Men's Hockey Asia Cup
| Most recent season or competition: 2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup | |
| Sport | Field hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1982 |
| First season | 1982 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Confederation | AHF (Asia) |
Most recent champion |  India (4th title) (2025) |
| Most titles |  South Korea (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]
India are the defending champions, having won the 2025 edition.
The next edition is scheduled to take place in 2029. South Korea have won the most titles with five. India are the next with four titles won and Pakistan have won the tournament three times.[2]
The hosts together with the six highest-ranked teams from the previous edition directly qualify 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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Summary
[edit]| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea |
5 (1994, 1999, 2009, 2013, 2022) | 2 (2007, 2025) | 3 (1985, 1989, 2003) | 1 (2017) |
| India |
4 (2003, 2007*, 2017, 2025*) | 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) | 2 (2007, 2025) | 5 (1982, 1994, 1999*, 2009*, 2013*) | |
 China |
2 (1982, 2009) | 1 (2025) | ||
 Japan |
5 (1985, 1989, 2003, 2007, 2022) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
[edit]| Team | 1982 |
 1985 |
1989 |
 1993 |
1999 |
2003 |
2007 |
2009 |
2013 |
2017 |
 2022 |
2025 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh |
5th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 12 |
| China |
3rd | 7th | 5th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 3rd | – | 7th | – | 4th | 10 |
 Chinese Taipei |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 8th | 2 |
 Hong Kong |
– | – | – | – | 8th | 7th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| India |
2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 12 |
| Indonesia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 1 |
 Iran |
– | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Japan |
– | 4th | 4th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 11 |
 Kazakhstan |
part of the Soviet Union | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 2 | ||
| Malaysia |
4th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 12 |
 Oman |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 8th | 7th | WD | 3 |
| Pakistan |
1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | WD | 11 |
 Singapore |
6th | 9th | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| South Korea |
– | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 11 |
 Sri Lanka |
7th | 8th | – | – | 9th | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
 Thailand |
– | – | – | 8th | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Total (16) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
Debut of teams
[edit]| Year | Debutants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka |
7 |
| 1985 | Iran, Japan, South Korea |
3 |
| 1989 | N/a | 0 |
| 1994 | Kazakhstan, Thailand |
2 |
| 1999 | Hong Kong |
1 |
| 2003 | N/a | 0 |
| 2007 | N/a | 0 |
| 2009 | N/a | 0 |
| 2013 | Chinese Taipei, Oman |
2 |
| 2017 | N/a | 0 |
| 2022 | Indonesia |
1 |
| 2025 | N/a | 0 |
| Total | 16 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Asian Championships". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ↑ "Men's Asia Cup hockey: Complete list of champions". olympics.com. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
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