Men's Hockey Asia Cup Explained

Men's Hockey Asia Cup
Last Season:2022 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
Upcoming Season:2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
Sport:Field hockey
Inaugural:1982
Teams:8
Confed:AHF (Asia)
Champion: (5th title)
Champ Season:2022
Most Champs: (5 titles)
Qualification:AHF 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]

South Korea are the defending champions winning the 2022 edition.[2] South Korea have won the most titles with five. 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

YearHostwidth=1% rowspan=13Finalwidth=1% rowspan=13Third place gamewidth=1% rowspan=13width=4% rowspan=2Number of teams
width=14%Winnerwidth=10%Scorewidth=14%Runner-upwidth=14%Third placewidth=10%Scorewidth=14%Fourth place
1982
Details
Karachi, PakistanRound-robinRound-robin7
1985
Details
Dhaka, Bangladesh3–22–010
1989
Details
New Delhi, India2–01–07
1994
Details
Hiroshima, Japan1–05–29
1999
Details
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia5–44–29
2003
Details
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia4–24–28
2007
Details
Chennai, India7–25–311
2009
Details
Kuantan, Malaysia1–03–3 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p.s.)
7
2013
Details
Ipoh, Malaysia4–33–18
2017
Details
Dhaka, Bangladesh2–16–38
2022
Details
Jakarta, Indonesia2–11–08

Summary

TeamWinnersRunners-upThird placeFourth place
5 (1994, 1999, 2009, 2013, 2022)1 (2007)3 (1985, 1989, 2003)1 (2017)
3 (2003, 2007, 2017)5 (1982, 1985, 1989, 1994, 2013)2 (1999, 2022)
3 (1982, 1985, 1989)3 (1999, 2003, 2009)3 (1994, 2013, 2017)
2 (2017, 2022)1 (2007)5 (1982, 1994, 1999, 2009, 2013)
2 (1982, 2009)
5 (1985, 1989, 2003, 2007, 2022)

* = hosts

Team appearances

Team
1982

1985

1989

1993

1999

2003

2007

2009

2013

2017

2022
Total
5th6th7th6th6th8th7th7th7th6th6th11
3rd7th5th7th7th6th5th3rd7th9
8th1
8th7th8th3
bgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=silver2nd3rdbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=gold1st5thbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=gold1st3rd11
8th1
10th1
4th4th9th5th4th4th6th5th5th4th10
part of 5th1
4th5th6th4th4th5th3rd4th4thbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=silver2nd11
6th8th7th3
bgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=gold1st3rdbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=silver2nd6thbgcolor=silver2nd3rd3rd5th11
6th9th10th3
3rd3rdbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=gold1st3rdbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=gold1st4thbgcolor=gold1st10
7th8th9th9th4
8th11th2
Total 7107998117888

Debut of teams

YearDebutantsTotal
1982,,,,,, 7
1985,, 3
19890
1994, 2
19991
20030
20070
20090
2013, 2
20170
20221
Total16

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Asian Championships . fih.ch . . 12 January 2020.
  2. Web site: India edge Malaysia to claim men’s Hero Asia Cup 2017 . fih.ch . . 13 January 2020 . 22 October 2017.