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Pakistan won its fifth medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Tuesday after its PUBG Mobile team secured bronze in the esports competition at Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname.
Pakistan finished third in the 12-match competition with 100 points. Thailand won gold with 128 points, while China claimed silver with 114.
Pakistan sealed bronze after finishing third in the final match. The team scored 12 points, including four placement points and eight elimination points. Japan won the match with 18 points, while Thailand finished second with 14.
The Pakistan PUBG Mobile team included Mohammad Huzaifa, Shayan Asad, Falak Sher, Hasnain Rehman and Syed Sameer.
Pakistan entered the second day in medal contention after collecting 39 points on the opening day. The team added 61 points from its final six matches to finish with 100.
Pakistan recorded 16 points in the seventh match. It then scored 10 points each in the eighth and ninth matches. The team added 12 points in the 11th match and another 12 in the final contest.
Thailand maintained its lead throughout the competition. China finished 14 points ahead of Pakistan to secure silver.
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Vietnam and Indonesia shared fourth place with 95 points. South Korea finished sixth with 71, followed by Chinese Taipei with 62 and Jordan with 61.
The bronze medal marks Pakistan’s first podium finish in an esports discipline at the Games.
Pakistan’s medal tally now includes five bronzes. The other medals came from the women’s cricket team, modern MMA fighter Asim Khan, and squash players Noor Zaman and Ashab Irfan.
The women’s cricket team secured bronze on September 22 after defeating Bangladesh by 31 runs. Noor Zaman and Ashab Irfan also secured bronze medals by reaching the men’s singles squash semi-finals.
Pakistan’s volleyball team ended its Pool A campaign with a 3-0 defeat against hosts Japan. However, Pakistan pushed the tournament favourites hard in the opening set.
Japan won 29-27, 25-20 and 25-22 at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Gymnasium.
Pakistan stayed level with Japan for most of the opening set. The visitors saved several set points before Japan finally won 29-27 after 29 minutes.
Japan took the second set 25-20 before closing out the match 25-22 in the third.
Ali Usman led Pakistan with 13 points. Musawer Khan scored 11, while Murad Khan added 10.
Japan recorded 79 total points compared with Pakistan’s 69. Japan led the spikes 89-86, while Pakistan held a 62-60 advantage in reception.
Both teams recorded three service points. Japan made 23 errors, compared with Pakistan’s 19.
Pakistan had earlier beaten Kazakhstan 3-1 and Uzbekistan 3-0. Its final position in Pool A will be confirmed after the remaining matches.
Pakistan’s women’s squash team suffered two defeats on Tuesday.
Pakistan first lost 3-0 to South Korea in Pool B. It later suffered another 3-0 defeat against Macao, China in the stage-one round-robin.
Mahnoor Ali, Sana Bahadur and Mehwish Ali all lost their matches against South Korea.
Mahnoor, 13, lost to 30-year-old Hwayeong Eum 11-2, 11-4, 11-7. Sana then went down to Mingyeong Heo 11-5, 11-5, 11-8.
Mehwish lost the final match to Dami Kim 11-3, 11-8, 11-5.
Against Macao, Mahnoor lost to Wain Leng Yeung 11-9, 11-3, 12-10.
Sana won the opening game 11-4 against Weng Chi Yeung but lost the next three games 11-6, 11-7 and 11-6.
Sehrish replaced Mehwish for the third match. She lost to Chi Cheng Cao 4-11, 13-11, 15-13, 11-7.
Pakistan had started its campaign with a 3-0 defeat against Hong Kong on Monday. The team later defeated Mongolia 3-0.
Mohammad Shoaib’s men’s singles campaign ended with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat against Indonesia’s Rifqi Fitriadi.
The round-of-32 match resumed on Tuesday after rain suspended play on Monday. Shoaib had been leading the opening set 4-3 when play was stopped.
Fitriadi returned strongly and completed the victory in one hour and eight minutes of play.
The Indonesian won 74 total points compared with Shoaib’s 65. Fitriadi also hit four aces against Shoaib’s three, while both players recorded two double faults.
Shoaib later partnered Aqeel Khan in the men’s doubles. The Pakistani pair lost 6-3, 6-2 to Chinese Taipei’s Yu-hsiou Hsu and Chenjui Ho.
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