Field hockey at the 1966 Asian Games
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Field hockey was contested for men only at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.
| Field hockey at the 1966 Asian Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Thephasadin Stadium | ||||||
| Location | Bangkok, Thailand | ||||||
| Dates | 12–19 December | ||||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||||
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India won its first gold medal by defeating the two-time defending champions Pakistan 1–0 after extra time in the final. Japan won its first medal by defeating Malaysia 1–0 in the bronze medal match.
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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 IndiaA. L. Frank Balbir Singh Grewal Haripal Kaushik Balbir Singh Kular Balbir Singh Kullar Mohinder Lal Shankar Lakshman John Peter Dharam Singh Gurbux Singh Harbinder Singh Harmik Singh Inder Singh Jagdeep Singh Jagjit Singh Prithipal Singh Tarsem Singh Noel Toppo |
 PakistanMuhammad Ashfaq Laeeq Ahmed Muhammad Akhtar Saeed Anwar Tariq Aziz Khizar Nawaz Bajwa Jahangir Butt Munir Dar Abdul Hamid Jahangir Khan Khalid Mahmood Muhammad Asad Malik Riazuddin Moghal Tariq Niazi Fazal-ur-Rehman Muhammad Rashid Abdul Waheed Khwaja Zakauddin |
 JapanHiroshi Fujishima Seiji Hashimoto Yukitoshi Hata Nobuo Ide Yukio Kamimura Shigeo Kaoku Akio Kudo Norihiko Matsumoto Shozo Nishimura Satokazu Otsuka Katsumi Shirato Takashi Sugiura Hiroyuki Takagi Akio Takashima Akihito Wada Minoru Yoshimura Katsuhiro Yuzaki Tsuneya Yuzaki |
Draw
Results
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Pakistan |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Japan |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Hong Kong |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Thailand (H) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | India |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 |  Malaysia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 |  South Korea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Ceylon |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |
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Consolation round
| 5–8th place semi-finals | 5th place | |||||
| 16 December | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 1 | |||||
| 17 December | ||||||
| Ceylon | 3 | |||||
| Ceylon | 1 | |||||
| 16 December | ||||||
| South Korea | 0 | |||||
| South Korea | 1 | |||||
| Thailand | 0 | |||||
5–8th place semi-finals
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5th place match
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Medal round
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 16 December | ||||||
| Pakistan | 5 | |||||
| 19 December | ||||||
| Malaysia | 1 | |||||
| Pakistan | 0 | |||||
| 16 December | ||||||
| India (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||
| India | 3 | |||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 19 December | ||||||
| Malaysia | 0 | |||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
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