taking the score to 3-4 but to no avail as the opponents were one goal ahead when the match came to an end.

The last time Pakistan and South Africa played against each other in a hockey game was back in 2022 in the first edition of the FIH Hockey Men’s Nations Cup and South Africa won that game.