# 2008 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

The 2008 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup was the sixth edition of the Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup, the men's international under-21 field hockey championship of Asia, organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It was held at the Gachibowli Hockey Stadium in Hyderabad, India from 11 to 18 July 2008.
The hosts India defended their title from the previous edition to win their second title by defeating South Korea 3–2 with a golden goal in extra time after the match finished 2–2 in regular time.

## Qualified teams

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 20–29 April 2004 | 2004 Junior Asia Cup | Karachi, Pakistan | 6 | Bangladesh India Japan Malaysia Pakistan South Korea |
| 14–22 January 2008 | 2008 Junior AHF Cup | Muscat, Oman | 2 | Oman Singapore |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 | Semi-finals and 2009 Junior World Cup |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 | Semi-finals and 2009 Junior World Cup |
| 3 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Singapore | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 1 | |
* 11 July 2008
| Malaysia | 2–2 | Singapore |
* 11 July 2008
| India | 2–0 | Japan |
* 13 July 2008
| Japan | 9–1 | Singapore |
* 13 July 2008
| India | 3–1 | Malaysia |
* 14 July 2008
| Japan | 3–1 | Malaysia |
* 14 July 2008
| India | 6–0 | Singapore |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | +19 | 7 | Semi-finals and 2009 Junior World Cup |
| 2 | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 7 | Semi-finals and 2009 Junior World Cup |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 3 | |
| 4 | Oman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 0 | |
* 11 July 2008
| Pakistan | 5–1 | Oman |
* 11 July 2008
| South Korea | 8–0 | Bangladesh |
* 12 July 2008
| Bangladesh | 7–1 | Oman |
* 12 July 2008
| South Korea | 3–3 | Pakistan |
* 14 July 2008
| South Korea | 11–0 | Oman |
* 14 July 2008
| Pakistan | 8–2 | Bangladesh |

## Fifth to eighth place classification
### Bracket

| Cross-overs | Cross-overs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 16 July | 16 July |
| Malaysia | 5 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 17 July | 17 July |
| Oman | 1 | 17 July | 17 July |
| Oman | 1 | Malaysia | 1 |
| 16 July | 16 July | | Malaysia | 1 |
| 16 July | 16 July | Bangladesh | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | Bangladesh | 0 |
| Singapore | 1 | | |
| Singapore | 1 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 17 July | 17 July |
| | | Oman | 5 |
| | | Singapore | 1 |

### Cross-overs

* 16 July 2008
| Malaysia | 5–1 | Oman |
* 16 July 2008
| Bangladesh | 3–1 | Singapore |

### Seventh and eighth place

* 17 July 2008
| Oman | 5–1 | Singapore |

### Fifth and sixth place

* 17 July 2008
| Malaysia | 1–0 | Bangladesh |

## First to fourth place classification
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 16 July | 16 July |
| India | 3 |
| India | 3 | 18 July | 18 July |
| Pakistan | 1 | 18 July | 18 July |
| Pakistan | 1 | India (a.s.d.e.t.) | 3 |
| 16 July | 16 July | | India (a.s.d.e.t.) | 3 |
| 16 July | 16 July | South Korea | 2 |
| South Korea | 4 | South Korea | 2 |
| Japan | 2 | | |
| Japan | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 18 July | 18 July |
| | | Pakistan | 7 |
| | | Japan | 2 |

### Semi-finals

* 16 July 2008
| India | 3–1 | Pakistan |
* 16 July 2008
| South Korea | 4–1 | Japan |

### Third and fourth place

* 18 July 2008
| Pakistan | 7–2 | Japan |

### Final

* 18 July 2008
| India | 3–2 (a.s.d.e.t.) | South Korea |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Qualification |
| | India (H) | 2009 Junior World Cup |
| | South Korea | 2009 Junior World Cup |
| | Pakistan | 2009 Junior World Cup |
| 4 | Japan | 2009 Junior World Cup |
| 5 | Malaysia | |
| 6 | Bangladesh | |
| 7 | Oman | |
| 8 | Singapore | |