2003 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

2003 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	India (1st title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	121 (6.05 per match)
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The 2003 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was an international field hockey tournament held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 21 to 28 September 2003. It was the sixth time that the Men's Hockey Asia Cup was held since its inception back in 1982. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Germany.

Eight teams competed in the tournament with seven of them booking a spot via the host nation spot or by finishing in the top six of the previous tournament with the remaining spot being played between seven teams (which was won by Hong Kong). These eight teams were separated into two groups of four teams with the top two of each group qualifying through to the semi-finals while the bottom two competed for fifth place. After competing in the same group, India and Pakistan competed in the final with India taking out their first title with a 4–2 win.^[1] South Korea claimed the bronze medal after defeating Japan 4–2.

Results[]

All Pool Stage times are (UTC+8). All Knock Out matches are (IST).

Pools[]

Advanced to semifinals

Pool A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	0	14	2	+12	7
Japan	3	2	0	1	10	11	−1	6
Malaysia	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	5	16	−11	0

21 September 2003 15:30 Japan  7 – 3  Hong Kong

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21 September 2003 17:30 South Korea  1 – 1  Malaysia

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22 September 2003 15:30 Japan  3 – 2  Malaysia

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23 September 2003 15:30 South Korea  7 – 1  Hong Kong

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24 September 2003 15:00 Malaysia  2 – 1  Hong Kong

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24 September 2003 17:00 South Korea  6 – 0  Japan

Pool B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakistan	3	3	0	0	19	3	+16	9
India	3	2	0	1	17	5	+12	6
China	3	1	0	2	10	12	−2	3
Bangladesh	3	0	0	3	0	26	−26	0

21 September 2003 15:00 Pakistan  8 – 0  Bangladesh

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21 September 2003 17:00 India  5 – 1  China

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22 September 2003 17:30 Pakistan  7 – 1  China

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23 September 2003 17:30 India  10 – 0  Bangladesh

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24 September 2003 15:30 China  8 – 0  Bangladesh

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24 September 2003 17:30 Pakistan  4 – 2  India

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	26 September
	Malaysia	5
					27 September
	Bangladesh	0
					Malaysia	3
	26 September
					China	2
	China	2
	Hong Kong	0
					Seventh place
					27 September
					Bangladesh	3
					Hong Kong	4

First to fourth place classification[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 September
	South Korea	2
					28 September
	India	4
					India	4
	26 September
					Pakistan	2
	Pakistan	3
	Japan	1
					Third place
					28 September
					South Korea	4
					Japan	2

Semi-finals[]

September 26, 2003 South Korea  2 – 4  India

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September 26, 2003 Pakistan  3 – 1  Japan

Third and fourth place[]

September 28, 2003 South Korea  4 – 2  Japan

Final[]

September 23, 2003 India  4 – 2  Pakistan Kanwalpreet  6' G. Singh  16' Tirkey  68' Prabhjot  69' Report Abbas  6', 13'

2003 Men's Hockey Asia Cup Winners
India First title

References[]

External links[]

• "6th Men's Asia Cup, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia".