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Japan, who needed to win the match to make it to the final, led 2-0 at halftime but their hopes were dashed with the Malaysians scoring thrice in the space of 24 minutes in the second session.Japan's loss ensured that India booked a berth for the summit clash against Pakistan on Sunday. Pakistan and India emerged the top two sides in the tournament with 10 and nine points respectively after the round-robin league.Malaysia looked like out of the game after Koji Kayukawa (23rd; penalty stroke) and Shinji Kawauchi (35th) scored for Japan. But, the Malaysians never gave up and Ahmad Fuzi's 46th minute strike off a goal-mouth melee led a resurgence that brought two more goals in the 55th and 66th minutes.It was Fuzi who restored parity with a field goal and Saari Faiza scored the match-winner for Malaysia with a brilliant reverse shot to dash Japanese hopes while doing a favour for India. Japan had a penalty corner in the dying minutes but a draw even then would have seen India go through to the final.Malaysia and Japan will again play for the 3rd/4th position as they finished on an identical seven points. Korea will play China for the 5th/6th place after the two sides were locked in a 1-1 draw in today's last match. Korea have seven points but an inferior goal difference (minus one) pushed them down the table. [More]Tags:new york9/11terrorists