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
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	147 (7 per match)
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The 2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup is 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 is held at the Bihar Sports University Hockey Stadium in Rajgir Sports Complex, India from 29 August to 7 September 2025. ^{[1] [2]} The tournament will return to its usual four-year cycle after the previous tournament was delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19.

The winner will qualify for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup in the Netherlands and Belgium. ^[3] South Korea are the defending champions. ^[4]

Pakistan withdrew citing security concerns and financial constraints, and was replaced by Bangladesh. ^[5] Oman also pulled out due to financial issues and was replaced by Kazakhstan. ^[6]

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 [7]	Jakarta, Indonesia	3	Bangladesh [a]   Chinese Taipei   Kazakhstan [a]   Oman [a]
Total			8

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+5:30). ^[8]

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 S-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	2
					7 September
	Chinese Taipei	0
					Japan
	4 September
					Bangladesh
	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 Y-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   v   Bangladesh Report 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 H-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 Report Umpires: Anand Dangi (IND) Aziz Adimah (GHA)

6 September 2025 19:30 India   7–0   China Report Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

Third and fourth place

7 September 2025 17:00 Malaysia   v   China Report Umpires: Tyler Klenk (CAN) Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)

Final

7 September 2025 19:30 India   v   South Korea Report Umpires: Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) Michiel Otten (NED)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
	1	2026 FIH Hockey World Cup
	2	2026 World Cup Qualifiers
	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	Kazakhstan
8	Chinese Taipei

Source: FIH

Statistics and awards

Goalscorers

There have been 147 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 7 goals per match (as of 6 September 2025).

10 goals

• Akhimullah Anuar

6 goals

• Harmanpreet Singh
• Agymtay Duisengazy
• Ashran Hamsani

5 goals

• Ashraful Islam
• Chen Benhai
• Hsieh Tsung-yu
• Son Da-in

4 goals

• Abhishek Nain
• Jugraj Singh
• Sukhjeet Singh
• Yang Ji-hun

3 goals

• Du Shihao
• Lu Yuanlin
• Lin Changliang
• Gao Jiesheng
• Kosei Kawabe
• Ryosuke Shinohara
• Norsyafiq Sumantri

2 goals

• Md Abdullah
• Rakibul Hasan
• Shohanur Sobuj
• Roman Sarkar
• Guo Xiaolong
• Mandeep Singh
• Koji Yamasaki
• Kazumasa Matsumoto
• Altynbek Aitkaliyev
• Syed Cholan
• Oh Se-yong

1 goal

• Rezaul Babu
• Tayab Ali
• Chen Qijun
• Zhang Xiaojia
• Shih Tsung-jen
• Chang Yu-cheng
• Amit Rohidas
• Rajinder Singh
• Sanjay Rana
• Dilpreet Singh
• Hardik Singh
• Manpreet Singh
• Shilanand Lakra
• Vivek Prasad
• Naru Kimura
• Ken Nagayoshi
• Shota Yamada
• Muhajir Abdu Rauf
• Abu Kamal Azrai
• Andywalfian Jeffrynus
• Aiman Rozemi
• Shafiq Hassan
• Jin Geon-hyo
• Kong Yoon-ho
• Lee Seung-woo
• Kim Hyeon-hong

Source: FIH

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. ^[6]

References

1. Ganesan, Uthra (20 November 2024). "Rajgir all set to host men's Asia Cup next year after Women's Asian Champions Trophy success". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
2. Raj, Pritish (20 November 2024). "Rajgir set to host Men's Hockey Asia Cup 2025". thebridge.in. The Bridge. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
3. "Qualification System for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.
4. "Koreans wreck Malaysia's Asia Cup dream". nst.com.my. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
5. "Pakistan not to travel to India for Asia Cup hockey: HI official". thehindu.com. 6 August 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
6. Singh, Aftar (19 August 2025). "Malaysia eye Super Four stage in Bihar". nst.com.my. New Straits Times . Retrieved 19 August 2025.
7. "Match Schedule: Men's & Women's AHF Cup 2025 Jakarta, Indonesia". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation . Retrieved 20 March 2025.
8. "Hero Asia Cup Rajgir Bihar 2025 – Match Schedule Announced Rajgir, Bihar – 19 August 2025:". fih.hockey. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.

External links

• FIH website