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Men's Hockey Asia Cup

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Men's Hockey Asia Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
SportField hockey
Founded1982; 42 years ago (1982)
First season1982
No. of teams8
ConfederationAHF (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)
 South Korea (5th title)
(2022)
Most titles South Korea (5 titles)
QualificationAHF 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

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Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1982
Details
Karachi, Pakistan
Pakistan
Round-robin
India

China
Round-robin
Malaysia
7
1985
Details
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Pakistan
3–2
India

South Korea
2–0
Japan
10
1989
Details
New Delhi, India
Pakistan
2–0
India

South Korea
1–0
Japan
7
1994
Details
Hiroshima, Japan
South Korea
1–0
India

Pakistan
5–2
Malaysia
9
1999
Details
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
South Korea
5–4
Pakistan

India
4–2
Malaysia
9
2003
Details
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
India
4–2
Pakistan

South Korea
4–2
Japan
8
2007
Details
Chennai, India
India
7–2
South Korea

Malaysia
5–3
Japan
11
2009
Details
Kuantan, Malaysia
South Korea
1–0
Pakistan

China
3–3 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p.s.)

Malaysia
7
2013
Details
Ipoh, Malaysia
South Korea
4–3
India

Pakistan
3–1
Malaysia
8
2017
Details
Dhaka, Bangladesh
India
2–1
Malaysia

Pakistan
6–3
South Korea
8
2022
Details
Jakarta, Indonesia
South Korea
2–1
Malaysia

India
1–0
Japan
8
2025
Details
Rajgir, India 8

Summary

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Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 South Korea 5 (1994, 1999, 2009, 2013, 2022) 1 (2007) 3 (1985, 1989, 2003) 1 (2017)
 India 3 (2003, 2007*, 2017) 5 (1982, 1985, 1989*, 1994, 2013) 2 (1999, 2022)
 Pakistan 3 (1982*, 1985, 1989) 3 (1999, 2003, 2009) 3 (1994, 2013, 2017)
 Malaysia 2 (2017, 2022) 1 (2007) 5 (1982, 1994, 1999*, 2009*, 2013*)
 China 2 (1982, 2009)
 Japan 5 (1985, 1989, 2003, 2007, 2022)
* = hosts

Team appearances

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Team Pakistan
1982
Bangladesh
1985
India
1989
Japan
1993
Malaysia
1999
Malaysia
2003
India
2007
Malaysia
2009
Malaysia
2013
Bangladesh
2017
Indonesia
2022
Total
 Bangladesh 5th 6th 7th 6th 6th 8th 7th 7th 7th 6th 6th 11
 China 3rd 7th 5th 7th 7th 6th 5th 3rd 7th 9
 Chinese Taipei 8th 1
 Hong Kong 8th 7th 8th 3
 India 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 5th 2nd 1st 3rd 11
 Indonesia 8th 1
 Iran 10th 1
 Japan 4th 4th 9th 5th 4th 4th 6th 5th 5th 4th 10
 Kazakhstan part of  Soviet Union 5th 1
 Malaysia 4th 5th 6th 4th 4th 5th 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 2nd 11
 Oman 6th 8th 7th 3
 Pakistan 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 6th 2nd 3rd 3rd 5th 11
 Singapore 6th 9th 10th 3
 South Korea 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 4th 1st 10
 Sri Lanka 7th 8th 9th 9th 4
 Thailand 8th 11th 2
Total 7 10 7 9 9 8 11 7 8 8 8

Debut of teams

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Year Debutants Total
1982  Bangladesh,  China,  India,  Malaysia,  Pakistan,  Singapore,  Sri Lanka 7
1985  Iran,  Japan,  South Korea 3
1989 0
1994  Kazakhstan,  Thailand 2
1999  Hong Kong 1
2003 0
2007 0
2009 0
2013  Chinese Taipei,  Oman 2
2017 0
2022  Indonesia 1
Total 16

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Asian Championships". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. ^ "India edge Malaysia to claim men's Hero Asia Cup 2017". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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