2009 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

2009 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Kuantan
Dates	9–16 May
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (3rd title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	82 (5.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kim Byung-hoon (6 goals)
Best player	You Hyo-sik
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The 2009 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the eighth 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 from May 9 to May 16, 2009 in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.

The tournament was originally awarded to Dubai, United Arab Emirates by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) in a 2008 meeting. However, it was swapped to Malaysia due to the hockey facility in Dubai Sports City not being completed on time. ^[1] The tournament was sponsored by AirAsia with MYR 500,000. ^[2] South Korea won their third title and qualified for the 2010 World Cup in New Delhi, India, after defeating Pakistan 1–0 in the final.^{[ citation needed ]}

Teams

Only eight teams were to compete in this tournament, divided by two pools. However, Sri Lanka withdrew from the tournament few days before the commencement, having replaced Oman before the withdrawal. Although the tournament is reduced to seven teams, the format of the competition remains unchanged. ^[3]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host			1	Malaysia
31 August – 9 September 2007	2007 Asia Cup	Chennai, India	5	India   South Korea   Japan   China   Pakistan
14–22 June 2008	2008 AHF Cup	Singapore	1	Bangladesh   Oman   Sri Lanka
Total			7

Results

All times are local, MYT (UTC+8).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	13	3	+10	7	Advance to the semi-finals
2	Malaysia (H)	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	8	7	+1	3	5th–7th place classification
4	Bangladesh	3	0	0	3	1	21	−20	0

Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts

9 May 2009 17:00 South Korea   1–1   Malaysia Jin Kyung-min  53' Nabil  35' Umpires: Javed Shiekh (IND) Anwaar Hussein (PAK)

9 May 2009 19:00 Japan   5–0   Bangladesh Furufato  7' Tanaka  33' Suzuki  59' Nagasawa  67' Sakomoto  69' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Weng Haiqin (CHN)

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11 May 2009 17:00 Japan   2–3   South Korea Kawakami  20' Takayasu  53' Jin Kyung-min  12' Lee Nam-yong  22', 35' Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Anwar Hussain (PAK)

11 May 2009 19:00 Bangladesh   1–7   Malaysia Zahidul  28' Shahrun  4' Azlan  13' Chua  15' Amin  20' Tengku  39', 43' Ismail  50'

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12 May 2009 17:00 South Korea   9–0   Bangladesh Lee Nam-yong  2' Kim Byung-hoon  16', 37', 49', 67' Nam Hyun-woo  29', 32' Jin Kyung-min  60' You Hyo-sik  68'

12 May 2009 19:00 Malaysia   4–1   Japan Tengku  4' Kevinder  33' Chua  60' Selvaraju  67' Furusato  41' Umpires: Latifur Rahman (BAN) John Wright (RSA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Advance to the semi-finals
2	China	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	India	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	1	5th–7th place classification

Source: TheSports.org

9 May 2009 15:00 Pakistan   1–1   China Ali  69' Hu Huiren  61'

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10 May 2009 18:00 India   2–3   Pakistan Prabhjot  15' Rajpal  45' Khan  33', 36' Abbas  54'

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12 May 2009 15:00 China   2–2   India Lu Fenghui  45' Yu Yang  59' Sandeep  31', 34'

Fifth to seventh place classification

Seventh place

14 May 2009 09:00 Bangladesh   1–11   India Iqbal Nadir Prince Sandeep  10', 13' Hari  34' Arjun  39' Raghunath  43' S. V. Sunil  48', 57' Rajpal  65' Sardara  66', 69' Prabhjot  67'

Fifth and sixth place

15 May 2009 17:00 India   5–1   Japan Rajpal  2' Sandeep  21' Tushar  64', 69' Prabhjot  66' Sakamoto  31'

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 May
	South Korea	5
					16 May
	China	1
					South Korea	1
	14 May
					Pakistan	0
	Pakistan	4
	Malaysia	2
					Third place
					16 May
					China (p.s.)	3 (7)
					Malaysia	3 (6)

Semi-finals

14 May 2009 17:00 South Korea   5–1   China Kim Byung-hoon  28' You Hyo-sik  38', 41', 68' Guo Zhong-qiang  56' Sun Zhixin  10' Umpires: Javed Shiekh (IND) Simon Taylor (NZL)

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14 May 2009 19:30 Pakistan   4–2   Malaysia Butt  18', 63' Ali  46' Khan  66' Ismail  3', 69' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Raghu Prasad (IND)

Third and fourth place

16 May 2009 17:00 China   3–3 (a.e.t.)   Malaysia Sang Yi  19', 46' Jiang Xishang  66' Ismail  1' Chua  32' Nabil  64' Penalties Song Yi Hu Huiren Lu Fenghui Liu Xiantang Sun Tianjun Song Yi Hu Huiren Liu Xiantang Sun Tianjun 7–6 Sukri Nabil Jiwa Amin Kavinder Amin Jiwa Sukri Fiqri Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Fernando Gomez (ARG)

Final

16 May 2009 19:30 South Korea   1–0   Pakistan Kim Byung-hoon  66' Umpires: Javed Sheikh (IND) John Wright (RSA)

Winners

2009 Men's Hockey Asia Cup winners
South Korea Third title

Statistics

Final standings

1.   South Korea
2.   Pakistan
3.   China
4.   Malaysia
5.   India
6.   Japan
7.   Bangladesh

Awards

Topscorer	Best Player	Best Goalkeeper	Man of the match (final)
Kim Byung-hoon	You Hyo-sik	Kumar Subramaniam	Hong Eun-seung

References

1. Hussain, Khalid (22 March 2009). "Pakistan mull new strategy as Asia Cup venue switched". International The News. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
2. "AirAsia chip in RM500,000 for Asia Cup". The Star. 1 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
3. "Only Seven Teams For Asia Cup". Bernama. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2009.