1982 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

The 1982 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the first edition of the Asia Cup organized by Asian Hockey Federation (AHF). It was held in Karachi, Pakistan from the 12-20 March 1982 and saw seven teams compete with an eighth (Japan) not being to compete.

1982 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPakistan
CityKarachi
DatesMarch 12-20
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Pakistan
Runner-up India
Third place China
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored130 (6.19 per match)
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Initially the competition was going to be held in Lahore, but due to the persistent rain, the event was moved to Karachi.[1] Once there, the competition was contested in a round-robin format with each team competing against one another. After 21 matches was played, Pakistan took out the tournament winning all six matches to become the first champions of the Asia Cup ahead of India and China who finished with the silver and bronze respectively.[2]

Qualified teams

Eight teams qualified through to the Asian Cup with the top three from the eastern qualifying group joining the remaining five teams in competing. After qualifying, Japan withdrew from the Asia Cup.

Event Quotas Qualifier(s)
Host Nation 1  Pakistan
Automatic Qualification. 4  Bangladesh
 India
 Malaysia
 Sri Lanka
Eastern Qualifying 3  China
 Japan
 Singapore

Results

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Pakistan (H) 6 6 0 0 51 1 +50 12
2  India 6 5 0 1 40 4 +36 10
3  China 6 4 0 2 7 18 −11 8
4  Malaysia 6 3 0 3 18 12 +6 6
5  Bangladesh 6 2 0 4 8 22 −14 4
6  Singapore 6 0 1 5 4 30 −26 1
7  Sri Lanka 6 0 1 5 2 43 −41 1
Source: Todor66
(H) Host.

Matches
12 March 1982
China  2–1  Malaysia
12 March 1982
India  6–0  Bangladesh
13 March 1982
India  12–0  Singapore
14 March 1982
China  1–0  Sri Lanka
14 March 1982
Pakistan  7–0  Singapore
14 March 1982
India  2–0  Malaysia
15 March 1982
Malaysia  4–0  Singapore
16 March 1982
India  13–0  Sri Lanka
16 March 1982
Pakistan  7–0  Malaysia
17 March 1982
Singapore  2–2  Sri Lanka
17 March 1982
India  7–0  China
18 March 1982
Bangladesh  3–2  Singapore
19 March 1982
China  2–0  Singapore
19 March 1982
Pakistan  4–0  India
March 1982
Pakistan  10–1  China
March 1982
Pakistan  9–0  Bangladesh
March 1982
Pakistan  14–0  Sri Lanka
March 1982
China  1–0  Bangladesh
March 1982
Malaysia  4–1  Bangladesh
March 1982
Malaysia  9–0  Sri Lanka
March 1982
Bangladesh  4–0  Sri Lanka

References
  1. Arnaw, Arun. "Hockey : Men's Asia Cup". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
  2. "Field hockey - Men's Asia cup - Home". rediff.com. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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