On Sunday, the team finished sixth in the IBSA Blind Football Asian Championship following a 2-1 defeat to Japan in a classification match at the Tun Razak Hockey Stadium in Jalan Duta. Ryo Kawamura (seventh minute) and Tomonori Kuroda (15th) netted for Japan while captain Mohd Amirul Arif Mahadhir replied for Malaysia in the 20th minute. Iran, China, South Korea and Thailand qualified for the World Cup by virtue of finishing top four in the competition. "When we first started working with NSC in 2014, we became champions at the Asean Para Games the following year in Singapore. Thailand overcame Korea 2-0 for third position.

Source: New Strait Times December 17, 2017 13:30 UTC