Pakistan vs Korea Hockey Bronze Match at Asian Games 2026: Time, Form and Scorers

Pakistan play Korea for the Asian Games 2026 men's hockey bronze medal on Saturday 3 October at 12:30 pm PKT, in Gifu, Japan. Both teams lost close semi-finals on Thursday. Pakistan went down 4-3 to India, and Korea lost 2-1 to Malaysia.

A win would give Pakistan their first Asian Games hockey medal since the silver at Incheon in 2014. We read every Pakistan and Korea match record on the official Asian Games 2026 results system on Thursday evening, and the Pakistan Olympic Association's medal list for the history.

Pakistan play Korea for bronze on Saturday at 12:30 pm PKT

The Pakistan vs Korea hockey bronze medal match starts at 12:30 pm PKT on Saturday 3 October 2026, which is 4:30 pm in Japan. It is at Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium. The official schedule lists Pakistan as the home side.

The official match records for the semi-finals include a shoot-out section, which is used only if the score is level after four quarters. A shoot-out is a set of one-on-one chances against the goalkeeper. Neither semi-final needed one.

Pakistan reached the bronze match with four wins and two defeats

Pakistan won four of their five Pool B games and finished second behind Malaysia. They then lost 4-3 to India in the semi-final. In six games they scored 31 goals and let in 12.

The two defeats tell the story. Both came by one goal, and both came against the two teams now playing for gold. Pakistan came back from 2-0 down against India before conceding the winner in the last quarter, as covered in the Pakistan vs India semi-final result.

Korea won four of five pool games, then lost 2-1 to Malaysia

Korea finished second in Pool A with four wins from five. Their only pool defeat was 8-2 to India. In the semi-final, Malaysia beat them 2-1, with all three goals in the third quarter. Korea scored 21 goals and let in 12.

Korea's best win was 3-2 over Japan, the hosts, which put them into the semi-finals. Lim Dohyun is their top scorer with six goals, five of them from penalty corners. Captain Yang Jihun has four. Korea's head coach is Min Taeseok.

Sufyan Khan's 11 penalty corner goals lead Pakistan's scoring

Sufyan Khan has scored 11 of Pakistan's 31 goals, all from penalty corners. A penalty corner is a set piece given for a foul near the goal. Waheed Rana has five goals, and three players have three each.

Muhammad Ammad has two goals. Moin Shakeel, Ammad Butt, Abdul Rehman and Ghazanfar Ali have one each. Pakistan won 53 penalty corners in six games and scored from 16 of them, about three in ten.

The official start list for Saturday names 20 Pakistan players. Abu Mahmood is captain, and Waqar and Ali Raza are the goalkeepers. Herman Kruis is head coach and Sohail Gill is the team manager.

Both teams lost to India and Malaysia, the two finalists

Pakistan and Korea have the same record against the top two. Each lost to India and to Malaysia, and each beat every other team it played. Pakistan lost those two games by one goal each. Korea lost to India by six.

So the numbers lean slightly towards Pakistan. Pakistan scored ten more goals and conceded the same number, 12. But Korea beat Japan 3-2 and lost to Malaysia by one goal, so they can play a tight game too.

The penalty corner battle may decide it. Pakistan scored 16 of their goals that way, and Korea 11. Korea also scored three penalty strokes, a free shot at goal from close range, against Pakistan's two.

Earlier meetings between the two sides at past Asian Games are not in the 2026 results system, so we have not used them here.

A bronze would be Pakistan's first Asian Games hockey medal since 2014

Pakistan have won 14 men's hockey medals at the Asian Games, according to the Pakistan Olympic Association's records: eight gold, three silver and three bronze. The last was silver at Incheon in 2014. Pakistan won no hockey medal in 2018 or at Hangzhou.

1. Gold: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990 and 2010.
2. Silver: 1966, 1986 and 2014.
3. Bronze: 1994, 1998 and 2006.
4. No hockey medal is listed for 2002, 2018 or 2022.

That is a 12-year gap for a country with eight Asian Games hockey titles.

A bronze would also add to the country's total, tracked in the Pakistan Asian Games 2026 medal tally. The full pool scorers and tables are in Pakistan's Asian Games 2026 hockey results.

Common questions

When is Pakistan vs Korea in the Asian Games hockey bronze match?

Saturday 3 October 2026 at 12:30 pm PKT, at Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium in Japan.

Have Pakistan played Korea at the Asian Games 2026?

No. They were in different pools. Saturday is their first meeting at these Games.

Who is Pakistan's top scorer at the Asian Games 2026?

Sufyan Khan, with 11 goals, all from penalty corners. Waheed Rana is next with five.

How did Korea reach the bronze match?

Korea finished second in Pool A, then lost 2-1 to Malaysia in the semi-final on 1 October.

When did Pakistan last win an Asian Games hockey medal?

In 2014 at Incheon, where they won silver. Their last gold was in 2010 at Guangzhou.

How we verified this

What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.

Last checked at about 8:40 pm PKT on Thursday 1 October 2026. Every result, score, scorer, penalty corner count, squad name, coach and the bronze match date, time and venue come from the individual match records on the official Asian Games 2026 results system, all marked official except Saturday's match, which is scheduled. The goal and penalty corner totals are our own count from those records. Pakistan time is Japan time minus four hours. Pakistan's past Asian Games hockey medals come from the Pakistan Olympic Association's Asian Games records, and the 14-medal total and the 12-year gap are our count from that list. We did not use head-to-head records from earlier Games because we did not read them at an official source.