LAHORE, April 26 The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) has announced the schedule of the eighth Asia Cup.

The tournament will be played from May 9 to 16 in Kuantan, Malaysia.

Eight teams are divided into two pools. Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Sri Lanka are in pool 'A', while Pakistan, India, China and Bangladesh are in pool 'B'.

Schedule

May 9 Japan v Sri Lanka; India v Bangladesh; Korea v Malaysia; Pakistan v China.

May 10 China v Bangladesh; Pakistan v India.

May 11 Japan v Korea; Malaysia v Sri Lanka.

May 12 Pakistan v Bangladesh; China v India; Korea v Sri Lanka; Malaysia v Japan.

May 14 1st pool 'A' v 2nd pool 'B'; 1st pool 'B' v 2nd pool 'A'.

May 15 4th pool 'A' v 4th pool 'B'; 3rd pool 'A' v 3rd pool 'B'.

May 16 Third place play-off; Final.—Agencies

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