Dubai To Host World Cup Qualifier

DUBAI will host the Asia Cup next year, which will offer three tickets to the 2010 Delhi World Cup.
The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) had a meeting in Hyderabad, India, yesterday and Malaysia and India’s bid were among those that were rejected.
Malaysia, Japan, China, South Korea, India and Pakistan will be joined by Asian Hockey Federation Cup winner Bangladesh and runners-up Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup.
Meanwhile, Malaysia finished fifth in the Junior Asia Cup when they beat Bangladesh 1-0 with an Ahmad Kazamirul penalty corner strike in the 68th minute.
Today, India will play South Korea in the final, while Japan and Pakistan square off for bronze, which offers the last Asian ticket to the 2009 Junior World Cup.
RESULTS: Classifications -- Fifth-Sixth: Malaysia 1 Bangladesh 0; Seventh-Eighth: Singapore 1 Oman 5.