# 2009 Women's Hockey Asia Cup

The 2009 Women's Hockey Asia Cup was the seventh edition of the women's field hockey tournament. It was held in Bangkok from 29 October to 8 November 2009.
China won the tournament for the second time, defeating India 5–3 in the final. South Korea finished in third place after defeating Japan 4–3 in the third place playoff.
The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2010 FIH World Cup, with the top two teams qualifying.

## Competition format

The teams were divided into Pool A and Pool B. The competition comprised a single round-robin format in each pool, with each team playing each other once. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top two teams advanced to the medal round, while the remaining teams played off for classifications.

## Teams

The following teams participated in the tournament:
* China
* Chinese Taipei
* Hong Kong
* India
* Japan (defending champions)
* Kazakhstan
* Malaysia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Thailand

## Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the Asian Hockey Federation and the FIH to officiate the tournament:
* Miskarmalia Ariffin (MAS)
* Thanita Chungmanichot (THA)
* Elena Eskina (RUS)
* Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
* Nor Piza Hassan (MAS)
* Amy Hassick (USA)
* Lim Mi-Sook (KOR)
* Anupama Puchimanda (IND)
* Annie Thomas (MAS)
* Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
* Yumiko Yasuoka (JPN)
* Kitty Yau (HKG)

## Results

All times are local (ICT).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | +26 | 10 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | India | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 | +28 | 8 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 3 | Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Singapore | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 30 | −29 | 3 | |
| 5 | Thailand (H) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | −28 | 0 | |
* 29 October 2009 16:30
| Thailand | 0–3 | Malaysia |
| | Report | Norfaraha 7' Juliani 24' Hashim 53' |
* Umpires: Anupama Puchimanda (IND) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
* 29 October 2009 18:30
| India | 13–0 | Singapore |
| Saba 2', 42' Surinder 4', 48' Rani 19', 41' Mamta 23', 67' Deepika 35', 59' Jasjeet 39', 53', 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Yumiko Yasuoka (JPN) Elena Eskina (RUS)
* 30 October 2009 16:00
| Singapore | 0–13 | China |
| | Report | Li S. 5', 41' Ren 7', 8' Gao 11', 58' Ma W. 20', 32' Song 38', 65' Li H. 54' Xing 60', 69' |
* Umpires: Nor Piza Hassan (RUS) Lim Mi-Sook (KOR)
* 30 October 2009 16:30
| India | 15–0 | Thailand |
| Ritu 11' Mamta 15', 33', 45' Rani 18', 28', 38', 41', 58', 69' Saba 32', 47', 60' Monika 52' Surinder 64' | Report | |
* Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Kitty Yau (HKG)
* 1 November 2009 14:30
| China | 4–0 | Malaysia |
| Ma Y. 21' Zhao 44' Li H. 47' De 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Yumiko Yasuoka (JPN) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
* 1 November 2009 18:30
| Singapore | 1–0 | Thailand |
| Nursabrina 4' | Report | |
* Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Nor Piza Hassan (MAS)
* 3 November 2009 14:30
| China | 1–1 | India |
| Liao 18' | Report | Saba 45' |
* Umpires: Amy Hassick (USA) Lim Mi-Sook (KOR)
* 3 November 2009 18:30
| Malaysia | 4–0 | Singapore |
| Siti R. 13' Nuraini 15' Siti O. 50' Chitra 64' | Report | |
* Umpires: Anupama Puchimanda (IND) Yumiko Yasuoka (JPN)
* 4 November 2009 16:30
| Thailand | 0–9 | China |
| | Report | Ma Y. 2', 14', 25', 54' Li H. 8' Song 34', 52' Fu 60' Zhao 66' |
* Umpires: Lim Mi-Sook (KOR) Kitty Yau (HKG)
* 4 November 2009 18:30
| Malaysia | 1–1 | India |
| Juliani 4' | Report | Binita 27' |
* Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Amy Hassick (USA)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 2 | +57 | 13 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 2 | +43 | 13 | Advanced to Semi-Finals |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 9 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 4 | |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 28 | −21 | 4 | |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 49 | −48 | 0 | |
* 29 October 2009 14:00
| Japan | 10–0 | Kazakhstan |
| Miura 3', 6' Nakashima 18', 23', 52', 59' Arai 38', 47' Murakami 61' Komazawa 68' | Report | |
* Umpires: Nor Piza Hassan (MAS) Amy Hassick (USA)
* 29 October 2009 16:00
| South Korea | 17–0 | Sri Lanka |
| Cheon S. 2', 5', 10', 19', 34', 51', 52', 60', 69' Kim O. 8' Park M. 13', 14', 39' Kim J. 26', 43' Lee So. 55' Yoo J. 64' | Report | |
* Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Annie Thomas (MAS)
* 30 October 2009 09:00
| Hong Kong | 0–0 | Chinese Taipei |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Miskarmalia Ariffin (MAS) Thanita Chungmanichot (THA)
* 31 October 2009 14:00
| Sri Lanka | 0–20 | Japan |
| | Report | Sato 1' Murakami 5' Imura 10', 12', 27', 49' Nagayama 11' Iwao 16', 22' Miura 25', 33', 41', 54', 61' Arai 43' Komazawa 44', 46', 53', 67' Ozawa 70+' |
* Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Annie Thomas (MAS)
* 31 October 2009 14:30
| South Korea | 10–0 | Hong Kong |
| Cheon S. 12', 26' Han 14' Kim J. 23', 25' Lee So. 33' Kim D. 44' Kim E. 51' Park M. 58' Eum 65' | Report | |
* Umpires: Amy Hassick (USA) Thanita Chungmanichot (THA)
* 31 October 2009 18:30
| Chinese Taipei | 2–5 | Kazakhstan |
| Lu 38' Sung 40' | Report | Mangalieva 14', 29', 62' Domashneva 45' Baissarina 50' |
* Umpires: Kitty Yau (HKG) Miskarmalia Ariffin (MAS)
* 1 November 2009 14:00
| Hong Kong | 3–0 | Sri Lanka |
| Helen 32', 55' Emmett 63' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lim Mi-Sook (KOR) Elena Eskina (RUS)
* 1 November 2009 16:00
| Kazakhstan | 0–15 | South Korea |
| | Report | Han 2' Kim J. 6', 8', 17', 19', 40', 60' Park M. 9', 14' Kim D. 22', 28' Kim B. 35' Kim E. 56' Kim Y. 61' Tak 66' |
* Umpires: Amy Hassick (USA) Anupama Puchimanda (IND)
* 1 November 2009 14:00
| Japan | 7–0 | Chinese Taipei |
| Sato 13' Miura 17', 45' Arai 26' Komazawa 37' Nagayama 50' Ozawa 64' | Report | |
* Umpires: Kitty Yau (HKG) Annie Thomas (MAS)
* 3 November 2009 14:00
| Kazakhstan | 4–2 | Hong Kong |
| Belynova 16', 65' Mangalieva 43' Domashneva 58' | Report | Yi 35+' Sawyer 39' |
* Umpires: Miskarmalia Ariffin (MAS) Nor Piza Hassan (MAS)
* 3 November 2009 16:00
| Sri Lanka | 1–5 | Chinese Taipei |
| Perera 11' | Report | Yang 24', 40' Chen C. 31' Chen H. 53', 56' |
* Umpires: hanita Chungmanichot (THA) Kitty Yau (HKG)
* 3 November 2009 16:30
| South Korea | 2–2 | Japan |
| Eum 10' Kim D. 68' | Report | Sato 29' Murakami 53' |
* Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
* 4 November 2009 14:00
| Kazakhstan | 4–0 | Sri Lanka |
| Mangalieva 7', 15', 34', 49' | Report | |
* Umpires: Miskarmalia Ariffin (MAS) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)
* 4 November 2009 14:30
| Chinese Taipei | 0–15 | South Korea |
| | Report | Han 4', 13', 31' Lee So. 9', 19', 64' Park M. 24', 38' Kim E. 33' Kim Y. 40' Kim J. 42', 44' Cheon S. 52' Kim D. 57' Tak 65' |
* Umpires: Anupama Puchimanda (IND) Thanita Chungmanichot (THA)
* 4 November 2009 16:00
| Japan | 6–0 | Hong Kong |
| Murakami 12', 55' Miura 19', 21', 45' Nakagawa 42' | Report | |
* Umpires: Annie Thomas (MAS) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

### Classification round
#### Ninth to eleventh place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Ninth Place | Ninth Place |
| | | 8 November 2009 | 8 November 2009 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 2 |
| 7 November 2009 | 7 November 2009 | | Chinese Taipei | 2 |
| 7 November 2009 | 7 November 2009 | Thailand | 1 |
| Thailand | 3 | Thailand | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | | |

##### Crossover

* 7 November 2009 15:00
| Thailand | 3–1 | Sri Lanka |
| Ritngam 7' Lewwrungroj 28', 65' | Report | Perera 46' |
* Umpires: Anupama Puchimanda (IND) Nor Piza Hassan (MAS)

##### Ninth and tenth place

* 8 November 2009 15:00
| Chinese Taipei | 2–1 | Thailand |
| Lu 25' Chia 32' | Report | Lewwrungroj 2' |
* Umpires: Kitty Yau (HKG) Lim Mi-Sook (KOR)

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 6 November 2009 | 6 November 2009 |
| Malaysia | 5 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 7 November 2009 | 7 November 2009 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 7 November 2009 | 7 November 2009 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | Malaysia | 2 |
| 6 November 2009 | 6 November 2009 | | Malaysia | 2 |
| 6 November 2009 | 6 November 2009 | Kazakhstan | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | Kazakhstan | 1 |
| Singapore | 1 | | |
| Singapore | 1 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 7 November 2009 | 7 November 2009 |
| | | Hong Kong | 2 |
| | | Singapore | 0 |

##### Crossover

* 6 November 2009 13:00
| Malaysia | 5–0 | Hong Kong |
| Norbaini 3' Norfaraha 10' Juliani 12' Nadia 18' Siti 61' | Report | |
* Umpires: Thanita Chungmanichot (THA) Anupama Puchimanda (IND)
* 6 November 2009 15:30
| Kazakhstan | 2–1 | Singapore |
| Mangalieva 58', 60' | Report | Nursbrina 19' |
* Umpires: Kitty Yau (HKG) Lim Mi-Sook (KOR)

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 7 November 2009 15:30
| Hong Kong | 2–0 | Singapore |
| Helen 34' Ozorio 63' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lim Mi-Sook (KOR) Thanita Chungmanichot (THA)

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 7 November 2009 18:00
| Malaysia | 2–1 | Kazakhstan |
| Siti 17', 50' | Report | Mangalieva 6' |
* Umpires: Miskarmalia Ariffin (SGP) Amy Hassick (USA)

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final |
| 6 November 2009 | 6 November 2009 |
| China | 1 |
| China | 1 | 8 November 2009 | 8 November 2009 |
| Japan | 0 | 8 November 2009 | 8 November 2009 |
| Japan | 0 | China | 5 |
| 6 November 2009 | 6 November 2009 | | China | 5 |
| 6 November 2009 | 6 November 2009 | India | 3 |
| South Korea | 2 | India | 3 |
| India | 3 | | |
| India | 3 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 8 November 2009 | 8 November 2009 |
| | | Japan | 3 |
| | | South Korea | 4 |

##### Semi-finals

* 6 November 2009 15:00
| China | 1–0 | Japan |
| Zhao 33' | Report | |
* Umpires: Amy Hassick (USA) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
* 6 November 2009 17:30
| South Korea | 2–3 | India |
| Kim Eun-S. 62' Park M. 68' | Report | Jasjeet 8', 37' Rani 55' |
* Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

##### Third and fourth place

* 8 November 2009 15:30
| Japan | 3–4 | South Korea |
| Komazawa 1' Nakashima 24' Ozawa 34' | Report | Han 10' Lee So. 18', 67' Kim B. 30' |
* Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

##### Final

* 8 November 2009 18:00
| China | 5–3 | India |
| Fu 13' Ma Y. 18', 47' Zhao 27' De 51' | Report | Surinder 8' Mamta 47' Deepika 54' |
* Umpires: Yumiko Yasuoka (JPN) Elena Eskina (RUS)

## Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| | China | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4 | +29 | 16 | Qualified for 2010 FIH World Cup |
| | India | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | +27 | 11 | Qualified for 2010 FIH World Cup |
| | South Korea | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 8 | +57 | 16 | FIH World Cup Qualifiers |
| 4 | Japan | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 7 | +41 | 13 | FIH World Cup Qualifiers |
| 5 | Malaysia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 13 | FIH World Cup Qualifiers |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 32 | −16 | 12 | |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 25 | −18 | 7 | |
| 8 | Singapore | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 34 | −32 | 3 | |
| 9 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 29 | −20 | 7 | |
| 10 | Thailand (H) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 31 | −27 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 52 | −50 | 0 | |

## Goalscorers

There were 237 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 6.77 goals per match.
12 goals
* Keiko Miura
* Kim Jong-Eun
* Cheon Seul-Ki
11 goals
* Gulnari Mangalieva
9 goals
* Rani Rampal
* Park Mi-Hyun
7 goals
* Ma Yibo
* Rika Komazawa
* Lee Soo-Kyung
6 goals
* Saba Anjum
* Mamta Kharab
* Han Hye-Lyoung
5 goals
* Jasjeet Kaur Handa
* Ai Murakami
* Mie Nakashima
* Kim Da-Rae
4 goals
* Song Qingling
* Zhao Yudiao
* Surinder Kaur
* Mazuki Arai
* Mika Imura
* Siti Othman
* Kim Eun-Sil
3 goals
* Li Hongxia
* Barbara Helen
* Deepika Thakur
* Misaki Ozawa
* Masako Sato
* Juliani Din
* Kannika Lewwrungroj
2 goals
* Fu Baorong
* De Jiaojiao
* Gao Lihua
* Xing Qian
* Li Shuang
* Ma Wei
* Ren Ye
* Chen Hsiu-Chin
* Lu Pei-Ling
* Yang Wan-Wen
* Sachimi Iwao
* Kana Nagayama
* Yelena Belynova
* Vera Domashneva
* Norbaini Hashim
* Norfaraha Hashim
* Nursabrina Banuh
* Kim Bo-Mi
* Eum Mi-Young
* Tak Se-Hui
* Kim Young-Ran
* Dinesha Ameeta Perera
1 goal
* Liao Jiahui
* Chen Chen-Tzu
* Chia Jung-Chen
* Sung Ming-Fang
* Nicole Emmett
* Christie-Anna Ozorio
* Nicola-Jane Sawyer
* Yi Sui-Suet
* Monika Bardan
* Ritu Rani
* Binita Toppo
* Miyuki Nakagawa
* Guliya Baissarina
* Chitra Arumugam
* Nadia Rahman
* Nuraini Rashid
* Siti Ruhani
* Yoo Jung-Mi
* Kim Ok-Ju
* Sukanya Ritngam