| Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup | |
| Last Season: | 2023 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup |
| Upcoming Season: | 2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup |
| Sport: | Field hockey |
| Inaugural: | 1988 |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Confed: | AHF (Asia) |
| Champion: | (4th title) |
| Champ Season: | 2023 |
| Most Champs: | (4 titles) |
| Qualification: | Junior AHF Cup |
The Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup is a men's international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1988 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.[1] Competitors must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 in the year before the tournament is held.
The tournament has been won by four different teams: India has the most titles with four and Pakistan follows with three. Malaysia and South Korea have both won the tournament once. The most recent edition was held in Salalah, Oman and was won by India. The 2021 edition, to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Year | Host | width=1% rowspan=13 | Final | width=1% rowspan=13 | Third place match | width=1% rowspan=13 | width=4% rowspan=2 | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=14% | Winner | width=10% | Score | width=14% | Runner-up | width=14% | Third place | width=10% | Score | width=14% | Fourth place | ||||
| 1988 Details | Karachi, Pakistan | Round-robin | Round-robin | 7 | |||||||||||
| 1992 Details | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 3–0 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–1 (p.s.) | 10 | |||||||||||
| 1996 Details | Singapore | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p.s.) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p.s.) | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2000 Details | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 3–2 | 2–1 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 2004 Details | Karachi, Pakistan | 5–2 | 2–1 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2008 Details | Hyderabad, India | 3–2 | 7–2 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2012 Details | Malacca, Malaysia | 2–1 | 2–1 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2015 Details | Kuantan, Malaysia | 6–2 | 2–1 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2021 Details | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] | Cancelled | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2023 Details | Salalah, Oman | 2–1 | 2–1 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2024 Details | Muscat, Oman | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style=background:#FFF68F | style=background:#FFF68F | 4 (2004, 2008*, 2015, 2023) | 2 (1996, 2000) | 2 (1987, 2012) | 1 (1992) | |
| style=background:#FFF68F | style=background:#FFF68F | 3 (1987*, 1992, 1996) | 4 (2004*, 2012, 2015, 2023) | 1 (2008) | ||
| style=background:#FFF68F | style=background:#FFF68F | 1 (2000) | 2 (1987, 2008) | 4 (1992, 2004, 2015, 2023) | 2 (1996, 2012) | |
| style=background:#FFF68F | style=background:#FFF68F | 1 (2012*) | 1 (1992*) | 1 (2000*) | 3 (1987, 2004, 2023) | |
| 1 (1996) | 3 (2000, 2008, 2015) |
* = host nation
| Team |  1988 | 1992 |  1996 | 2000 | 2004 |  2008 | 2012 | 2015 | 2023 | 2024 | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 5th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 6th | – | 6th | 6th | Q | 8 | ||||||||
| 5th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 7th | – | 6th | 7th | – | Q | 8 | ||||||||
| – | – | – | 8th | 9th | – | – | – | 10th | Q | 4 | ||||||||
| 3rd | 4th | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3rd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Q | 10 | ||
| — | – | – | 11th | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | 2 | ||||||||
| 6th | 7th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 5th | Q | 10 | ||||||||
| 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | – | 1 | ||||||||
| 4th | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 5th | 4th | Q | 10 | ||||||
| – | 8th | – | – | – | 7th | – | 8th | 7th | Q | 5 | ||||||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 5th | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 3rd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Q | 10 | |
| – | 10th | 9th | 10th | 8th | 8th | – | – | – | – | 4 | ||||||||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3rd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | Q | 10 | |||||
| – | 9th | 8th | – | 10th | – | 8th | – | – | – | 4 | ||||||||
| – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | Q | 3 | ||||||||
| – | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | 2 | ||||||||
| Total | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 |