2015 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

2015 Men’s Junior Asia Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
City	Kuantan
Dates	14–22 November 2015
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	India (3rd title)
Runner-up
Third place
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	133 (5.54 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Harmanpreet Singh (14 goals)
Best player	Shahril Saabah
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The 2015 Men's Junior Asia Cup was the 8th edition of Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup. It was held from 14 to 22 November 2015 at the Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium in Kuantan, Malaysia.^[1]

India has won the event, beating Pakistan in the Final.^[2]

This tournament is a key competition for Asian junior hockey teams, as it serves as a qualifier for the Men's Hockey Junior World Cup held in India in December 2016.^[1]

In the last season, held in Ipoh in December 2013, Malaysia won the tournament.

Qualified teams[]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
3–13 May 2012		Malacca, Malaysia	6	India
30 November – 7 December 2014	2014 Junior AHF Cup	Dhaka, Bangladesh	2
Total			8

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

Pool matches were played from 14 to 17 November 2015.^[1]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	India	3	3	0	0	11	6	+5	9
2	(H)	3	1	1	1	10	7	+3	4
3		3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4		3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Source: FIH
(H) Host

14 November 2015
18:00

	4–0
14', 70' Shahril 21' 43'	Report

Umpires:
Shahbaz Ali (BAN)
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)

14 November 2015
20:15

India	2–1
Harmanpreet 28', 40'	Report	Ochiai 26'

Umpires:
Ben De Young (AUS)
Munir Ahmad (PAK)

15 November 2015
18:00

	1–2
12'	Report	49' Yamada 52'

Umpires:
Mahmood Al-Hasani (OMA)
Puvalagan Paskaran (MAS)

15 November 2015
20:15

	4–5	India
Shahril 1', 20', 66' 62'	Report	Mandeep 10', 61' Gurjant 40' Harmanpreet 46', 56'

Umpires:
Dave Dowdall (ENG)
Tao Zhinan (CHN)

17 November 2015
18:00

India	4–1
Harmanpreet 16' 37' 52', 67'	Report	43'

Umpires:
Kim Byung-hoon (KOR)
Mahmood Al-Hasani (OMA)

17 November 2015
20:15

	2–2
49' Yamada 69'	Report	15' 66'

Umpires:
Ben De Young (AUS)
Dave Dowdall (ENG)

Pool B[]

Pos	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	3	3	0	13	2	+11	9
2	3	2	1	8	7	+1	6
3	3	1	2	5	7	−2	3
4	3	0	3	7	17	−10	0

Source: FIH

14 November 2015
16:00

	3–1
29' 39' 70'	Report	32'

Umpires:
Dave Dowdall (ENG)
Puvalagan Paskaran (MAS)

14 November 2015
16:30

	5–2
10', 44' 12' 53' 68'	Report	39' 62'

Umpires:
Tao Zhinan (CHN)
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)

15 November 2015
16:00

	3–0
8', 42' 49'	Report

Umpires:
Ben De Young (AUS)
Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

15 November 2015
16:30

	4–5
3', 20' 38' 56'	Report	Roman 4' Ashraful 11', 38' Arshad 16' 25'

Umpires:
Kim Byung-hoon (KOR)
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)

17 November 2015
16:00

	1–7
5'	Report	3', 62', 65' 8', 34' 15' 34'

Umpires:
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)

17 November 2015
16:30

	0–2
	Report	Sarower 25' Milon 46'

Umpires:
Munir Ahmad (PAK)
Tao Zhinan (CHN)

Classification round[]

Bracket[]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

19 November

India	9
		21 November
	0
		India	6
19 November
			1
	0
				22 November
	3
				India	6
19 November
					2
	3 (1)
		21 November
(s.o.)	3 (4)
			2 (7)
19 November
		(s.o.)	2 (8)	Third place
	4
				22 November
	1
					1

					2

Quarter-finals[]

All quarterfinal matches were played on 19 November 2015.^[1]

19 November 2015
15:45

India	9–0
Harmanpreet 7', 12', 50' Armaan 10' Gurjant 18' Santa 22' Mandeep 30' Harjeet 45' 54'	Report

Umpires:
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)
Kim Byung-hoon (KOR)

19 November 2015
16:00

	0–3
	Report	Ochiai 21' 68', 68'

Umpires:
Dave Dowdall (ENG)
Puvalagan Paskaran (MAS)

19 November 2015
18:15

	3–3
Shahril 6' 31' 63'	Report	61' 68' 70'
Penalties
Shahril	1–4

Umpires:
Tao Zhinan (CHN)
Napoleon Chanamthabam (IND)

19 November 2015
20:30

	4–1
26' 27', 44' 67'	Report	17'

Umpires:
Ben De Young (AUS)
Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

Cross-overs		Fifth place

21 November

	2 (2)
		22 November
(s.o.)	2 (3)
			0
21 November
			8
	5

	1
		Seventh place

		22 November

			2

			7

Cross-overs[]

21 November 2015
15:45

	2–2
64' 67'	Report	Roman 31' Milon 70+'
Penalties
	2–3	Farhad Roman Ashraful Fazla

Umpires:
Kim Byung-hoon (KOR)
Munir Ahmad (PAK)

21 November 2015
16:00

	5–1
Shahril 41', 52', 64' 56' 67'	Report	53'

Umpires:
Mahmood Al-Hasani (OMA)
Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

Seventh and eighth place[]

22 November 2015
15:45

	2–7
33' 57'	Report	20', 21' 28', 51' 45' 49' 51' 55'

Umpires:
Munir Ahmad (PAK)
Shigeki Kodama (JPN)

Fifth and sixth place[]

22 November 2015
16:00

	0–8
	Report	2', 6', 30', 44' 52', 58' 56' 66'

Umpires:
Mahmood Al-Hasani (OMA)
Dave Dowdall (ENG)

Semi-finals[]

21 November 2015
18:15

India	6–1
Mandeep 12' 13' Harmanpreet 23', 48' 27' Varun 64'	Report	44'

Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Puvalagan Paskaran (MAS)

21 November 2015
20:30

	2–2
18', 41'	Report	46', 70'
Penalties
	7–8

Umpires:
Dave Dowdall (ENG)
Tao Zhinan (CHN)

Third and fourth place[]

22 November 2015
18:15

	1–2
34'	Report	3' 18'

Umpires:
Ben De Young (AUS)
Shahbaz Ali (BAN)

Final[]

22 November 2015
20:30

India	6–2
Harmanpreet 10', 15', 30', 53' Armaan 44' 50'	Report	Yaqoob 28' 68'

Umpires:
Tao Zhinan (CHN)
Puvalagan Paskaran (MAS)

Statistics[]

All statistics are correct as on 27 November 2015.^[3]

Team Goal Scoring[]

Team	FG	PC	PS	Total
India	18	13	1	32
Malaysia	18	8	0	26
Pakistan	11	10	0	21
South Korea	4	8	0	12
China	6	5	0	11
Oman	7	4	0	11
Bangladesh	8	1	1	10
Japan	5	4	1	10
Total	77	53	3	133

End of Tournament awards[]

Award	Player/Team
Top Goalscorer	Harmanpreet Singh
Player of the Tournament	Shahril Saabah
Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Vikas Dahiya
Fair Play Award	Japan

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "14 - 22 November 2015 8th Men's Junior Asia Cup". www.asiahockey.org. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
^ "India juniors thrash Pakistan 6-2 to lift Asia Cup hockey title". www.hindustantimes.com/. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
^ "2015 Junior Asia Cup: Men". tms.fih.ch. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

External links[]

2015 Junior Asia Cup: Men

[:0-1] "14 - 22 November 2015 8th Men's Junior Asia Cup". www.asiahockey.org. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-23.

[:1-2] "India juniors thrash Pakistan 6-2 to lift Asia Cup hockey title". www.hindustantimes.com/. Retrieved 2015-11-23.

[3] "2015 Junior Asia Cup: Men". tms.fih.ch. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

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