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Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium: Five-time bronze medallist Malaysia assured themselves a place in the knockout stage with a comfortable 3-1 victory over 2018 Asian Games gold medallist Japan in a league match of the AHF Men's Asian Champions Trophy at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium here on Monday.

Najmi Jazlan (13), Hasan Azuan (37) and Silverius Shello (59) scored for Malaysia while Niwa Takuma (59) scored the lone consolation for Japan in the penultimate minute of the match as Malaysia topped the points table with three wins and one defeat in four games in the six-team round-robin competition.