2022 Women's Hockey Asia Cup Explained

Tournament:2022 Women's Asia Cup
Country:Oman
City:Muscat
Dates:21–28 January
Venues:Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Teams:8
Confederations:1
Count:3
Matches:20
Goals:101
Top Scorer: Cheon Eun-bi
Top Scorer Goals:7
Best Player: Yu Asai
Goalkeeper: Lee Jin-min
Young Player: Salima Tete
Previous Year:2017
Previous Tournament:2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup
Next Year:2025
Next Tournament:2025 Women's Hockey Asia Cup

The 2022 Women's Hockey Asia Cup was the 10th edition of the Women's Hockey Asia Cup, the quadrennial international women's field hockey championship of Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It was held from 21 to 28 January 2022 at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat, Oman.[1]

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Bangkok, Thailand but on 29 December 2021 the tournament was moved to Muscat, Oman.[2]

India were the defending champions.[3] Japan won their third title after a final win over South Korea.[4]

The top four teams qualified for the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup.[5]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams participated in the tournament.[2]

Preliminary round

The schedule was released on 3 January 2021.[6]

All times are local (UTC+4).

Pool A

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Pool B

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Fifth to eighth place classification

5–8th place semi-finals

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Fifth place game

Medal round

Semi-finals

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Final

Final standings

Rank Team
4
5
6
7
8
Qualified for the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Asian Hockey Federation Announces New Venue for the Women’s Asia Cup 2022 . asiahockey.org . . 29 December 2021.
  2. Web site: Asian Hockey Federation Announces New Dates for the Women’s Asia Cup 2022 . asiahockey.org . . 1 December 2021.
  3. Web site: India women win Asia Cup and qualify for World Cup 2018. 5 November 2017. FIH.ch.
  4. Web site: Japan seal a successful Asia Cup with win over Korea. 28 January 2022. FIH.ch.
  5. Web site: Qualification System for 2022/23 FIH Hockey World Cups . fih.ch . . 1 December 2021 . 31 March 2021.
  6. Web site: Women Asia Cup 2022 Match Schedule Final . asiahockey.org . . 5 January 2022 . 3 January 2021.