2009 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

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.

2009 Men's 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 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 inability of the hockey facility to be complete in Dubai Sports City on time.^[1] The tournament is 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. . 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.