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]
| Asia Cup 2007 | |||
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| Tournament details | |||
| Host country | India | ||
| City | Chennai | ||
| Teams | 11 (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 played | 35 | ||
| Goals scored | 282 (8.06 per match) | ||
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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.
Participants
Pools
All times are Indian Standard Time (UTC +5.30)
Pool A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| Malaysia |
10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 | +22 |
 Japan |
9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 |
 Pakistan |
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 |
 Hong Kong |
3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 28 | −22 |
 Singapore |
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 27 | −25 |
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Pool B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| India |
15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | +44 |
| South Korea |
10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 8 | +33 |
 China |
10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | +26 |
 Bangladesh |
6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 22 | −6 |
 Sri Lanka |
3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 46 | −31 |
 Thailand |
0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 67 | −66 |
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Ninth to eleventh place classification
Fifth to eighth place classification
Crossover
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Seventh and eighth place
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First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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Winners
| 2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup winners |
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India Second title |
Final standings
References
- "2007 Asia Cup;FIH.com". Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- "India wins the 2007 Asia Cup". Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- "Indian team to take inspiration from the 2007 Asia Cup;Sportskeeda.com". Retrieved 29 April 2021.