2013 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

The 2013 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the ninth edition of the Men's Hockey Asia Cup, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It was held from 24 August to 1 September 2013 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.^[1] The winner of this tournament qualified for the 2014 World Cup in The Hague, Netherlands.^[2]

2013 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

Azlan Shah Stadium hosted the competition
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Ipoh
Dates	24 August – 1 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Azlan Shah Stadium
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (4th title)
Runner-up	India
Third place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	135 (6.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jang Jong-Hyun (8 goals)
Best player	V. R. Raghunath
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The defending champions South Korea defeated India 4–3 in the final to win their fourth title.^[3] Pakistan won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts Malaysia 3–1.

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
9–16 May 2009	2009 Asia Cup	Kuantan, Malaysia	5	China  India  Japan  Malaysia  Pakistan  South Korea
16–24 April 2012	2012 AHF Cup	Bangkok, Thailand	3	Bangladesh  Oman  Chinese Taipei
Total			8

Results

The schedule was released on August 13, 2013.^[4]

All times are (UTC+8).

Pools

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	0	24	1	+23	9	Semi-finals
2	Malaysia (H)	3	2	0	1	15	8	+7	6
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	7	12	−5	3
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	0	3	3	28	−25	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

24 August 2013 18:05 Pakistan  7–0  Japan Waqas  12', 20' Khan  22' Tousiq  25', 35+' Imran  33', 70+' Report Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Jang Jung-Min (KOR)

24 August 2013 20:05 Malaysia  10–2  Chinese Taipei Faizal  11', 13', 69' Firhan  18', 66' Tajuddin  21' Marhan  32' Izwan  39' Nabil  45' Fitri  62' Report Liu Ching-kun  4' Tseng Hsien-yi  46' Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Salim Lucky (BAN)

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25 August 2013 18:05 Japan  5–1  Chinese Taipei Kawakami  22' Nagasawa  48' Fujimoto  57' Kawauchi  59' Nakayama  67' Report Chen Yuan-fan  29' Umpires: Javed Shaik (IND) Salleh al Balushi (OMA)

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25 August 2013 20:05 Pakistan  4–1  Malaysia Zubair  32' Dilber  46' Waqas  60' Rasool  67' Report Razie  26' Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Murray Grime (AUS)

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27 August 2013 18:05 Pakistan  13–0  Chinese Taipei Abbasi  13' Imran  23', 52' Rizwan  26', 38' Rasool  39', 47' Dilber  45' Khan  54', 56', 69' Tousiq  60' Irfan  67' Report Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Salim Lucky (BAN)

27 August 2013 20:05 Japan  2–4  Malaysia Tachibana  6' Kawakami  8' Report Razie  14' Firhan  28' Faizal  60' Azlan  66' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Saleh al Balushi (OMA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	0	19	1	+18	9	Semi-finals
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	19	2	+17	6
3	Oman	3	1	0	2	4	20	−16	3
4	Bangladesh	3	0	0	3	3	22	−19	0

Source: FIH

24 August 2013 16:05 India  8–0  Oman Mandeep  4', 40', 44' Ramandeep  17' Raghunath  28' Rupinder  34' Malak  47' Uthappa  69' Report Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) R. Anbanathan (MAS)

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25 August 2013 16:05 South Korea  9–0  Bangladesh You  4' Hyun  21', 35+' Jang  31', 42', 67' Jung  42' Lee S.  69' Kim Y.  70' Report Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)

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26 August 2013 18:05 Bangladesh  2–4  Oman Sarkar  53' Chayan  69' Report Al Shatri  29' Al Shar  43' Khatar  45', 59' Umpires: Javed Shaik (IND) Jang Jung-Min (KOR)

26 August 2013 20:05 India  2–0  South Korea Raghunath  6' Mandeep  65' Report Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Peter Wright (RSA)

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28 August 2013 18:05 South Korea  10–0  Oman Jang  15', 42', 64' Kang M.  22', 62' Yoon  39', 40' Jung  50' Lee J.  51'  59' Report Umpires: R. Anbanathan (MAS) Haider Rasool (PAK)

28 August 2013 20:05 India  9–1  Bangladesh Rupinder  4', 19', 27', 61' Nikkin  25' Raghunath  29', 52', 59' Malak  47' Report Khisa  35' Umpires: Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	5–8th place semi-finals				Fifth place
	30 August
	Japan	3
					31 August
	Bangladesh	0
					Japan	3
	30 August
					Oman	1
	Chinese Taipei	2 (1)
	Oman (s.o.)	2 (2)
					Seventh place
					31 August
					Bangladesh	11
					Chinese Taipei	3

5–8th place semi-finals

30 August 2013 15:00 Japan  3–0  Bangladesh Tachibana  9', 70+' Kayukawa  26' Report Umpires: Javed Shaik (IND) R. Anbanathan (MAS)

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30 August 2013 17:15 Oman  2–2  Chinese Taipei  24' Al Shibli  31' Liu Ching-kun  57' Tseng Hsien-yi  67' Penalties   2–0   Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)

Seventh and eighth place

31 August 2013 17:35 Bangladesh  11–3  Chinese Taipei Khisa  26', 29', 68' Chayan  32', 40', 53', 63' Islam  35', 38' Mahmud  61', 65' Report Hu Chun-che  49' Liu Ching-kun  51' Chen Yuan-fan  69' Umpires: Saleh Al Balushi (OMA) R. Anbanathan (MAS)

Fifth and sixth place

31 August 2013 20:05 Japan  3–1  Oman Kawakami  8', 70' Kayukawa  61' Report Khatar  39' Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Haider Rasool (PAK)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	30 August
	Pakistan	1
					1 September
	South Korea	2
					South Korea	4
	30 August
					India	3
	India	2
	Malaysia	0
					Third place
					1 September
					Pakistan	3
					Malaysia	1

Semi-finals

30 August 2013 19:30 Pakistan  1–2  South Korea Imran  46' Report Jang  31' Lee N  40' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)

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30 August 2013 21:45 India  2–0  Malaysia Raghunath  8' Mandeep  60' Report Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Jang Jung-Min (KOR)

Third and fourth place

1 September 2013 17:35 Pakistan  3–1  Malaysia Khan  35' Ahmed  54'  56' Report Faizal  34' Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Javed Shaik (IND)

Final

1 September 2013 20:05 South Korea  4–3  India Jang  28' You  29' Nam  57' Kang M.  68' Report Rupinder  48' Nikkin  54' Mandeep  64' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)

Winners

2013 Men's Hockey Asia Cup winners
South Korea Fourth title

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
	South Korea	2014 World Cup and 2017 Asia Cup
	India	2017 Asia Cup
	Pakistan
4	Malaysia (H)
5	Japan
6	Oman
7	Bangladesh
8	Chinese Taipei

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 135 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.75 goals per match.

8 goals

• Jang Jong-hyun

6 goals

• Mandeep Singh
• Rupinder Pal Singh
• V. R. Raghunath

5 goals

• Mamunur-Rahman Chayan
• Faizal Saari
• Muhammad Imran
• Abdul Haseem Khan

4 goals

• Puskar Khisa
• Kei Kawakami

3 goals

• Liu Chin-kun
• Toshiro Tachibana
• Firhan Ashaari
• Rajab Basim Khatar
• Shafqat Rasool
• Muhammad Waqas
• Muhammad Tousiq
• Kang Moon-kyu

2 goals

• Mainul Islam
• Rashel Mahmud
• Chen Yuan-fan
• Tseng Hsien-yi
• Malak Singh
• Nikkin Thimmaiah
• Shinji Kawauchi
• Razie Rahim
• Muhammad Dilber
• Muhammad Rizwan Jr.
• Hyun Hye-sung
• Jung Man-jae
• Yoon Sung-hoon
• You Hyo-sik

1 goal

• Roman Sarkar
• Hu Chun-che
• S. K. Uthappa
• Ramandeep Singh
• Ippei Fujimoto
• Koji Kayukawa
• Katsuyoshi Nagasawa
• Yasuhiro Nakayama
• Izwan Firdaus Ahmad Tajuddin
• Marhan Jalil
• Azlan Misron
• Nabil Fiqri
• Fitri Saari
• Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
• Hashim Al-Shatri
• Samir Al-Shibli
• Mohammed Bait-Jandal
• Shakeel Abbasi
• Waseem Ahmed
• Muhammad Irfan
• Muhammad Zubair
• Kim Young-jin
• Lee Jung-jun
• Lee Nam-yong
• Lee Seung-il
• Nam Hyun-woo

1 own goal

•  Chinese Taipei (against Oman)
•  Malaysia (against Pakistan)
•  Oman (against South Korea)

Source: FIH

See also

• 2013 Men's Asian Champions Trophy
• 2013 Women's Hockey Asia Cup

References

1. "Hockey Asia Cup 2013 will be held in Ipoh". The Star. 2 June 2013. Archived from the original on 11 September 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
2. "Qualification System for Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. FIH.ch.
3. "Korea retain Men's Asia Cup". Asia Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
4. "9th Men's Asia Cup, 24th August to 1st September 2013, Ipoh, Malaysia — Match Schedule" (PDF). Malaysian Hockey Confederation. MHC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-08.