In the first round of the men's group preliminaries of the 2007 International Hockey Tournament held this evening, host China managed to draw with Pakistan 2:2. During the match, the Pakistani team seized two short corner opportunities to take a 2-0 lead, but the Chinese team but the Chinese team came from behind to launch a series of attacks in the second half and equalized the score within three minutes.

The Pakistani team is a traditionally strong team, and superior to the Chinese team. But in last year's Asian Games in Doha, the Chinese team beat Pakistan in the semi-final, making a historic foray into the Asian Games final. When the game began, in the first 10th minute the two teams did not create a threat of attack.

Until the 11th minute, China made the first attack, and China's continuous attacks created a short corner opportunity. After the coordinating, the Chinese team won a very good chance, but Pakistan's goalkeeper struck out. Since then the Chinese team won another short corner, but the goal was blocked by Pakistan's defender once again.

At the 15th minute, the Chinese team got a chance by means of an offensive attack, but the goalkeeper blocked the ball again. In the 17th minute, the Pakistani team played an offensive threat, and won three consecutive short corners. Pakistan seized the opportunity of the third short corner, and No. 5 Asif scored, leading Chinese team at 1-0.

In the 25th minute, the Chinese team made another breakthrough, and the Pakistani goalkeeper blocked the ball. In the 27th minute, China got another short corner, but the goalkeeper blocked the shoot again. In the 31st minute, Pakistan played a threat of a counterattack, causing the Chinese player No.1 Sun Tianjun to get a foul, and received a yellow card outside the match for 6-8 minutes.

Since then, the Chinese team overcame three threatening attacks and ensured no score for the opponent. Pakistan missed the golden opportunity and led 1-0 in the first half.

In the 7th minute after the beginning of the second half, Pakistan team won a short corner opportunity; the first shot was blocked by the Chinese goalkeeper, but did not kick further. Pakistan No.2 player Ihsan kicked to send and changed the score into 2-0. In the 13th minute, Pakistan team won the short corner again, No.4 Khan scored, but the height is over lagging, so the goal was invalid.

Since then the Chinese team played two attacks and blocked shots by the opponent. In the 18th minute, Pakistan played a counterattack and the Chinese goalkeeper saved the ball. In the 25th minute, the Chinese team cooperated and won a chance, and No. 20 Na Yubo received an accurate pass and easily scored, changing the score into 1-2 in the men's prelims.