2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

For the women's edition, see 2025 Women's Hockey Asia Cup.

2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	India
City	Rajgir
Dates	29 August – 7 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	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(s)	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, and was replaced by Bangladesh. ^[6] Oman also pulled out due to financial issues and was replaced by Kazakhstan. ^[7]

Qualification

Qualified teams

Highlighted are the countries that are participating in the 2025 Men's Asia Cup.

  Qualified via FIH rankings or AHF Cup

  Qualified via FIH ranking and as hosts

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
—	FIH Men's World Ranking	—	5	China   India (host)   Japan   Malaysia   Pakistan [a]   South Korea
17–27 April 2025	2025 AHF Cup [8]	Jakarta, Indonesia	3	Bangladesh [a]   Chinese Taipei   Kazakhstan [a]   Oman [a]
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
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

29 August 2025 13:00 Japan   7–0   Kazakhstan Kawabe  1' Kimura  5' Yamasaki  13', 36' Nagayoshi  48' Yamada  50' Shinohara  54' Report Umpires: Khamis Al-Balushi (OMA) Salim Lucky (BAN)

29 August 2025 15:00 India   4–3   China Jugraj  18' Harmanpreet  20', 33', 47' Report Du  12' Chen B.  35' Gao  41' Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) You Hyo-sik (KOR)

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31 August 2025 13:00 China   13–1   Kazakhstan Du  10', 53' Chen Q.  13' Lin  15', 39' Chen B.  29', 56' Lu  31', 42', 44' Gao  33' Guo  41', 58' Report Duisengazy  2' Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Balaji Kumar (IND)

31 August 2025 15:00 Japan   2–3   India Kawabe  38', 59' Report Mandeep  4' Harmanpreet  5', 46' Umpires: Michiel Otten (NED) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

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1 September 2025 17:30 China   2–2   Japan Lin  7' Zhang  25' Report Matsumoto  28', 51' Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

1 September 2025 19:30 India   15–0   Kazakhstan Abhishek  5', 8', 20', 59' Sukhjeet  15', 32', 38' Jugraj  24', 31', 47' Harmanpreet  26' Amit  29' Rajinder  32' Sanjay  54' Dilpreet  55' Report Umpires: Zhou Fuyi (CHN) Khamis Al-Balushi (OMA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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.

29 August 2025 09:00 Malaysia   4–1   Bangladesh Hamsani  25' Anuar  36' Abdu Rauf  48' Cholan  54' Report Islam  16' Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Gurbaj Singh (IND)

29 August 2025 11:00 South Korea   7–0   Chinese Taipei Son  17', 29', 58' Yang  27', 50' Oh  53' Kong  54' Report Umpires: Balaji Kumar (IND) Aziz Adimah (GHA)

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30 August 2025 13:00 Bangladesh   8–3   Chinese Taipei Abdullah  4', 26' Sobuj  36' Hasan  42', 42' Islam  45', 58' Babu  56' Report Hsieh  10', 18' Shih  60' Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Zhou Fuyi (CHN)

30 August 2025 15:00 South Korea   1–4   Malaysia Jin  2' Report Anuar  29', 34', 38' Hamsani  33' Umpires: Anand Dangi (IND) Michiel Otten (NED)

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1 September 2025 13:30 Bangladesh   1–5   South Korea Sobuj  22' Report Son  9', 11' Lee Seung-w.  16' Oh  22' Yang  60+' Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Anand Dangi (IND)

1 September 2025 15:30 Malaysia   15–0   Chinese Taipei Hamsani  8', 15', 32', 54' Anuar  10', 20', 29', 45', 56' Sumantri  20', 40', 60' Azrai  22' Jeffrynus  24' Rozemi  32' Report Umpires: You Hyo-sik (KOR) Gurbaj Singh (IND)

Fifth to eighth place

Bracket

	5–8th place semi-finals				Fifth place
	3 September
	Japan	7
					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

3 September 2025 14:30 Japan   2–0   Chinese Taipei Shinohara  5', 11' Report Umpires: Balaji Kumar (IND) Gurbaj Singh (IND)

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4 September 2025 14:30 Bangladesh   5–1   Kazakhstan Islam  10', 23' Sarkar  28', 33' Ali  34' Report Aitkaliyev  38' Umpires: Zhou Fuyi (CHN) Anand Dangi (IND)

Seventh and eighth place

6 September 2025 14:30 Chinese Taipei   4–6   Kazakhstan Chang Yu-c.  7' Hsieh  13', 18', 31' Report Duisengazy  12', 23', 30', 36', 56' Aitkaliyev  47' Umpires: Balaji Kumar (IND) Zhou Fuyi (CHN)

Fifth and sixth place

7 September 2025 14:30 Japan   6–1   Bangladesh Yamasaki  9' Shinohara  15', 36', 56' Nagayoshi  36' Tanaka  50' Report Islam  55' Umpires: You Hyo-sik (KOR) Khamis Al-Balushi (OMA)

First to fourth place

Super4s

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

3 September 2025 17:00 Malaysia   2–0   China Cholan  45' Anuar  47' Report Umpires: Aziz Adimah (GHA) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

3 September 2025 19:30 India   2–2   South Korea Hardik  8' Mandeep  53' Report Yang  12' Kim Hyeon-h.  14' Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Khamis Al-Balushi (OMA)

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4 September 2025 17:00 South Korea   0–3   China Report Chen B.  13', 43' Gao  43' Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Rawi Anbananthan (MAS)

4 September 2025 19:30 Malaysia   1–4   India Hassan  2' Report Manpreet  17' Sukhjeet  19' Lakra  24' Prasad  38' Umpires: Michiel Otten (NED) You Hyo-sik (KOR)

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6 September 2025 17:00 South Korea   4–3   Malaysia Kim Hyeon-h.  24', 51' Oh  44' Lee J.  50' Report Saari  9' Rozemi  29' Cholan  31' Umpires: Anand Dangi (IND) Aziz Adimah (GHA)

6 September 2025 19:30 India   7–0   China Lakra  4' Dilpreet  7' Mandeep  18' Pal  37' Sukhjeet  39' Abhishek  46', 50' Report Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

Third and fourth place

7 September 2025 17:00 Malaysia   4–1   China Sumantri  8' Anuar  36', 50' Cholan  58' Report Gao  54' Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

Final

7 September 2025 19:30 India   4–1   South Korea Sukhjeet  1' Dilpreet  28', 45' Amit  50' Report Son  51' Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Michiel Otten (NED)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
	India (H)	2026 World Cup
	South Korea	2026 World Cup Qualifiers
	Malaysia
4	China
5	Japan
6	Bangladesh
7	Kazakhstan
8	Chinese Taipei

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 164 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 6.83 goals per match.

12 goals

• Akhimullah Anuar

6 goals

• Abhishek Nain
• Harmanpreet Singh
• Sukhjeet Singh
• Ryosuke Shinohara
• Agymtay Duisengazy
• Ashran Hamsani
• Son Da-in

5 goals

• Ashraful Islam
• Chen Benhai
• Hsieh Tsung-yu

4 goals

• Gao Jiesheng
• Dilpreet Singh
• Jugraj Singh
• Syed Cholan
• Norsyafiq Sumantri
• Yang Ji-hun

3 goals

• Du Shihao
• Lin Changliang
• Lu Yuanlin
• Mandeep Singh
• Kosei Kawabe
• Koji Yamasaki
• Kim Hyeon-hong
• Oh Se-yong

2 goals

• Md Abdullah
• Rakibul Hasan
• Roman Sarkar
• Shohanur Sobuj
• Guo Xiaolong
• Shilanand Lakra
• Amit Rohidas
• Kazumasa Matsumoto
• Ken Nagayoshi
• Altynbek Aitkaliyev
• Aiman Rozemi

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
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

See also

• 2025 Women's Hockey Asia Cup
• 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

Notes

1. Pakistan and Oman withdrew and were replaced by Bangladesh and Kazakhstan. ^[7]

References

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3. "Koreans wreck Malaysia's Asia Cup dream". nst.com.my. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
4. "Indian men qualify for FIH Hockey World Cup Belgium and Netherlands 2026". fih.hockey. 7 September 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
5. "Qualification System for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.
6. "Pakistan not to travel to India for Asia Cup hockey: HI official". thehindu.com. 6 August 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
7. Singh, Aftar (19 August 2025). "Malaysia eye Super Four stage in Bihar". nst.com.my. New Straits Times . Retrieved 19 August 2025.
8. "Match Schedule: Men's & Women's AHF Cup 2025 Jakarta, Indonesia". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation . Retrieved 20 March 2025.
9. "Hero Asia Cup Rajgir Bihar 2025 – Match Schedule Announced Rajgir, Bihar – 19 August 2025:". fih.hockey. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
10. "India Crowned Champions of Hero Asia Cup Rajgir Bihar 2025, Qualify for FIH Men's Hockey World Cup 2026". fih.hockey. 7 September 2025.

External links

• FIH website