2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

This article is about 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup. For women's tournament, see 2007 Women's Hockey Asia Cup.

2007 Asia Cup

Asia Cup 2007
Tournament details
Host country	India
City	Chennai
Teams	11 (from 1 Confederation)
Venue(s)	Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium YMCA Ground
Final positions
Champions	India (2nd title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	282 (8.06 per match)
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The 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the seventh tournament of the Hockey Asia Cup for men. It was held from 31 August – 9 September 2007 in Chennai, India. India won, defeating Korea in the finals, seven goals to two. Korea came in second and Malaysia came third.

India led 3–1 at halftime. In the early stages of the second half, Korea staged a walkout led by their coach, because of a decision by the umpire to disallow a goal scored by Korea. In response, India scored a goal through a counterattack in the next minute. Two Korean forwards had continued to argue with the umpire on the disallowed goal. Korea never recovered, while India's forward line scored 3 more goals to make it 7–1 before Korea reduced the margin to 7–2 in the penultimate minute.

Baljit Singh, the Indian goalkeeper, was declared the man of the match for his excellent saves. The striking feature of India's win was that all 7 goals were 'field' goals, and none of them came through 'penalty corners' or 'strokes'. India thus ended the tournament with 57 goals for and just 5 goals against them.

Malaysia got a medal in the Hockey Asia Cup for the first time. It was also the first time since 1982 that Pakistan did not qualify for the Semi-finals in the Hockey Asia Cup. Pakistan lost to Japan 3–1 and drew their league match against Malaysia 3–3. Pakistan lost to China in the 5th/6th place playoff, and ended 6th in the tournament.

Participants

• Bangladesh
• China
• Hong Kong
• India
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Pakistan
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand

Pools

All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC +5.30)

Pool A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Malaysia	10	4	3	1	0	26	4	+22
Japan	9	4	3	0	1	18	4	+14
Pakistan	7	4	2	1	1	18	7	+11
Hong Kong	3	4	1	0	3	6	28	−22
Singapore	0	4	0	0	4	2	27	−25

31 August 2007 07:30 Malaysia 8–0 Singapore Zulkifli Mohd Rejab  3', 46' Megat Azrafiq  22' Abu  33' Azlan Misron  48', 68' Chua Boon Huat  67', 69'

31 August 2007 17:00 Pakistan 6–1 Hong Kong Imran  11', 29' Abbasi  13', 59' Ihsan Ullah  38' Imran Khan  56' Arif Ali  46'

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1 September 2007 15:00 Japan 3–1 Pakistan Ono Tomonori  29', 50' Yamabori Takahiko  42' Abbasi  47'

1 September 2007 16:00 Malaysia 13–1 Hong Kong Kelvinder Singh  13', 27', 58' B. Singh  22', 41', 52' Zulkifli Mohd Rejab  25', 56' Jiwa Mohan  30' Chua Boon Huat  33' Ahmad Tajuddin  45' Mohd Shahrun  68' Sandrakasi  70' Mohammed Swalik  12'

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3 September 2007 15:00 Japan 7–1 Hong Kong Takahiko Yamabori  2', 28', 46', 65', 67', 70' Kazuo Yoshida  23' Arif Ali  53'

3 September 2007 17:00 Pakistan 8–0 Singapore Imran  4' Abbas Haider  23', 27' Aziz  25' Ihsan Ullah  40' Imran Khan  63' Butt  67', 70'

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4 September 2007 15:00 Hong Kong 3–2 Singapore Gurvinder Dillon  24' Ali  60' Harinder Singh Bal  68' Saiful Nizam  7' Hazmi Bin Mohd  54'

4 September 2007 19:00 Japan 0–2 Malaysia Abu  1' Azlan Misron  41'

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5 September 2007 19:00 Pakistan 3–3 Malaysia Shakeel Abassi  17', 26' Akhtar Ali  33' Ahmad Tajuddin  43', 57' Megat Azrafiq  69'

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6 September 2007 15:00 Japan 8–0 Singapore Takahiko Yamabori  6', 8', 12' Kazuo Yoshida  26' Kazuhiro Tsubouchi  33' Mitsuru Ito  42' A. Ito  54' Sho Ota  58'

Pool B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
India	15	5	5	0	0	46	2	+44
South Korea	10	5	3	1	1	41	8	+33
China	10	5	3	1	1	32	6	+26
Bangladesh	6	5	2	0	3	16	22	−6
Sri Lanka	3	5	1	0	4	15	46	−31
Thailand	0	5	0	0	5	1	67	−66

31 August 2007 09:30 Bangladesh 13–0 Thailand Md Jahid Bin Talib  4' Mahmud  10', 19', 67', 69' Khondokar Hasan  24' Md Iqbal Nadir  39', 45' Md Zahidul Islam  40', 59' Md Kamun  52', 55' Md Mamun  62'

31 August 2007 15:00 South Korea 12–2 Sri Lanka Oh Dae-keun  3' Lee Jae-won  6' Kim Byung-hoon  12', 22', 28', 62' Jang Jong-hyun  16', 24', 41', 46' You Hyo-sik  61' (one unknown)  ?' MM Gazalli  52' (one unknown)  ?'

31 August 2007 19:00 India 1–0 China D. Tirkey  48' Report

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1 September 2007 14:00 South Korea 16–0 Thailand Kim Byung-hoon  7', 11', 33', 66' Seo Jong-ho  16', 18', 40', 69' Kang Seong-jung  28' Lee Nam-yong  35' Kang Moon-kweon  36', 43' Kim Chul  42', 58' Jang Jong-hyun  47', 55'

1 September 2007 17:00 China 6–0 Bangladesh Hu Huiren  6' Na Yubo  11', 14', 66' Lu Fenghui  39' Yu Yang  49'

1 September 2007 19:00 India 20–0 Sri Lanka D. Tirkey  2' S. Singh  3', 63' Khandekar  6', 23', 37' P. Singh  10', 14', 38', 47', 49' Raghunath  28', 61', 62' Sunil  30', 34', 35' I. Tirkey  57', 64' R. Singh  69' Report

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3 September 2007 07:30 Bangladesh 3–2 Sri Lanka Mahmud  4' Md. Mamun  46' Md. Zahidul Islam  49' Hettiarachchi  31' Karunarathne  58'

3 September 2007 09:30 China 13–0 Thailand Hu Huiren  14', 25', 27', 54', 66', 67' Meng Jun  20', 68' Yu Yang  31', 32' Lu Fenghui  35', 38' Meng Lizhi  64'

3 September 2007 19:00 India 3–2 South Korea S. Singh  20' I. Tirkey  31' P. Singh  34' Report Jang Jong-hyun  9' Oh Dae-keun  28'

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4 September 2007 17:00 India 6–0 Bangladesh Raghunath  31', 66' Khandekar  37' S. Singh  38' P. Singh  49', 57' Report

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5 September 2007 15:00 Thailand 1–9 Sri Lanka Sadkorn Wimuttan  60' Gazally  10', 67' Anju Hewage  15', 38' Hettiarachchi  17', 63' Karunarathne  27' Pradeep Priyashantha  51' Abeyrathne  70'

5 September 2007 17:00 South Korea 3–3 China Oh Dae-keun  21' Jang Jong-hyun  52' Kang Seong-jung  53' Meng Lizhi  11' Li Wei  59' Luo Fangming  70'

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6 September 2007 16:00 China 10–2 Sri Lanka Hu Huiren  11', 51', 61' Hu Liang  13' De Yunze  33', 38', 42' Jiang Xishang  49', 56' Meng Lizhi  65' Camer  64' Panditharathne  70'

6 September 2007 17:00 South Korea 8–0 Bangladesh Jang Jong-hyun  2', 13', 28', 47' Yoon Sung-hoon  26' Kang Moon-kweon  32', 53' Kim Jong-hoon  49'

6 September 2007 19:00 India 16–0 Thailand Raghunath  2', 7', 13', 18', 26', 56' P. Singh  27', 29', 62' Khandekar  28', 34' Sunil  35' G. Singh  38' R. Singh  54', 57', 59' Report

Ninth to eleventh place classification

Crossover

8 September 2007 08:00 Singapore 4–0 Thailand Nee Yong  18' Johnson Sivalingam  35' Hazmi Bin Mohd  53', 57'

Ninth and tenth place

8 September 2007 08:00 Sri Lanka 6–0 Singapore Summandarathne  14' Hettiarachchi  27' Abeyrathne  47' Nimanka Srimal  55' Jayasundara  65' Anju Hewage  69'

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

8 September 2007 07:00 Pakistan 10–0 Bangladesh Waqas Shariff  8' Yasir Islam  11' Aziz  17', 68' Imran  24', 45' Abbas Haider  50', 56' Arshad  63', 65'

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8 September 2007 09:30 China 6–1 Hong Kong Liu Xiang  12', 24' Huang Wei  29', 41' Liu Xian  35' Hu Huiren  61' Ali  5'

Seventh and eighth place

9 September 2007 07:00 Bangladesh 3–1 Hong Kong Mahmud  35', 59' Md Jahid Bin Talib  46' Ali  23'

Fifth and sixth place

9 September 2007 09:30 Pakistan 2–3 China Arshad  30' Butt  44' De Yunze  12', 54' Hu Liang  68'

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

8 September 2007 17:00 Malaysia 1–2 South Korea Azlon Misron  37' Oh Dae-keun  9' Yoon Sung-hoon  63'

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8 September 2007 19:30 India 4–1 Japan S. Singh  22' P. Singh  23', 69' Minz  54' Report Takahiko Yamabori  68'

Third and fourth place

9 September 2007 16:00 Malaysia 5–3 Japan Kevinder Singh  4' Sandrakasi  13' Chua Boon Huat  18', 22' Abu  64' Takahiko Yamabori  2' Katsuyoshi Nagasawa  67' Kei Kawakami  70'

Final

9 September 2007 18:30 India 7–2 South Korea S. Singh  4' Sunil  13' P. Singh  31', 64' R. Singh  42', 55' I. Tirkey  53' Report Jang Jong-hyun  8' Oh Dae-keun  68'

Winners

2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup winners
India Second title

Final standings

1. India
2. South Korea
3. Malaysia
4. Japan
5. China
6. Pakistan
7. Bangladesh
8. Hong Kong
9. Sri Lanka
10. Singapore
11. Thailand

External links

• Official website