2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup (India beats South Korea 4-1 in the final to clinch its 4th Asia Cup trophy, seals qualification to 2026 FIH World Cup)

[Gollum]

Super4s

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India (H)	3	2	1	0	13	3	+10	7	Final
2	South Korea	3	1	1	1	6	8	−2	4
3	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3	Third place match
4	China	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3

 

 

Third and fourth place

7 September 2025 17:00 Malaysia  v  China

Final

7 September 2025 19:30 India  v  South Korea

[bharathh]

1 hour ago, Gollum said:

India beat China 7-0, final against South Korea tomorrow 19:30 IST. 

 

Finally. A convincing win. Watched the whole game for the first time. 

[Gollum]

2 minutes ago, bharathh said:

 

Finally. A convincing win. Watched the whole game for the first time. 

If we wanted, could have reached double digits as well. India in full flight is a juggernaut, impossible to face for all teams except Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Australia. 

[Gollum]

 

[Gollum]

Action packed day coming up

 

Eng-RSA 3rd ODI

 

Zim-SL T20I

 

Afg-Pak tri series final (I'll give it a miss, but go Afghans!!!)

 

Asia Cup hockey final and bronze medal matches (7:30 pm is the final)

 

FIDE Grand Swiss...can occasionally check the games (Pragg vs Abhimanyu, Gukesh vs Arjun, Ivanchuk vs Vidit, Mendonca vs Niemann, Pranav vs Nihal)

 

And the big one at 11:30 pm, #1 Sinner vs  #2 Alcaraz US Open final

 

Edited September 7, 2025 by Gollum

[randomGuy]

Kanglus lost 6-1 to japan 

 

 

[Gollum]

India opens account in 1st 30 seconds, whatta goal !!!!!!

[Gollum]

Jugraj misses penalty stroke 

[Gollum]

Missing too many chances, should have sealed the deal by now. 

[Gollum]

Jugraj having a shocker of a game till now. 

[Gollum]

India 2-0
 

[Gollum]

Amit Rohidas converts PC, 4-0 now with 10 min left. Let the celebrations begin 

[Gollum]

Koreans convert PC, 4-1

[Gollum]

4th Asia Cup trophy for India....2003, 07, 17, 25

 

South Korea has 5 Asia Cups, Pakistan 3. 

Edited September 7, 2025 by Gollum

[Gollum]

2026 FIH World Cup qualification status:

 

 

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
3 November 2022	Hosts	—	2	Belgium  Netherlands
6 December 2023 – 30 June 2024	2023–24 FIH Pro League	—	1	Australia
30 November 2024 – 29 June 2025	2024–25 FIH Pro League	—	1	Spain
24 July – 3 August 2025	2025 Pan American Cup	Montevideo	1	Argentina
8–16 August 2025	2025 EuroHockey Championship	Mönchengladbach	1	Germany
29 August – 7 September 2025	2025 Asia Cup	Rajgir	1	India
4–7 September 2025	2025 Oceania Cup	Darwin	1	New Zealand
11–18 October 2025	2025 Africa Cup of Nations	Ismailia	1
28 February–8 March 2026	2026 World Cup Qualifiers	TBD	7
Total			16

[coffee_rules]

We are through World Cup without having to play qualifiers

[deathmonger]

10 minutes ago, Gollum said:

4th Asia Cup trophy for India....2003, 07, 17, 25

 

South Korea has 5 Asia Cups, Pakistan 3. 

India will soon be no 1.

[Gollum]

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1982 Details	Karachi, Pakistan		Pakistan	Round-robin	India		China	Round-robin	Malaysia		7
1985 Details	Dhaka, Bangladesh		Pakistan	3–2	India		South Korea	2–0	Japan		10
1989 Details	New Delhi, India		Pakistan	2–0	India		South Korea	1–0	Japan		7
1994 Details	Hiroshima, Japan		South Korea	1–0	India		Pakistan	5–2	Malaysia		9
1999 Details	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		South Korea	5–4	Pakistan		India	4–2	Malaysia		9
2003 Details	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		India	4–2	Pakistan		South Korea	4–2	Japan		8
2007 Details	Chennai, India		India	7–2	South Korea		Malaysia	5–3	Japan		11
2009 Details	Kuantan, Malaysia		South Korea	1–0	Pakistan		China	3–3 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p.s.)	Malaysia		7
2013 Details	Ipoh, Malaysia		South Korea	4–3	India		Pakistan	3–1	Malaysia		8
2017 Details	Dhaka, Bangladesh		India	2–1	Malaysia		Pakistan	6–3	South Korea		8
2022 Details	Jakarta, Indonesia		South Korea	2–1	Malaysia		India	1–0	Japan		8
2025 Details	Rajgir, India		India	4–1	South Korea		Malaysia	4–1	China		8

 

 

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
South Korea	5 (1994, 1999, 2009, 2013, 2022)	2 (2007, 2025)	3 (1985, 1989, 2003)	1 (2017)
India	4 (2003, 2007*, 2017, 2025*)	5 (1982, 1985, 1989*, 1994, 2013)	2 (1999, 2022)
Pakistan	3 (1982*, 1985, 1989)	3 (1999, 2003, 2009)	3 (1994, 2013, 2017)
Malaysia		2 (2017, 2022)	2 (2007, 2025)	5 (1982, 1994, 1999*, 2009*, 2013*)
China			2 (1982, 2009)	1 (2025)
Japan				5 (1985, 1989, 2003, 2007, 2022)

 

* = hosts

[Gollum]

11 minutes ago, deathmonger said:

India will soon be no 1.

We took 2022 Asia Cup very lightly (being 23 WC hosts, qualification wasn't an issue. ), sent a dozen rookies in our squad...I remember the game against Pak, we had 7-8 debutantes in starting XI and still drew that match.

Edited September 7, 2025 by Gollum

[Gollum]

Last 3 games, we took it up a notch.

 

4-1 vs Malaysia (before that game, Malaysians were the most in form team)

7-0 vs China

4-1 vs South Korea

 

The India that won consecutive Olympic medals, finally woke up. 

Edited September 7, 2025 by Gollum