2008 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

2008 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	India
City	Hyderabad
Dates	11–18 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Gachibowli Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India (2nd title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	120 (6 per match)
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The 2008 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup was the sixth edition of the Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup, the men's international under-21 field hockey championship of Asia, organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It was held at the Gachibowli Hockey Stadium in Hyderabad, India from 11 to 18 July 2008. ^[1]

The hosts India defended their title from the previous edition to win their second title by defeating South Korea 3–2 with a golden goal in extra time after the match finished 2–2 in regular time. ^{[2] [3]}

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
20–29 April 2004	2004 Junior Asia Cup [4]	Karachi, Pakistan	6	Bangladesh   India   Japan   Malaysia   Pakistan   South Korea
14–22 January 2008	2008 Junior AHF Cup [5]	Muscat, Oman	2	Oman   Singapore
Total			8

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India (H)	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Semi-finals and 2009 Junior World Cup
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	12	4	+8	6
3	Malaysia	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1
4	Singapore	3	0	1	2	3	17	−14	1

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[6]
(H) Hosts

11 July 2008 Malaysia   2–2   Singapore

11 July 2008 India   2–0   Japan

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13 July 2008 Japan   9–1   Singapore

13 July 2008 India   3–1   Malaysia

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14 July 2008 Japan   3–1   Malaysia

14 July 2008 India   6–0   Singapore

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	22	3	+19	7	Semi-finals and 2009 Junior World Cup
2	Pakistan	3	2	1	0	16	6	+10	7
3	Bangladesh	3	1	0	2	9	17	−8	3
4	Oman	3	0	0	3	2	23	−21	0

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[6]

11 July 2008 Pakistan   5–1   Oman

11 July 2008 South Korea   8–0   Bangladesh

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12 July 2008 Bangladesh   7–1   Oman

12 July 2008 South Korea   3–3   Pakistan

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14 July 2008 South Korea   11–0   Oman

14 July 2008 Pakistan   8–2   Bangladesh

Fifth to eighth place classification

Bracket

	Cross-overs				Fifth place
	16 July
	Malaysia	5
					17 July
	Oman	1
					Malaysia	1
	16 July
					Bangladesh	0
	Bangladesh	3
	Singapore	1
					Seventh place
					17 July
					Oman	5
					Singapore	1

Cross-overs

16 July 2008 Malaysia   5–1   Oman

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16 July 2008 Bangladesh   3–1   Singapore

Seventh and eighth place

17 July 2008 Oman   5–1   Singapore

Fifth and sixth place

17 July 2008 Malaysia   1–0   Bangladesh

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 July
	India	3
					18 July
	Pakistan	1
					India (a.s.d.e.t.)	3
	16 July
					South Korea	2
	South Korea	4
	Japan	2
					Third place
					18 July
					Pakistan	7
					Japan	2

Semi-finals

16 July 2008 India   3–1   Pakistan

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16 July 2008 South Korea   4–1   Japan

Third and fourth place

18 July 2008 Pakistan   7–2   Japan

Final

18 July 2008 India   3–2 (a.s.d.e.t.)   South Korea

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
	India (H)	2009 Junior World Cup
	South Korea
	Pakistan
4	Japan
5	Malaysia
6	Bangladesh
7	Oman
8	Singapore

Source: Todor66
(H) Host

References

1. "Junior Asia Cup: Match Schedule". stick2hockey.com.
2. "Diwakar gives India the second straight Jr. Asia C". stick2hockey.com. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
3. "India win Jr Asia Cup hockey". rediff.com.
4. "Men Junior Field Hockey Asia Cup 2004 Karachi (PAK) 20-29.04 - Winner India". todor66.com.
5. "Men Junior Field Hockey 2nd AHF Cup 2008 Muscat (OMA) 14-22.01 - Winner Oman". todor66.com. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
6. "FIH General Tournament Regulations" (PDF). February 2024.