2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | India | ||
| City | Rajgir | ||
| Dates | 29 August – 7 September | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue | Bihar Sports University Hockey Stadium | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  India (4th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  South Korea | ||
| Third place |  Malaysia | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 24 | ||
| Goals scored | 164 (6.83 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | Akhimullah Anuar (12 goals) | ||
| Best player | Abhishek Nain | ||
| Best young player | Andywalfian Jeffrynus | ||
| Best goalkeeper | Kim Jae-hyeon | ||
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The 2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the 12th 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 at the Bihar Sports University Hockey Stadium in Rajgir Sports Complex, India from 29 August to 7 September 2025.[1][2] The tournament returned to its usual four-year cycle after the previous tournament was delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19.
South Korea, the defending champions, finished as runners-up after losing to India in the final.[3] The winning team, India qualified for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[4][5]
Pakistan withdrew citing security concerns amid the 2025 India–Pakistan crisis and requested a neutral venue, later also withdrawing from the 2025 Junior World Cup in Tamil Nadu, India. They were replaced by Bangladesh.[6] Oman also pulled out due to financial issues and was replaced by Kazakhstan.[7]
Qualified teams
Qualified via FIH ranking and as hosts
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
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| N/a | FIH Men's World Ranking | N/a | 5 |  China India (host) Japan Malaysia Pakistan South Korea |
| 17–27 April 2025 | 2025 AHF Cup[8] | Jakarta, Indonesia | 3 |  Bangladesh[a] Chinese Taipei Kazakhstan[a] Oman |
| Total | 8 | |||
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+5:30).[9]
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | India (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 9 | Super4s |
| 2 | China |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 4 | |
| 3 | Japan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 4 | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 35 | −34 | 0 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
(H) Hosts
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Malaysia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 9 | Super4s |
| 2 | South Korea |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | Bangladesh |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | −27 | 0 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
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Fifth to eighth place
Bracket
| 5–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
| 3 September | ||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||
| 7 September | ||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||
| Japan | 6 | |||||
| 4 September | ||||||
| Bangladesh | 1 | |||||
| Bangladesh | 5 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 1 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 6 September | ||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 6 | |||||
5–8th place semi-finals
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Seventh and eighth place
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Fifth and sixth place
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First to fourth place
Super4s
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | India (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 7 | Final |
| 2 | South Korea |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Malaysia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | Third place match |
| 4 | China |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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Statistics
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Qualification |
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India (H) |
2026 World Cup |
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South Korea |
2026 World Cup Qualifiers |
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Malaysia | |
| 4 | China | |
| 5 | Japan | |
| 6 | Bangladesh |
2025 Asia Play–Offs |
| 7 | Kazakhstan |
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| 8 | Chinese Taipei |
Goalscorers
There were 164 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 6.83 goals per match.
12 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Tayab Ali- Rezaul Babu
- Amirul Islam
Chen Qijun- Zhang Xiaojia
Chang Yu-cheng- Shih Tsung-jen
Raj Kumar Pal- Vivek Prasad
- Sanjay Rana
- Hardik Singh
- Manpreet Singh
- Rajinder Singh
Naru Kimura- Seren Tanaka
- Shota Yamada
Muhajir Abdu Rauf- Abu Kamal Azrai
- Shafiq Hassan
- Andywalfian Jeffrynus
- Fitri Saari
Jin Geon-hyo- Kong Yoon-ho
- Lee Jung-jun
- Lee Seung-woo
Source: FIH
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[10]
| Award | Player |
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| Player of the tournament | Abhishek Nain |
| Goalkeeper of the tournament | Kim Jae-hyeon |
| Young player of the tournament | Andywalfian Jeffrynus |
| Promising goalkeeper of the tournament | Wang Caiyu |