Field hockey at the 1966 Asian Games explained

Event:Field hockey
Games:1966
Venue:Thephasadin Stadium
Location:Bangkok, Thailand
Dates:12–19 December
Teams:8
Prev:1962
Next:1970

Field hockey was contested for men only at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

India won its first gold medal by defeating the two-time defending champions Pakistan 1–0 after extra time in the final. Japan won its first medal by defeating Malaysia 1–0 in the bronze medal match.

Medalists

Men

A. L. Frank
Balbir Singh Grewal
Haripal Kaushik
Balbir Singh Kular
Balbir Singh Kullar
Mohinder Lal
Shankar Lakshman
John Peter
Dharam Singh
Gurbux Singh
Harbinder Singh
Harmik Singh
Inder Singh
Jagdeep Singh
Jagjit Singh
Prithipal Singh
Tarsem Singh
Noel Toppo

Muhammad Ashfaq
Laeeq Ahmed
Muhammad Akhtar
Saeed Anwar
Tariq Aziz
Khizer Nawaz Bajwa
Jahangir Butt
Munir Dar
Abdul Hamid
Jahangir Khan
Khalid Mahmood
Muhammad Asad Malik
Riazuddin Moghal
Tariq Niazi
Fazal-ur-Rehman
Muhammad Rashid
Abdul Waheed
Khwaja Zakauddin

Hiroshi Fujishima
Seiji Hashimoto
Yukitoshi Hata
Nobuo Ide
Yukio Kamimura
Shigeo Kaoku
Akio Kudo
Norihiko Matsumoto
Shozo Nishimura
Satokazu Otsuka
Katsumi Shirato
Takashi Sugiura
Hiroyuki Takagi
Akio Takashima
Akihito Wada
Minoru Yoshimura
Katsuhiro Yuzaki
Tsuneya Yuzaki

Draw

The draw for hockey competition was held on 5 December 1966.[1]

Group A
Group B

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Consolation round

5–8th place semi-finals

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5th place match

Medal round

Semi-finals

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Gold medal match

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Top-form Malaysia meet India in first tie. 6 December 1966. The Straits Times. 2 February 2014. 19 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140219144342/http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19661206.2.140.1.aspx. dead.