Bangladesh qualified for the FIH Hockey Junior World Cup for the first time following a 7-2 thrashing of Thailand in a place-deciding match of the Junior Asia Cup in Muscat, Oman on Tuesday.

Bangladesh will face the winners between Korea and China on Wednesday to decide whether they will finish fifth or sixth in the Junior Asia Cup from where the top six teams will play in next year's 24-team Junior World Cup in India. 

The men in red and green took the lead in the third minute, courtesy of a flick from Obaidul Hossain Joy before Amirul Islam converted a penalty corner in the sixth minute.

Mohammad Abdullah made it 3-0 with a simple tap-in in the first minute of the second quarter before Thailand pressed hard to pull one back by converting a penalty corner on the stroke of half-time.

After resumption, Thailand showed signs of bouncing back but the men in red and green silenced them by scoring three more goals through Mehedi Hasan Ovi, Saddam Khan and Joy in the third quarter while Thailand too scored another goal from a penalty corner.

Bangladesh wrapped up the victory with another goal from Abdullah in the final quarter to write a piece of history in the country's hockey history.