HIROSHIMA. Nov 10: India and South Korea, each scoring in the last four minutes, played to a 1-1 draw Wednesday In a women's preliminary match, and both advanced to the semifinals of the Asian Cup hockey tournament, reports AP.

South Korea play Japan and India meet China In Friday's semifinals.

Jang Dong-sook scored for South Korea with four minutes to play, and Aleyamma Mathews' goal tied It for India with one minute left in the Group A game at Hiroshima Regional Park in western Japan.

South Korea and India completed the preliminaries with one victory and one draw each.

Defending champion China finished atop Group B with two victories and one draw. Japan had one victory and two draws.

In the men's Group B Kazakhstan came from behind to beat Japan 2-1.

Japan's Hideji Numada scored in the last minute of the first half. But Kazakhstan's Gennady Kalinin, scored 12 minutes into the second half and Berittazy Sekmsenbaev added the winner four minutes later.

The men's preliminaries continue through Thursday.