Bangladesh Men's Hockey team emerged Pool A champions to reach the semifinal of the Junior AHF Cup (U-21) Hockey Tournament with an all-win record, crushing Indonesia by 7-0 goals in the last pool match at the Sengkang Sports Centre in Singapore on Thursday afternoon.

After all four Pool A matches, Bangladesh clinched the top slot, securing a full 12 points, while Thailand finished runners up with nine points to qualify for the semifinal. In Pool B, China clinched the title with an all-win run, securing a full 15 points from five straight matches, while Chinese Taipei finished runners up with 12 points from five matches to reach the semi-final.

Defending champions Bangladesh will play the first semifinal against the Pool B runners-up, Chinese Taipei, while the Pool B champions China will play Pool A runners up Thailand in the 2nd semifinal, both on Saturday (June 22).

In the day's last Pool A match, Bangladesh scored four goals in a row in the first quarter of 15 minutes against Indonesia.

Mohammad Abdullah put the Bangladesh team ahead in the very 3rd minute with a field goal (1-0), captain Mehrab Hassan Samin doubled the margin in the 7th minute from a penalty corner (2-0), and vice captain Amirul Islam scored the 3rd goal for Bangladesh in the 9th minute from a penalty corner (3-0).

Din Islam further sounded the Bangladesh margin in the 13th minute by a field goal (4-0), Mohammad Jibon scored the 5th goal in the 32nd minute (5-0), Mohammad Abdullah scored his 2nd and the 6th goal for Bangladesh in the 54th minute (7-0) while Mohammad Islam sealed the fate of the match scoring 7th goal in the 60th minute (7-0).

With the day's lone goal, Amirul.Islam of Bangladesh dominates the scorer list of the meet with seven individual goals, including a hattrick against hosts Singapore. Earlier, the Bangladesh men's team made a flying start, crushing hosts Singapore by 7-0 goals, beating Sri Lanka by 5-0 goals, and defeating Thailand by 4-2 goals in their Pool A engagements.