South Africa, trailing by two goals in the second quarter, made a spectacular comeback after changing ends.
Pakistan scored three field goals through Abuzar (5th), Abdul Shahid (25th) and Abdul Rahman (37th) while South Africa made a spectacular comeback from Senjwesihle Ngubane (32nd) and Guy Morgan (37th). Changed two penalty corners. Idris Abdullah equalized in the 38th minute with a field effort to draw a 3-3 draw.
Thereafter both the teams tried their best to find the winner but failed in the final execution despite creating some good chances.
In another classification game, Korea beat Poland 3–2.
Pakistan will take on Poland in the 11-12th place play-off match at the Kalinga Stadium on Saturday.
Korea emerged victorious with two field strike goals from Jinyeong Hong (12th) and Kim Hyunwoo (27th, 33rd).
Wojciech Rutkowski scored both goals for Poland in the 21st and 26th minutes.
Earlier in the day, Canada defeated the United States 4–0 while Chile defeated Egypt in the 13th–16th place classification matches.
In the opening match of the day, Canada converted three penalty corners through Christopher Tardiff (20th), Alexander Bird (25th) and Flynn McCulloch (38th). Bird made a brace in the 52nd minute with a penalty stroke.
Later, Chile scored a fine field goal through Raimundo Valenzuela in the 46th minute to set up a clash against Canada in the 13-14th place play-off game scheduled on Saturday.
Egypt and the United States would face each other to avoid the wooden spoon. Argentina will face France in the first semi-final on Friday, while the defending champions India Six-time winners will take on Germany for a place in Sunday’s summit.
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