# Field hockey at the 1962 Asian Games

The men's field hockey event at the 1962 Asian Games was the second edition of the field hockey event for men at the Asian Games.
It was held at the Senayan Hockey Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia from 25 August to 3 September 1962. In this tournament, 9 teams played in the men's competition.
The defending champions Pakistan won its second gold medal by defeating India 2–0 in the final. Malaya won its first-ever medal by defeating Japan 2–0 in the bronze medal match.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Pakistan Bashir Ahmed Noor Alam Manzoor Hussain Atif Tariq Aziz Naseer Bunda Munir Dar Zafar Hayat Mazhar Hussain Zakir Hussain Anwar Ahmed Khan Motiullah Khan Habib Ali Kiddie Muhammad Asad Malik Hayat Muhammad Tariq Niazi Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool Abdul Waheed Khwaja Zakauddin | India Joseph Antic Erman Bastian Rajendran Christie V. Deshmukh Abdul Hamid Shankar Lakshman Hiranna M. Nimal Bandu Patil Jaman Lal Sharma Charanjit Singh Darshan Singh Gurdev Singh Gurmit Singh Joginder Singh Madan Mohan Singh Piara Singh Prithipal Singh | Malaya Ismail Ali Kandiah Anandarajah Michael Arulraj Chua Eng Wah Ho Koh Chye Robin Jayesuria Doraisamy Munusamy Chelliah Paramalingam Arumugam Sabapathy Aboo Samah Manikam Shanmuganathan Mike Shepherdson Mani Sockalingam Mohd Hariff Taib Lawrence Van Huizen Rajaratnam Yogeswaran |

## Draw

The draw for hockey competition was held on 14 August 1962.

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Malaya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | |
* 26 August 1962
| India | 3–0 | Malaya |
| Bastian 33', 45', 65' | | |
* Umpires: McDowell (AUS) Matsumowa (JPN)
* 26 August 1962
| South Korea | 0–2 | Hong Kong |
* 28 August 1962
| Malaya | 5–1 | South Korea |
* 28 August 1962
| India | 4–0 | Hong Kong |
| Bastian 3' Pr. Singh 16', 25', 50' | Report | |
* 30 August 1962
| India | 5–0 | South Korea |
| Pr. Singh ?', 15', 45' Bastian ?' Gurd. Singh ?' | Report | |
* 30 August 1962
| Malaya | 4–0 | Hong Kong |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | +25 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Singapore | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | Ceylon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 2 | |
| 5 | Indonesia (H) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 | |
* 25 August 1962
| Indonesia | 1–3 | Ceylon |
| Sitaldas 4' | Report | Visuvasalingam Rajaratnam 6', 30' Girange Jayatissa 68' |
* 25 August 1962
| Pakistan | 5–0 | Japan |
* 26 August 1962
| Japan | 1–1 | Singapore |
* 27 August 1962
| Ceylon | 1–9 | Pakistan |
| Donald Abeysekera 52' | Report | Waheed 1', 4', 19', 20', ?' Alam 17' Bunda Dar Motiullah |
* 27 August 1962
| Indonesia | 1–2 | Singapore |
* 29 August 1962
| Pakistan | 4–0 | Singapore |
| Bunda 1', 70' Waheed 28' Dar 53' | | |
* 29 August 1962
| Ceylon | 0–2 | Japan |
* 30 August 1962
| Indonesia | 0–8 | Pakistan |
* 31 August 1962
| Ceylon | 0–3 | Singapore |
| | Report | Mehar Singh 12' Cyril Dewitt 39' Douglas Nunis 60' |
* 31 August 1962
| Japan | 5–0 | Indonesia |

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 2 September | 2 September |
| India | 7 |
| India | 7 | 3 September | 3 September |
| Japan | 0 | 3 September | 3 September |
| Japan | 0 | India | 0 |
| 2 September | 2 September | | India | 0 |
| 2 September | 2 September | Pakistan | 2 |
| Pakistan | 5 | Pakistan | 2 |
| Malaya | 0 | | |
| Malaya | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 3 September | 3 September |
| | | Japan | 0 |
| | | Malaya | 2 |

#### Semi-finals

* 2 September 1962
| India | 7–0 | Japan |
| Patil 3' Bastian ?', ?', ?' Pr. Singh ?', ?' | | |
* 2 September 1962
| Pakistan | 5–0 | Malaya |
| Waheed 3', 12', 51' Bunda 18', 58' | | |

#### Bronze medal match

* 3 September 1962
| Japan | 0–2 | Malaya |

#### Gold medal match

* 3 September 1962 13:30
| India | 0–2 | Pakistan |
| | | Atif 33' Waheed 39' |
* Umpires: McDowell (AUS) Kelly (NZL)

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Pakistan | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | India | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | Malaya | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Japan | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | Singapore | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Ceylon | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | South Korea | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Indonesia (H) | 4 | 0 |