# Field hockey at the 1970 Asian Games

Field hockey was contested for men only at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. The champions were decided in the final minutes of the 10-day event as Pakistan scored a solitary goal in extra time for a 1–0 win against India.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Pakistan Ashfaq Ahmed Riaz Ahmed Gulraiz Akhtar Saeed Anwar Muhammed Aslam Arayin Jahangir Butt Tanvir Dar Akhtar-ul-Islam Sami Khan Khalid Mahmood Muhammad Asad Malik Riazuddin Moghal Abdul Rashid Fazal-ur-Rehman Shahnaz Sheikh Zahid Sheikh Saleem Sherwani Islahuddin Siddiquee | India Charles Cornelius M. P. Ganesh B. P. Govinda Balbir Singh Grewal Ashok Kumar Vinod Kumar Cedric Pereira Krishnamurthy Perumal Ajit Pal Singh Baldev Singh Harbinder Singh Harcharan Singh Harmik Singh Kulwant Singh Major Singh Mukhbain Singh Mohinder Singh Uthiah | Japan Saburo Amemiya Susumu Chiba Masaji Fuji Shunji Furuta Toshiaki Ichinose Kazuo Kawamura Kyoichi Nagaya Hideji Okabe Satokazu Otsuka Haruo Satake Norio Takahashi Michinori Ueda Akihito Wada |

## Draw

* South Korea and Indonesia withdrew, Ceylon moved to Group A to balance the number of teams in each group.

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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 |
| Singapore | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 1 |
| Ceylon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 1 |
* 10 December
| Ceylon | 0–0 | Singapore |
* National Stadium, Bangkok
* 11 December
| Malaysia | 7–0 | Ceylon |
* National Stadium, Bangkok
* 12 December
| India | 7–0 | Singapore |
* National Stadium, Bangkok
* 13 December
| India | 6–0 | Ceylon |
* National Stadium, Bangkok
* 14 December
| Malaysia | 1–0 | Singapore |
* National Stadium, Bangkok
* 15 December
| India | 2–0 | Malaysia |
* National Stadium, Bangkok

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 |
* 10 December
| Hong Kong | 1–1 | Thailand |
* National Stadium, Bangkok
* 11 December
| Japan | 1–0 | Hong Kong |
* National Stadium, Bangkok
* 12 December
| Pakistan | 3–0 | Japan |
* National Stadium, Bangkok
* 13 December
| Pakistan | 10–0 | Hong Kong |
* National Stadium, Bangkok
* 14 December
| Japan | 3–0 | Thailand |
* National Stadium, Bangkok
* 15 December
| Pakistan | 0–0 | Thailand |
* National Stadium, Bangkok

### Consolation round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 16 December | 16 December |
| Singapore | 3 |
| Singapore | 3 | 18 December | 18 December |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 18 December | 18 December |
| Hong Kong | 1 | Singapore | 2 |
| 16 December | 16 December | | Singapore | 2 |
| 16 December | 16 December | Ceylon | 0 |
| Thailand | 0 | Ceylon | 0 |
| Ceylon | 1 | | |
| Ceylon | 1 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 18 December | 18 December |
| | | Hong Kong (p) | 0 (5) |
| | | Thailand | 0 (3) |

#### Semifinals

* 16 December
| Singapore | 3–1 | Hong Kong |
* National Stadium, Bangkok
* 16 December
| Thailand | 0–1 | Ceylon |
* National Stadium, Bangkok

#### 7th place match

* 18 December
| Hong Kong | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Thailand |
| Penalties |||
| | 5–3 | |
* National Stadium, Bangkok

#### 5th place match

* 18 December
| Singapore | 2–0 | Ceylon |
* National Stadium, Bangkok

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 17 December | 17 December |
| Pakistan | 5 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 19 December | 19 December |
| Malaysia | 0 | 19 December | 19 December |
| Malaysia | 0 | Pakistan (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| 17 December | 17 December | | Pakistan (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| 17 December | 17 December | India | 0 |
| India | 1 | India | 0 |
| Japan | 0 | | |
| Japan | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 19 December | 19 December |
| | | Malaysia | 0 |
| | | Japan | 1 |

#### Semifinals

* 17 December
| Pakistan | 5–0 | Malaysia |
* National Stadium, Bangkok
* 17 December
| India | 1–0 | Japan |
* National Stadium, Bangkok

#### Bronze medal match

* 19 December
| Malaysia | 0–1 | Japan |
* National Stadium, Bangkok

#### Final

* 19 December
| Pakistan | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | India |
* National Stadium, Bangkok

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
| | Pakistan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| | India | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| | Japan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Malaysia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Singapore | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Ceylon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Thailand | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |