Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- Amirul Islam continued his prolific show scoring again a brilliant hat-trick as spirited Bangladesh U-21 hockey team defeat South Korea by 5-3 goals in the place-deciding match of the FIH Hockey Junior World Cup (WC) at the Madurai International Hockey Stadium in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, on Saturday.

On Thursday, Bangladesh rode on Amirul Islam and Rakibul Hasan's brilliant hat-trick to earn a record-breaking 13-0 win over Oman in the place-deciding match of the tournament.The win not only gave Bangladesh their maiden victory in the tournament but also confirmed their final ranking between 17th and 20th among 24 nations.

Earlier, in the group phase, Bangladesh suffered a fighting 5-3 goals defeat to strong Australia ...