2015 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

The 2015 Men's Junior Asia Cup was the 8th edition of Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup. It was held from 14 to 22 November 2015 at the Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium in Kuantan, Malaysia.^[1]

2015 Men’s Junior Asia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Kuantan
Dates	14 (14)–22 November 2015 (2015-11-22)
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India (3rd title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	133 (5.54 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Harmanpreet Singh (14 goals)
Best player	Shahril Saabah
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India has won the event, beating Pakistan in the Final.^[2]

This tournament is a key competition for Asian junior hockey teams, as it serves as a qualifier for the Men's Hockey Junior World Cup held in India in December 2016.^[1]

In the last season, held in Ipoh in December 2013, Malaysia won the tournament.

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
3–13 May 2012	2012 Junior Asia Cup	Malacca, Malaysia	6	China  India  Japan  Malaysia  Pakistan  South Korea
30 November – 7 December 2014	2014 Junior AHF Cup	Dhaka, Bangladesh	2	Bangladesh  Oman
Total			8

Results

Preliminary round

Pool matches were played from 14 to 17 November 2015.^[1]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	India	3	3	0	0	11	6	+5	9
2	Malaysia (H)	3	1	1	1	10	7	+3	4
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	China	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

14 November 2015 18:00 Malaysia  4–0  China Najmi  14', 70' Shahril  21' Shamsul  43' Report Umpires: Shahbaz Ali (BAN) Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)

14 November 2015 20:15 India  2–1  Japan Harmanpreet  28', 40' Report Ochiai  26' Umpires: Ben De Young (AUS) Munir Ahmad (PAK)

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15 November 2015 18:00 China  1–2  Japan Su Lixing  12' Report Miyazaki  49' Yamada  52' Umpires: Mahmood Al-Hasani (OMA) Puvalagan Paskaran (MAS)

15 November 2015 20:15 Malaysia  4–5  India Shahril  1', 20', 66' Sufi Ismat  62' Report Mandeep  10', 61' Gurjant  40' Harmanpreet  46', 56' Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Tao Zhinan (CHN)

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17 November 2015 18:00 India  4–1  China Harmanpreet  16' Ajit  37' Manpreet  52', 67' Report Guo Haifeng  43' Umpires: Kim Byung-hoon (KOR) Mahmood Al-Hasani (OMA)

17 November 2015 20:15 Japan  2–2  Malaysia Tanimitsu  49' Yamada  69' Report Azwar  15' Shamsul  66' Umpires: Ben De Young (AUS) Dave Dowdall (ENG)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9
2	Bangladesh	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	6
3	South Korea	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Oman	3	0	0	3	7	17	−10	0

Source: FIH

14 November 2015 16:00 Pakistan  3–1  Bangladesh Ali  29' Qadir  39' Riaz  70' Report Sabbir  32' Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Puvalagan Paskaran (MAS)

14 November 2015 16:30 South Korea  5–2  Oman Suk Yu-seong  10', 44' Seo Wooh-yeong  12' Kim Seong-jae  53' Kim Sung-yeob  68' Report Al-Lawati  39' Al-Nofali  62' Umpires: Tao Zhinan (CHN) Shigeki Kodama (JPN)

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15 November 2015 16:00 Pakistan  3–0  South Korea Dilber  8', 42' Mahmood  49' Report Umpires: Ben De Young (AUS) Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

15 November 2015 16:30 Oman  4–5  Bangladesh Al-Lawati  3', 20' Al-Batashi  38' Al-Shaaibi  56' Report Roman  4' Ashraful  11', 38' Arshad  16' Deen  25' Umpires: Kim Byung-hoon (KOR) Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)

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17 November 2015 16:00 Oman  1–7  Pakistan Al-Shatari  5' Report Dilber  3', 62', 65' Mahmood  8', 34' Qadir  15' Atiq  34' Umpires: Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND) Shigeki Kodama (JPN)

17 November 2015 16:30 South Korea  0–2  Bangladesh Report Sarower  25' Milon  46' Umpires: Munir Ahmad (PAK) Tao Zhinan (CHN)

Classification round

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	19 November
	India	9
					21 November
	Oman	0
					India	6
	19 November
					Japan	1
	Bangladesh	0
									22 November
	Japan	3
									India	6
	19 November
									Pakistan	2
	Malaysia	3 (1)
					21 November
	South Korea (s.o.)	3 (4)
					South Korea	2 (7)
	19 November
					Pakistan (s.o.)	2 (8)			Third place
	Pakistan	4
									22 November
	China	1
									Japan	1
									South Korea	2

Quarter-finals

All quarterfinal matches were played on 19 November 2015.^[1]

19 November 2015 15:45 India  9–0  Oman Harmanpreet  7', 12', 50' Armaan  10' Gurjant  18' Santa  22' Mandeep  30' Harjeet  45' Umar  54' Report Umpires: Shigeki Kodama (JPN) Kim Byung-hoon (KOR)

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19 November 2015 16:00 Bangladesh  0–3  Japan Report Ochiai  21' Yamada  68', 68' Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Puvalagan Paskaran (MAS)

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19 November 2015 18:15 Malaysia  3–3  South Korea Shahril  6' Sufi Ismat  31' Shamsul  63' Report Kim Sung-yeob  61' Sim Jae-won  68' Yoo Han-young  70' Penalties Shahril Aiman Azwar 1–4 Kim Yong-bok Kim Ki-hoon Ji Woo-cheon Yoo Han-young Umpires: Tao Zhinan (CHN) Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)

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19 November 2015 20:30 Pakistan  4–1  China Ali  26' Irshad  27', 44' Dilber  67' Report Meng Lei  17' Umpires: Ben De Young (AUS) Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Cross-overs				Fifth place
	21 November
	Oman	2 (2)
					22 November
	Bangladesh (s.o.)	2 (3)
					Bangladesh	0
	21 November
					Malaysia	8
	Malaysia	5
	China	1
					Seventh place
					22 November
					Oman	2
					China	7

Cross-overs

21 November 2015 15:45 Oman  2–2  Bangladesh Al-Nofali  64' Al-Shatari  67' Report Roman  31' Milon  70+' Penalties Al-Shatari Al-Shaaibi Al-Lawati Al-Nofali Al-Hasani 2–3 Farhad Roman Sabbir Ashraful Fazla Umpires: Kim Byung-hoon (KOR) Munir Ahmad (PAK)

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21 November 2015 16:00 Malaysia  5–1  China Shahril  41', 52', 64' Aiman  56' Syed  67' Report E Wenlong  53' Umpires: Mahmood Al-Hasani (OMA) Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

Seventh and eighth place

22 November 2015 15:45 Oman  2–7  China Al-Nofali  33' Al-Lawati  57' Report Zhang Taozhu  20', 21' Wang Yongze  28', 51' Li Huixin  45' Meng Wei  49' Wang Yongze  51' Meng Dihao  55' Umpires: Munir Ahmad (PAK) Shigeki Kodama (JPN)

Fifth and sixth place

22 November 2015 16:00 Bangladesh  0–8  Malaysia Report Sufi Ismat  2', 6', 30', 44' Najmi  52', 58' Azwar  56' Shamsul  66' Umpires: Mahmood Al-Hasani (OMA) Dave Dowdall (ENG)

Semi-finals

21 November 2015 18:15 India  6–1  Japan Mandeep  12' Manpreet  13' Harmanpreet  23', 48' Vikramjit  27' Varun  64' Report Yamada  44' Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Puvalagan Paskaran (MAS)

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21 November 2015 20:30 South Korea  2–2  Pakistan Kim Sung-yeob  18', 41' Report Butt  46', 70' Penalties Kim Yong-bok Kim Ki-hoon Ji Woo-cheon Yoo Han-young Geum Dong-hun Kim Ki-hoon Ji Woo-cheon Kim Yong-bok Yoo Han-young 7–8 Qadir Irshad Dilber Atiq Butt Dilber Atiq Butt Irshad Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Tao Zhinan (CHN)

Third and fourth place

22 November 2015 18:15 Japan  1–2  South Korea Miyazaki  34' Report Kim Sung-yeob  3' Ji Woo-cheon  18' Umpires: Ben De Young (AUS) Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

Final

22 November 2015 20:30 India  6–2  Pakistan Harmanpreet  10', 15', 30', 53' Armaan  44' Manpreet  50' Report Yaqoob  28' Dilber  68' Umpires: Tao Zhinan (CHN) Puvalagan Paskaran (MAS)

Statistics

All statistics are correct as on 27 November 2015.^[3]

Team Goal Scoring

Team FG PC PS Total  India 18 13 1 32  Malaysia 18 8 0 26  Pakistan 11 10 0 21  South Korea 4 8 0 12  China 6 5 0 11  Oman 7 4 0 11  Bangladesh 8 1 1 10  Japan 5 4 1 10 Total 77 53 3 133

End of Tournament awards Award Player/Team Top Goalscorer Harmanpreet Singh Player of the Tournament Shahril Saabah Goalkeeper of the Tournament Vikas Dahiya Fair Play Award  Japan

References

1. "14 - 22 November 2015 8th Men's Junior Asia Cup". www.asiahockey.org. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
2. "India juniors thrash Pakistan 6-2 to lift Asia Cup hockey title". www.hindustantimes.com/. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
3. "2015 Junior Asia Cup: Men". tms.fih.ch. Retrieved 27 November 2015.

External links

2015 Junior Asia Cup: Men