Hockey Asia Cup

ASHF Hockey Asia Cup

Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1982
No. of teams	8
Continent	ASHF (Asia)
Most recent champion(s)	M:  India (3rd title) W:  India (2nd title)
Most titles	M:  South Korea (4 titles) W:  South Korea (3 titles)

The ASHF Asia Cup is an international men's and women's field hockey tournament governed by the Asian Hockey Federation (ASHF). It was introduced in 1982 for men's competition and the women's competition was added a year later as non-official championship until the official tournament held in 1985. South Korea has been the most successful team with 4 titles in Men's and 3 titles in Women's competition. India has reached the most number of finals in Men's (8 times) and South Korea, Japan(tied) in Women's (5 times) competitions.

Men

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1982 Details	Karachi, Pakistan		Pakistan	- *	India		China	- *	Malaysia
1985 Details	Dhaka, Bangladesh		Pakistan	3–2	India		South Korea	2–0	Japan
1989 Details	New Delhi, India		Pakistan	2–0	India		South Korea	1–0	Japan
1994 Details	Hiroshima, Japan		South Korea	1–0	India		Pakistan	5–2	Malaysia
1999 Details	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		South Korea	5–4	Pakistan		India	4–2	Malaysia
2003 Details	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		India	4–2	Pakistan		South Korea	4–2	Japan
2007 Details	Chennai, India		India	7–2	South Korea		Malaysia	5–3	Japan
2009 Details	Kuantan, Malaysia		South Korea	1–0	Pakistan		China	3–3 (7–6) Penalty strokes	Malaysia
2013 Details	Ipoh, Malaysia		South Korea	4–3	India		Pakistan	3–1	Malaysia
2017 Details	Dhaka, Bangladesh		India	2–1	Malaysia		Pakistan	6–3	South Korea

* This was a round-robin tournament without finals.

Medal table

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Podium Finish
South Korea	4 (1994, 1999, 2009, 2013)	1 (2007)	3 (1985, 1989, 2003)	8
India	3 (2003, 2007*, 2017)	5 (1982, 1985, 1989*, 1994, 2013)	1 (1999)	9
Pakistan	3 (1982*, 1985, 1989)	3 (1999, 2003, 2009)	3 (1994, 2013, 2017)	9
Malaysia		1 (2017)	1 (2007)	2
China			2 (1982, 2009)	2

Team appearances

Team	1982	1985	1989	1993	1999	2003	2007	2009	2013	2017	Total
Bangladesh	5th	6th	7th	6th	6th	8th	7th	7th	7th	6th	10
China	3rd	7th	5th	7th	7th	6th	5th	3rd	-	7th	9
Chinese Taipei	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	1
Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	8th	7th	8th	-	-	-	3
India	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	5th	2nd	1st	10
Iran	-	10th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Japan	-	4th	4th	9th	5th	4th	4th	6th	5th	5th	9
Kazakhstan	-	-	-	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Malaysia	4th	5th	6th	4th	4th	5th	3rd	4th	4th	2nd	10
Oman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	8th	2
Pakistan	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	6th	2nd	3rd	3rd	10
Singapore	6th	9th	-	-	-	-	10th	-	-	-	3
South Korea	-	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	4th	9
Sri Lanka	7th	8th	-	-	9th	-	9th	-	-	-	4
Thailand	-	-	-	8th	-	-	11th	-	-	-	2
Total	7	10	7	9	9	8	11	7	8	8	84

Debut of teams

Year	Debutants	Total
1982	Bangladesh,  China,  India,  Malaysia,  Pakistan,  Singapore,  Sri Lanka	7
1985	Iran,  Japan,  South Korea	3
1989		0
1994	Kazakhstan,  Thailand	2
1999	Hong Kong	1
2003		0
2007		0
2009		0
2013	Chinese Taipei,  Oman	2
2017		0
Total		15

Women

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1985 Details	Seoul, South Korea		South Korea	- *	Japan		Malaysia	- *	Singapore
1989 Details	Hong Kong		China	- *	Japan		South Korea	- *	India
1994 Details	Hiroshima, Japan		South Korea	3–0	China		India	1–0	Japan
1999 Details	New Delhi, India		South Korea	3–2	India		China	1–0	Japan
2004 Details	New Delhi, India		India	1–0	Japan		China	0–0 (3–0) Penalty shootout	South Korea
2007 Details	Hong Kong		Japan	1–1 (7–6) Penalty shootout	South Korea		China	4–2	India
2009 Details	Bangkok, Thailand		China	5–3	India		South Korea	4–3	Japan
2013 Details	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		Japan	2–1	South Korea		India	2–2 (3–2) Penalty shootout	China
2017 Details	Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan		India	1–1 (5–4) Penalty shootout	China		South Korea	1–0	Japan

* This was a round-robin tournament without finals.

Medal table

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Podium Finish
South Korea	3 (1985*, 1993, 1999)	2 (2007, 2013)	3 (1989, 2009, 2017)	8
Japan	2 (2007, 2013)	3 (1985, 1989, 2004)		4
India	2 (2004*, 2017)	2 (1999, 2009)	2 (1993, 2013)	6
China	2 (1989, 2009)	2 (1993, 2017)	3 (1999, 2004, 2007)	7
Malaysia			1 (1985)	1

Team appearances

Team	1985	1989	1993	1999	2004	2007	2009	2013	2017	Total
China	-	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	4th	2nd	8
Chinese Taipei	-	-	-	-	-	7th	9th	7th	-	3
Hong Kong	6th	5th	-	-	-	8th	7th	8th	-	5
India	-	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	3rd	1st	8
Japan	2nd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	1st	4th	1st	4th	9
Kazakhstan	-	-	-	5th	5th	-	6th	6th	7th	5
Malaysia	3rd	-	-	6th	6th	5th	5th	5th	5th	7
Singapore	4th	-	6th	-	7th	9th	8th	-	8th	6
South Korea	1st	3rd	1st	1st	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	9
Sri Lanka	-	-	-	-	8th	-	11th	-	-	2
Thailand	5th	-	7th	-	-	6th	10th	-	6th	5
Uzbekistan	-	-	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Total	6	5	7	6	8	9	11	8	8	68

Debut of teams

Year	Debutants	Total
1985	Hong Kong,  Japan,  Malaysia,  Singapore,  South Korea,  Thailand	6
1989	China,  India	2
1993	Uzbekistan	1
1999	Kazakhstan	1
2004	Sri Lanka	1
2007	Chinese Taipei	1
2009		0
2013		0
2017		0
Total		12

See also

• Hockey Junior Asia Cup
• Indoor Hockey Asia Cup

• Asian Hockey Champions Trophy

External links

• Rediff.com: Asia Cup