# Field hockey at the 1966 Asian Games

Field hockey was contested for men only at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.
India won its first gold medal by defeating the two-time defending champions Pakistan 1–0 after extra time in the final. Japan won its first medal by defeating Malaysia 1–0 in the bronze medal match.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | India A. L. Frank Balbir Singh Grewal Haripal Kaushik Balbir Singh Kular Balbir Singh Kullar Mohinder Lal Shankar Lakshman John Peter Dharam Singh Gurbux Singh Harbinder Singh Harmik Singh Inder Singh Jagdeep Singh Jagjit Singh Prithipal Singh Tarsem Singh Noel Toppo | Pakistan Muhammad Ashfaq Laeeq Ahmed Muhammad Akhtar Saeed Anwar Tariq Aziz Khizer Nawaz Bajwa Jahangir Butt Munir Dar Abdul Hamid Jahangir Khan Khalid Mahmood Muhammad Asad Malik Riazuddin Moghal Tariq Niazi Fazal-ur-Rehman Muhammad Rashid Abdul Waheed Khwaja Zakauddin | Japan Hiroshi Fujishima Seiji Hashimoto Yukitoshi Hata Nobuo Ide Yukio Kamimura Shigeo Kaoku Akio Kudo Norihiko Matsumoto Shozo Nishimura Satokazu Otsuka Katsumi Shirato Takashi Sugiura Hiroyuki Takagi Akio Takashima Akihito Wada Minoru Yoshimura Katsuhiro Yuzaki Tsuneya Yuzaki |

## Draw

The draw for hockey competition was held on 5 December 1966.

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | |
| 4 | Thailand (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | |
* 12 December 1966
| Pakistan | 0–0 | Japan |
* 12 December 1966
| Hong Kong | 2–0 | Thailand |
* 13 December 1966
| Pakistan | 5–0 | Hong Kong |
* 13 December 1966
| Japan | 4–0 | Thailand |
* 15 December 1966
| Pakistan | 13–0 | Thailand |
* 15 December 1966
| Japan | 1–0 | Hong Kong |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 2 | |
| 4 | Ceylon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | |
* 12 December 1966
| South Korea | 1–0 | Ceylon |
* 12 December 1966
| India | 1–0 | Malaysia |
* 13 December 1966
| Malaysia | 2–0 | South Korea |
* 13 December 1966
| India | 3–0 | Ceylon |
* 14 December 1966
| India | 5–0 | South Korea |
* 14 December 1966
| Malaysia | 0–0 | Ceylon |

### Consolation round

| 5–8th place semi-finals | 5–8th place semi-finals | 5th place | 5th place |
| 16 December | 16 December |
| Hong Kong | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 17 December | 17 December |
| Ceylon | 3 | 17 December | 17 December |
| Ceylon | 3 | Ceylon | 1 |
| 16 December | 16 December | | Ceylon | 1 |
| 16 December | 16 December | South Korea | 0 |
| South Korea | 1 | South Korea | 0 |
| Thailand | 0 | | |

#### 5–8th place semi-finals

* 16 December 1966
| Hong Kong | 1–3 | Ceylon |
* 16 December 1966
| South Korea | 1–0 | Thailand |

#### 5th place match

* 17 December 1966
| Ceylon | 1–0 | South Korea |

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 16 December | 16 December |
| Pakistan | 5 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 19 December | 19 December |
| Malaysia | 1 | 19 December | 19 December |
| Malaysia | 1 | Pakistan | 0 |
| 16 December | 16 December | | Pakistan | 0 |
| 16 December | 16 December | India (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| India | 3 | India (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | | |
| Japan | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 19 December | 19 December |
| | | Malaysia | 0 |
| | | Japan | 1 |

#### Semi-finals

* 16 December 1966
| Pakistan | 5–1 | Malaysia |
* 16 December 1966
| India | 3–0 | Japan |

#### Bronze medal match

* 19 December 1966
| Malaysia | 0–1 | Japan |

#### Gold medal match

* 19 December 1966
| Pakistan | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | India |
| | Report | Balbir Singh 90' |

## Final standings

* India
* Pakistan
* Japan
* Malaysia
* Ceylon
* South Korea
* Hong Kong
* Thailand