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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| Tournament statistics |
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| Matches played |
35 |
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| Goals scored |
282 (8.06 per match) |
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| ← 2003 (previous) |
(next) 2009 → |
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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 claimed the gold, Korea the silver and Malaysia the bronze.
India defeated Korea in the finals with a score line of seven goals to two . They led 3-1 at halftime. In the early stages of the second half, Korea staged a walkout which was 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. In response, India scored a goal through a counterattack in the very next minute. Two Korean forwards had still been arguing with the umpire on the goal that was disallowed. Korea never recovered from that after which, 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 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 were conceded 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 for the Semi Finals. Pakistan's bad performances cost them dearly. They 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
Teams participating
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
| Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
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 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 |
| 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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| Japan |
8 – 0 |
Singapore |
Yamabori 6', 8', 12'
Yoshida 26'
Tsubouchi 33'
M. Ito 42'
A. Ito 54'
Ota 58' |
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Pool B
| Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
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| India |
15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | +44 |
 South 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 |
| 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
| Sri Lanka |
6 – 0 |
Singapore |
Summandarathne 14'
Hettiarachchi 27'
Abeyrathne 47'
Srimal 55'
Jayasundara 65'
Hewage 69' |
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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 |
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