2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

The 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the seventh tournament of the Hockey Asia Cup for men. It was held from 31 August – 9 September 2007 in Chennai, India. India won, defeating Korea in the finals, seven goals to two. Korea came in second and Malaysia came third.[1]

This article is about 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup. For women's tournament, see 2007 Women's Hockey Asia Cup.

2007 Asia Cup
Asia Cup 2007
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
CityChennai
Teams11 (from 1 Confederation)
Venue(s)Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium
YMCA Ground
Final positions
Champions India (2nd title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored282 (8.06 per match)
← 2003 (previous) (next) 2009 →

India led 3-1 at halftime. In the early stages of the second half, Korea staged a walkout led by their coach, because of a decision by the umpire to disallow a goal scored by Korea. In response, India scored a goal through a counterattack in the next minute. Two Korean forwards had continued to argue with the umpire on the disallowed goal. Korea never recovered, while 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. [2]

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 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 against them.[3]

Malaysia got a medal in the Hockey Asia Cup for the first time. It was also the first time since 1982 that Pakistan did not qualify for the Semi-finals in the Hockey Asia Cup. Pakistan 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.[4]

Participants

Pools

All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC +5.30)

Pool A
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Malaysia 104310264+22
 Japan 94301184+14
 Pakistan 74211187+11
 Hong Kong 34103628−22
 Singapore 04004227−25
31 August 2007
07:30
Malaysia  8–0  Singapore
Zulkifli Mohd Rejab  3', 46'
Megat Azrafiq  22'
Abu  33'
Azlan Misron  48', 68'
Chua Boon Huat  67', 69'
31 August 2007
17:00
Pakistan  6–1  Hong Kong
Imran  11', 29'
Abbasi  13', 59'
Ihsan Ullah  38'
Imran Khan  56'		 Arif Ali  46'
1 September 2007
15:00
Japan  3–1  Pakistan
Ono Tomonori  29', 50'
Yamabori Takahiko  42'		 Abbasi  47'
1 September 2007
16:00
Malaysia  13–1  Hong Kong
Kelvinder Singh  13', 27', 58'
B. Singh  22', 41', 52'
Zulkifli Mohd Rejab  25', 56'
Jiwa Mohan  30'
Chua Boon Huat  33'
Ahmad Tajuddin  45'
Mohd Shahrun  68'
Sandrakasi  70'		 Mohammed Swalik  12'
3 September 2007
15:00
Japan  7–1  Hong Kong
Takahiko Yamabori  2', 28', 46', 65', 67', 70'
Kazuo Yoshida  23'		 Ali  53'
3 September 2007
17:00
Pakistan  8–0  Singapore
Imran  4'
Abbas Haider  23', 27'
Aziz  25'
Ihsan Ullah  40'
Imran Khan  63'
Butt  67', 70'
4 September 2007
15:00
Hong Kong  3–2  Singapore
Gurvinder Dillon  24'
Ali  60'
Harinder Singh Bal  68'		 Saiful Nizam  7'
Hazmi Bin Mohd  54'
4 September 2007
19:00
Japan  0–2  Malaysia
Abu  1'
Azlan Misron  41'
5 September 2007
19:00
Pakistan  3–3  Malaysia
Shakeel Abassi  17', 26'
Akhtar Ali  33'		 Ahmad Tajuddin  43', 57'
Megat Azrafiq  69'
6 September 2007
15:00
Japan  8–0  Singapore
Takahiko Yamabori  6', 8', 12'
Kazuo Yoshida  26'
Kazuhiro Tsubouchi  33'
Mitsuru Ito  42'
A. Ito  54'
Sho Ota  58'

Pool B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 India 155500462+44
 South Korea 105311418+33
 China 105311326+26
 Bangladesh 652031622−6
 Sri Lanka 351041546−31
 Thailand 05005167−66
31 August 2007
09:30
Bangladesh  13–0  Thailand
Md Jahid Bin Talib  4'
Mahmud  10', 19', 67', 69'
Khondokar Hasan  24'
Md Iqbal Nadir  39', 45'
Md Zahidul Islam  40', 59'
Md Kamun  52', 55'
Md Mamun  62'
31 August 2007
15:00
South Korea  12–2  Sri Lanka
Oh Dae-keun  3'
Lee Jae-won  6'
Kim Byung-hoon  12', 22', 28', 62'
Jang Jong-hyun  16', 24', 41', 46'
You Hyo-sik  61'
(one unknown)  ?'		 MM Gazalli  52'
(one unknown)  ?'
31 August 2007
19:00
India  1–0  China
D. Tirkey  48' Report
1 September 2007
14:00
South Korea  16–0  Thailand
Kim Byung-hoon  7', 11', 33', 66'
Seo Jong-ho  16', 18', 40', 69'
Kang Seong-jung  28'
Lee Nam-yong  35'
Kang Moon-kweon  36', 43'
Kim Chul  42', 58'
Jang Jong-hyun  47', 55'
1 September 2007
17:00
China  6–0  Bangladesh
Hu Huiren  6'
Na Yubo  11', 14', 66'
Lu Fenghui  39'
Yu Yang  49'
1 September 2007
19:00
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', 62'
Sunil  30', 34', 35'
I. Tirkey  57', 64'
R. Singh  69'		 Report
3 September 2007
07:30
Bangladesh  3–2  Sri Lanka
Mahmud  4'
Md. Mamun  46'
Md. Zahidul Islam  49'		 Hettiarachchi  31'
Karunarathne  58'
3 September 2007
09:30
China  13–0  Thailand
Hu Huiren  14', 25', 27', 54', 66', 67'
Meng Jun  20', 68'
Yu Yang  31', 32'
Lu Fenghui  35', 38'
Meng Lizhi  64'
3 September 2007
19:00
India  3–2  South Korea
S. Singh  20'
I. Tirkey  31'
P. Singh  34'		 Report Jang Jong-hyun  9'
Oh Dae-keun  28'
4 September 2007
17:00
India  6–0  Bangladesh
Raghunath  31', 66'
Khandekar  37'
S. Singh  38'
P. Singh  49', 57'		 Report
5 September 2007
15:00
Thailand  1–9  Sri Lanka
Sadkorn Wimuttan  60' Gazally  10', 67'
Anju Hewage  15', 38'
Hettiarachchi  17', 63'
Karunarathne  27'
Pradeep Priyashantha  51'
Abeyrathne  70'
5 September 2007
17:00
South Korea  3–3  China
Oh Dae-keun  21'
Jang Jong-hyun  52'
Kang Seong-jung  53'		 Meng Lizhi  11'
Li Wei  59'
Luo Fangming  70'
6 September 2007
16:00
China  10–2  Sri Lanka
Hu Huiren  11', 51', 61'
Hu Liang  13'
De Yunze  33', 38', 42'
Jiang Xishang  49', 56'
Meng Lizhi  65'		 Camer  64'
Panditharathne  70'
6 September 2007
17:00
South Korea  8–0  Bangladesh
Jang Jong-hyun  2', 13', 28', 47'
Yoon Sung-hoon  26'
Kang Moon-kweon  32', 53'
Kim Jong-hoon  49'
6 September 2007
19:00
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'		 Report

Ninth to eleventh place classification

Crossover
8 September 2007
08:00
Singapore  4–0  Thailand
Nee Yong  18'
Johnson Sivalingam  35'
Hazmi Bin Mohd  53', 57'

Ninth and tenth place
8 September 2007
08:00
Sri Lanka  6–0  Singapore
Summandarathne  14'
Hettiarachchi  27'
Abeyrathne  47'
Nimanka Srimal  55'
Jayasundara  65'
Anju Hewage  69'

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover
8 September 2007
07:00
Pakistan  10–0  Bangladesh
Waqas Shariff  8'
Yasir Islam  11'
Aziz  17', 68'
Imran  24', 45'
Abbas Haider  50', 56'
Arshad  63', 65'
8 September 2007
09:30
China  6–1  Hong Kong
Liu Xiang  12', 24'
Huang Wei  29', 41'
Liu Xian  35'
Hu Huiren  61'		 Ali  5'

Seventh and eighth place
9 September 2007
07:00
Bangladesh  3–1  Hong Kong
Mahmud  35', 59'
Md Jahid Bin Talib  46'		 Ali  23'

Fifth and sixth place
9 September 2007
09:30
Pakistan  2–3  China
Arshad  30'
Butt  44'		 De Yunze  12', 54'
Hu Liang  68'

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals
8 September 2007
17:00
Malaysia  1–2  South Korea
Azlon Misron  37' Oh Dae-keun  9'
Yoon Sung-hoon  63'
8 September 2007
19:30
India  4–1  Japan
S. Singh  22'
P. Singh  23', 69'
Minz  54'		 Report Takahiko Yamabori  68'

Third and fourth place
9 September 2007
16:00
Malaysia  5–3  Japan
Kevinder Singh  4'
Sandrakasi  13'
Chua Boon Huat  18', 22'
Abu  64'		 Takahiko Yamabori  2'
Katsuyoshi Nagasawa  67'
Kei Kawakami  70'

Final
9 September 2007
18:30
India  7–2  South Korea
S. Singh  4'
Sunil  13'
P. Singh  31', 64'
R. Singh  42', 55'
I. Tirkey  53'		 Report Jang Jong-hyun  8'
Oh Dae-keun  68'
 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup winners 

India
Second title

Final standings
  1.  India
  2.  South Korea
  3.  Malaysia
  4.  Japan
  5.  China
  6.  Pakistan
  7.  Bangladesh
  8.  Hong Kong
  9.  Sri Lanka
  10.  Singapore
  11.  Thailand

References
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  2. "India wins the 2007 Asia Cup". Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  3. "Indian team to take inspiration from the 2007 Asia Cup;Sportskeeda.com". Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. "India outclass South Korea to retain the Asia Cup;taiwannews.com". Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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