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 countryMalaysia
CityKuantan
Dates9–16 May
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (3rd title)
Runner-up Pakistan
Third place China
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored82 (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.

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).

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) Host.
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)
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'
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'
10 May 2009
18:00
India  2–3  Pakistan
Prabhjot  15'
Rajpal  45'		 Khan  33', 36'
Abbas  54'
12 May 2009
15:00
China  2–2  India
Lu Fenghui  45'
Yu Yang  59'		 Sandeep  31', 34'

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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 May
 
 
 South Korea5
 
16 May
 
 China1
 
 South Korea1
 
14 May
 
 Pakistan0
 
 Pakistan4
 
 
 Malaysia2
 
Third place
 
 
16 May
 
 
 China (p.s.)3 (7)
 
 
 Malaysia3 (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)
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)

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 (2009-03-22). "Pakistan mull new strategy as Asia Cup venue switched". International The News. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
  2. "AirAsia chip in RM500,000 for Asia Cup". The Star. 2009-05-01. Archived from the original on 2009-05-02. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
  3. "Only Seven Teams For Asia Cup". Bernama. 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2009-05-02.


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