Men's Hockey Asia Cup

The Men's Hockey Asia Cup is a men's international field hockey tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champion of Asia and qualifies for the FIH Hockey World Cup.[1]

This article is about men's field hockey. For men's ice hockey, see Asian Cup (ice hockey).
Men's Hockey Asia Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2017 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
SportField hockey
Founded1982 (1982)
Inaugural season1982
No. of teams8
ConfederationAHF (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)		 India (3rd title)
(2017)
Most titles South Korea (4 titles)
QualificationAHF Cup

India are the defending champions winning the 2017 edition.[2] South Korea have won the most titles with four. India and Pakistan have both won the tournament three times.

The hosts together with six highest-ranked teams from the previous edition are qualified directly for the tournament, they are joined by the top team from the Men's AHF Cup or the top two teams if the host is already qualified.

Results
Year Host Final Third place game Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1982
Details		 Karachi, Pakistan
Pakistan		 Round-robin
India
China		 Round-robin
Malaysia		 7
1985
Details		 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Pakistan		 3–2
India
South Korea		 2–0
Japan		 10
1989
Details		 New Delhi, India
Pakistan		 2–0
India
South Korea		 1–0
Japan		 7
1994
Details		 Hiroshima, Japan
South Korea		 1–0
India
Pakistan		 5–2
Malaysia		 9
1999
Details		 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
South Korea		 5–4
Pakistan
India		 4–2
Malaysia		 9
2003
Details		 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
India		 4–2
Pakistan
South Korea		 4–2
Japan		 8
2007
Details		 Chennai, India
India		 7–2
South Korea
Malaysia		 5–3
Japan		 11
2009
Details		 Kuantan, Malaysia
South Korea		 1–0
Pakistan
China		 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p.s.)
Malaysia		 7
2013
Details		 Ipoh, Malaysia
South Korea		 4–3
India
Pakistan		 3–1
Malaysia		 8
2017
Details		 Dhaka, Bangladesh
India		 2–1
Malaysia
Pakistan		 6–3
South Korea		 8

Summary
Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 South Korea 4 (1994, 1999, 2009, 2013) 1 (2007) 3 (1985, 1989, 2003) 1 (2017)
 India 3 (2003, 2007*, 2017) 5 (1982, 1985, 1989*, 1994, 2013) 1 (1999)
 Pakistan 3 (1982*, 1985, 1989) 3 (1999, 2003, 2009) 3 (1994, 2013, 2017)
 Malaysia 1 (2017) 1 (2007) 5 (1982, 1994, 1999*, 2009*, 2013*)
 China 2 (1982, 2009)
 Japan 4 (1985, 1989, 2003, 2007)
* = hosts

Team appearances
Team
1982
1985
1989
1993
1999
2003
2007
2009
2013
2017		 Total
 Bangladesh 5th6th7th6th6th8th7th7th7th6th10
 China 3rd7th5th7th7th6th5th3rd–7th9
 Chinese Taipei ––––––––8th–1
 Hong Kong ––––8th7th8th–––3
 India 2nd2nd2nd2nd3rd1st1st5th2nd1st10
 Iran –10th––––––––1
 Japan –4th4th9th5th4th4th6th5th5th9
 Kazakhstan –––5th––––––1
 Malaysia 4th5th6th4th4th5th3rd4th4th2nd10
 Oman ––––––––6th8th2
 Pakistan 1st1st1st3rd2nd2nd6th2nd3rd3rd10
 Singapore 6th9th––––10th–––3
 South Korea –3rd3rd1st1st3rd2nd1st1st4th9
 Sri Lanka 7th8th––9th–9th–––4
 Thailand –––8th––11th–––2
Total71079981178884

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

See also

References
  1. "Asian Championships". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. "India edge Malaysia to claim men's Hero Asia Cup 2017". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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