2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

2007 Asia Cup
Asia Cup 2007
Tournament details
Host country  India
City Chennai
Teams 11
Top three teams
Champions   India (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 35
Goals scored 282 (8.06 per match)

The 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup is the seventh tournament of the Hockey Asia Cup for men. It was held from August 31 to September 9, 2007 in Chennai, India.

India claimed the gold, Korea the silver and Malaysia the bronze.

India defeated Korea in the finals by a thumping 7-2 margin. They led 3-1 at halftime in a match which was ill-tempered at times and where India displayed superior skills and control. Early in the second half, Korea staged a walkout led by their coach for an umpiring decision to disallow a goal scored by Korea. Replays clearly showed that the Korean forward had struck the ball from outside the striking circle. To make matters worse, India scored a goal through a brilliant counter attack in the very next minute with two Korean forwards still arguing with the umpire on the goal that was disallowed. Korea never recovered from that and after that, India's forward line went on a rampage in the second half scoring 3 more goals to make it 7-1 before Korea reduced the margin to 2-7 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 the 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 in Hockey Asia Cup, since 1982, Pakistan did not qualify in the Semi Finals. Pakistan's bad performances cost it dearly. They lost to Japan 3–1 and drew their league match match against Malaysia 3–3. Pakistan lost to China in the 5th/6th place playoff, and ended 6th in the tournament.

Contents

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
August 31, 2007
07:30
Malaysia  8 – 0  Singapore
Rejab 3', 46'
Azrafiq 22' (ps)
Abu 33'
Misron 48', 68'
Chua Boon Huat 67', 69'
August 31, 2007
17:00
Pakistan  6 – 1  Hong Kong
Imran 11', 29'
Abbasi 13', 59'
Ullah 38'
Khan 56'		 Arif 46'
September 1, 2007
15:00
Japan  3 – 1  Pakistan
Tomonori 29', 50'
Takahiko 42'		 Abbasi 47'
September 1, 2007
16:00
Malaysia  13 – 1  Hong Kong
K. Singh 13', 27', 58'
B. Singh 22', 41', 52'
Rejab 25', 56'
Jiwa Mohan 30'
Chua Boon Huat 33'
Tajuddin 45'
Shahrun 68'
Sandrakasi 70'		 Swalik 12'
September 3, 2007
15:00
Japan  7 – 1  Hong Kong
Yamabori 2', 28', 46', 65', 67', 70'
Yoshida 23'		 Ali 53'
September 3, 2007
17:00
Pakistan  8 – 0  Singapore
Imran 4'
Haider 23', 27'
Aziz 25'
Ullah 40'
Khan 63'
Butt 67', 70'
September 4, 2007
15:00
Hong Kong  3 – 2  Singapore
Dillon 24'
Ali 60'
Bal 68'		 Nizam 7'
Mohd 54'
September 4, 2007
19:00
Japan  0 – 2  Malaysia
Abu 1'
Azlon 41'
September 5, 2007
19:00
Pakistan  3 – 3  Malaysia
Abassi 17', 26'
Ali 33'		 Tajuddin 43', 57'
Azrafiq 69' (ps)
September 6, 2007
15:00
Japan  8 – 0  Singapore
Yamabori 6', 8', 12'
Yoshida 26'
Tsubouchi 33'
M. Ito 42'
A. Ito 54'
Ota 58'

Pool B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 India 15 5 5 0 0 46 2 +44
 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
August 31, 2007
09:30
Bangladesh  13 – 0  Thailand
Talib 4'
Mahmud 10', 19', 67', 69'
Hasan 24'
Nadir 39', 45'
Islam 40', 59'
Kamun 52', 55'
Mamun 62'
August 31, 2007
15:00
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)		 Gazalli 52'
(one unknown)
August 31, 2007
19:00
India  1 – 0  China
D. Tirkey 48'
September 1, 2007
14:00
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' (ps)
September 1, 2007
17:00
China  6 – 0  Bangladesh
Hu Huiren 6'
Na Yubo 11', 14', 66'
Lu Fenghui 39'
Yu Yang 49'
September 1, 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' (ps), 62'
Sunil 30', 34', 35'
I. Tirkey 57', 64'
R. Singh 69'
September 3, 2007
07:30
Bangladesh  3 – 2  Sri Lanka
Mahmud 4'
Mamun 46' (ps)
Islam 49'		 Hettiarachchi 31'
Karunarathne 58'
September 3, 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'
September 3, 2007
19:00
India  3 – 2  Korea
S. Singh 21'
I. Tirkey 31'
P. Singh 35'		 Jang Jong-hyun 9'
Oh Dae-keun 28'
September 4, 2007
17:00
India  6 – 0  Bangladesh
Ragunath 32', 65'
Khandekar 37'
S. Singh 38'
P. Singh 52', 60'
September 5, 2007
15:00
Thailand  1 – 9  Sri Lanka
Wimuttan 60' Gazally 10', 67'
Hewage 15', 38'
Hettiarachchi 17', 63'
Karunarathne 27'
Priyashantha 51'
Abeyrathne 70'
September 5, 2007
17:00
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'
September 6, 2007
16:00
China  10 – 2  Sri Lanka
Hu Huiren 11', 51', 61'
Hu Liang 13',
De Yunze 33' (ps), 38', 42' (ps)
Jiang Xishang 49', 56'
Meng Lizhi 65'		 Camer 64'
Panditharathne 70'
September 6, 2007
17:00
Korea  8 – 0  Bangladesh
Jang Jong-hyun 2', 13' (ps), 28', 47'
Yoon Sung-hoon 26'
Kang Moon-kweon 32', 53'
Kim Jong-hoon 49'
September 6, 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'

Ninth to eleventh place classification

Crossover

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

Ninth and tenth place

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

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

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

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

Fifth and sixth place

September 9, 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

September 8, 2007
17:00
Malaysia  1 – 2  Korea
Misron 37' Oh Dae-keun 9'
Yoon Sung-hoon 63'
September 8, 2007
19:30
India  4 – 1  Japan
S. Singh 21'
P. Singh 23', 70'
Minz 54'		 Yamabori 68'

Third and fourth place

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

Final

September 9, 2007
18:30
India  7 – 2  Korea
S. Singh 4'
Sunil 13'
P. Singh 31', 64'
R. Singh 42', 55'
I. Tirkey 53'		 Jang Jong-hyun 9' (ps)
Oh Dae-keun 68'
 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup Winners 

India
Second title

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