2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
CityRajgir, Bihar
Dates27 August – 7 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup will be 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 will be held in Rajgir, India from 27 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 pandemic.

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 due to security concerns and was replaced by Bangladesh.[5] Oman also withdrew and were 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  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Super4s
2  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 29 August 2025. 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
13:00
Japan  v  Kazakhstan
29 August 2025
15:00
India  v  China
31 August 2025
13:00
China  v  Kazakhstan
31 August 2025
15:00
Japan  v  India
1 September 2025
17:30
China  v  Japan
1 September 2025
19:30
India  v  Kazakhstan

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Super4s
2  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 29 August 2025. 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  v  Bangladesh
29 August 2025
11:00
South Korea  v  Chinese Taipei
30 August 2025
13:00
Bangladesh  v  Chinese Taipei
30 August 2025
15:00
South Korea  v  Malaysia
1 September 2025
13:30
Bangladesh  v  South Korea
1 September 2025
15:30
Malaysia  v  Chinese Taipei

Fifth to eighth place classification

Bracket

 
5–8th place semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
3 September
 
 
A3
 
6 September
 
B4
 
 
 
4 September
 
 
 
B3
 
 
A4
 
Seventh place
 
 
7 September
 
 
 
 
 
 

5–8th place semi-finals

3 September 2025
14:30
A3 v B4
4 September 2025
14:30
B3 v A4

Seventh and eighth place

6 September 2025
14:30
LSF1 v LSF2

Fifth and sixth place

7 September 2025
14:30
WSF1 v WSF2

First to fourth place classification

Super4s

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 1st Pool A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final
2 2nd Pool A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 1st Pool B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Third place match
4 2nd Pool B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 3 September 2025. 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.
3 September 2025
17:00
TBD v TBD
3 September 2025
19:30
TBD v TBD
4 September 2025
17:00
TBD v TBD
4 September 2025
19:30
TBD v TBD
6 September 2025
17:00
TBD v TBD
6 September 2025
19:30
TBD v TBD

Third and fourth place

7 September 2025
17:00
Team 3 v Team 4

Final

7 September 2025
19:30
Team 1 v Team 2

Statistics and awards

Final standings

Pos Team Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 2026 FIH World Cup
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 2026 World Cup Qualifiers
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
Source:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Pakistan and Oman withdrew and are 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. ^ a b 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. ^ "Match Schedule" (PDF). hockey-india.net. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
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