Malaysia's World Cup hopes suffered a major blow in The Hague, Holland after suffering a 2-6 defeat to Belgium in their second Group A match at the GreenFields Stadium, on Monday.

The defeat was the second in as many matches as Malaysia had lost 0-4 to defending World champion Australia in their opening match.

Malaysia will play England and India in their remaining two group matches.

For Belgium, it was their second consecutive victory, as they had beaten India 3-2 in their first match.