Malaysia completed the women's hockey competition in fifth place after defeating Thailand 2-0 in the fifth and sixth place decider at the Gelora Bung Karno Hockey Field on Wednesday.

In the match, Nuraini Abdul Rashid scored the opening goal for Malaysia via a penalty corner in the 22nd minute before Hanis Nadia Onn slotted in another goal in the 54th minute.

The results saw the national squad repeat their achievement in the 2006, 2010 and 2014 editions.



National women's hockey coach Dharma Raj Abdullah said he was satisfied with victory despite the failure of his forwards to convert seven penalty corners in the match.      

"Playing against Thailand is not easy as they are a tough opponent, but I believed their loss to Japan affected their game.

"I instructed the players to win the match at all cost. For me, the score is not important, the most crucial thing is we won," said Dharma Raj.

Malaysia had earlier lost 1-3 to Japan in the final Group A match, which enabled the Japanese team to enter the semi-finals.

Only the top two teams from Group A and B qualify for the semi-finals.