2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
2007 Asia Cup| Asia Cup 2007 |
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| Tournament details |
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| Host country |
India |
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| City |
Chennai |
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| Teams |
11 |
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| Top three teams |
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| Champions |
 India (2nd title) |
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| Runner-up |
 South Korea |
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| Third place |
 Malaysia |
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| Tournament statistics |
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| Matches played |
35 |
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| 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 August 31 to September 9, 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.
Pools
Participants
Bangladesh
China
Hong Kong
India
Japan
Malaysia
Pakistan
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Thailand
All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC +5.30)
Pool A
| 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' |
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Swalik 12' |
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Japan  |
7 – 1 |
Hong Kong |
Yamabori 2', 28', 46', 65', 67', 70'
Yoshida 23' |
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Ali 53' |
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| Hong Kong |
3 – 2 |
 Singapore |
Dillon 24'
Ali 60'
Bal 68' |
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Nizam 7'
Mohd 54' |
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Pakistan  |
3 – 3 |
Malaysia |
Abassi 17', 26'
Ali 33' |
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Tajuddin 43', 57'
Azrafiq 69' (ps) |
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Pool B
Bangladesh  |
13 – 0 |
 Thailand |
Talib 4'
Mahmud 10', 19', 67', 69'
Hasan 24'
Nadir 39', 45'
Islam 40', 59'
Kamun 52', 55'
Mamun 62' |
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| 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' |
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| Thailand |
1 – 9 |
Sri Lanka |
| Wimuttan 60' |
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Gazally 10', 67'
Hewage 15', 38'
Hettiarachchi 17', 63'
Karunarathne 27'
Priyashantha 51'
Abeyrathne 70' |
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| 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' |
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Ninth to eleventh place classification
Crossover
| Singapore |
4 – 0 |
Thailand |
Nee Yong 18'
Sivalingam 35'
Hazmi Bin Mohd 53' (ps), 57' |
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Ninth and tenth place
Fifth to eighth place classification
Crossover
Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
Third and fourth place
Final
| 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup Winners |
India
Second title |
References
External links
China