Tournament: | 2019 Men's Indoor Asia Cup |
Country: | Thailand |
City: | Chonburi |
Dates: | 15–21 July |
Teams: | 10 |
Confederations: | 1 |
Count: | 8 |
Matches: | 27 |
Goals: | 244 |
Top Scorer: | Navid Taherirad |
Top Scorer Goals: | 22 |
Previous Year: | 2017 |
Previous Tournament: | 2017 Men's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Next Tournament: | 2022 Men's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup |
The 2019 Men's Indoor Asia Cup was the eighth edition of the Men's Indoor Hockey Asia Cup, the biennial international men's indoor hockey championship of Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Chonburi, Thailand from 15 to 21 July 2019.[1]
Iran were the defending champions having won the 2017 edition. Iran defended their title by defeating Kazakhstan 10–0 in the final. Malaysia won the bronze medal by defeating Uzbekistan 6–3.
For the first time ever there were 10 teams competing in the tournament which is the highest amount of competing teams ever. Bangladesh,[2] Nepal and the Philippines made their debuts.[1]
Team | FIH Indoor World Rankings[3] | Appearance | Last Appearance | Previous best performance | |
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Not ranked | 1st | None | Debut | ||
32 | 4th | 4th (2014) | |||
4 | 8th | 1st (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017) | |||
13 | 6th | 2nd (2015, 2017) | |||
24 | 7th | 2nd (2008, 2009, 2010, 2014) | |||
Not ranked | 1st | None | Debut | ||
Not ranked | 1st | None | Debut | ||
Not ranked | 2nd | 2008 | 5th (2008) | ||
29 | 6th | 4th (2012) | |||
19 | 7th | 2nd (2012) |
The match schedule and pools compositions were released on 21 May 2019 by the Asian Hockey Federation.[4]
All times are local, ICT (UTC+7).
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