# 2013 Men's Hockey Asia Cup

The 2013 Men's Hockey Asia Cup was the ninth edition of the Men's Hockey Asia Cup, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Asia organized by the Asian Hockey Federation. It was held from 24 August to 1 September 2013 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. The winner of this tournament qualified for the 2014 World Cup in The Hague, Netherlands.
The defending champions South Korea defeated India 4–3 in the final to win their fourth title. Pakistan won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts Malaysia 3–1.

## Qualified teams

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 9–16 May 2009 | 2009 Asia Cup | Kuantan, Malaysia | 5 | China India Japan Malaysia Pakistan South Korea |
| 16–24 April 2012 | 2012 AHF Cup | Bangkok, Thailand | 3 | Bangladesh Oman Chinese Taipei |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Results

The schedule was released on August 13, 2013.
All times are (UTC+8).

### Pools
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | +23 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Malaysia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 28 | −25 | 0 | |
* 24 August 2013 18:05
| Pakistan | 7–0 | Japan |
| Waqas 12', 20' Khan 22' Tousiq 25', 35+' Imran 33', 70+' | Report | |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Jang Jung-Min (KOR)
* 24 August 2013 20:05
| Malaysia | 10–2 | Chinese Taipei |
| Faizal 11', 13', 69' Firhan 18', 66' Tajuddin 21' Marhan 32' Izwan 39' Nabil 45' Fitri 62' | Report | Liu Ching-kun 4' Tseng Hsien-yi 46' |
* Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Salim Lucky (BAN)
* 25 August 2013 18:05
| Japan | 5–1 | Chinese Taipei |
| Kawakami 22' Nagasawa 48' Fujimoto 57' Kawauchi 59' Nakayama 67' | Report | Chen Yuan-fan 29' |
* Umpires: Javed Shaik (IND) Salleh al Balushi (OMA)
* 25 August 2013 20:05
| Pakistan | 4–1 | Malaysia |
| Zubair 32' Dilber 46' Waqas 60' Rasool 67' | Report | Razie 26' |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Murray Grime (AUS)
* 27 August 2013 18:05
| Pakistan | 13–0 | Chinese Taipei |
| Abbasi 13' Imran 23', 52' Rizwan 26', 38' Rasool 39', 47' Dilber 45' Khan 54', 56', 69' Tousiq 60' Irfan 67' | Report | |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Salim Lucky (BAN)
* 27 August 2013 20:05
| Japan | 2–4 | Malaysia |
| Tachibana 6' Kawakami 8' | Report | Razie 14' Firhan 28' Faizal 60' Azlan 66' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Saleh al Balushi (OMA)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Oman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 0 | |
* 24 August 2013 16:05
| India | 8–0 | Oman |
| Mandeep 4', 40', 44' Ramandeep 17' Raghunath 28' Rupinder 34' Malak 47' Uthappa 69' | Report | |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) R. Anbanathan (MAS)
* 25 August 2013 16:05
| South Korea | 9–0 | Bangladesh |
| You 4' Hyun 21', 35+' Jang 31', 42', 67' Jung 42' Lee S. 69' Kim Y. 70' | Report | |
* Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)
* 26 August 2013 18:05
| Bangladesh | 2–4 | Oman |
| Sarkar 53' Chayan 69' | Report | Al Shatri 29' Al Shar 43' Khatar 45', 59' |
* Umpires: Javed Shaik (IND) Jang Jung-Min (KOR)
* 26 August 2013 20:05
| India | 2–0 | South Korea |
| Raghunath 6' Mandeep 65' | Report | |
* Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Peter Wright (RSA)
* 28 August 2013 18:05
| South Korea | 10–0 | Oman |
| Jang 15', 42', 64' Kang M. 22', 62' Yoon 39', 40' Jung 50' Lee J. 51' 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: R. Anbanathan (MAS) Haider Rasool (PAK)
* 28 August 2013 20:05
| India | 9–1 | Bangladesh |
| Rupinder 4', 19', 27', 61' Nikkin 25' Raghunath 29', 52', 59' Malak 47' | Report | Khisa 35' |
* Umpires: Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| 5–8th place semi-finals | 5–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 30 August | 30 August |
| Japan | 3 |
| Japan | 3 | 31 August | 31 August |
| Bangladesh | 0 | 31 August | 31 August |
| Bangladesh | 0 | Japan | 3 |
| 30 August | 30 August | | Japan | 3 |
| 30 August | 30 August | Oman | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 (1) | Oman | 1 |
| Oman (s.o.) | 2 (2) | | |
| Oman (s.o.) | 2 (2) | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 31 August | 31 August |
| | | Bangladesh | 11 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 3 |

#### 5–8th place semi-finals

* 30 August 2013 15:00
| Japan | 3–0 | Bangladesh |
| Tachibana 9', 70+' Kayukawa 26' | Report | |
* Umpires: Javed Shaik (IND) R. Anbanathan (MAS)
* 30 August 2013 17:15
| Oman | 2–2 | Chinese Taipei |
| 24' Al Shibli 31' | | Liu Ching-kun 57' Tseng Hsien-yi 67' |
| Penalties |||
| | 2–0 | |
* Umpires: Haider Rasool (PAK) Nazmi Kamaruddin (MAS)

#### Seventh and eighth place

* 31 August 2013 17:35
| Bangladesh | 11–3 | Chinese Taipei |
| Khisa 26', 29', 68' Chayan 32', 40', 53', 63' Islam 35', 38' Mahmud 61', 65' | Report | Hu Chun-che 49' Liu Ching-kun 51' Chen Yuan-fan 69' |
* Umpires: Saleh Al Balushi (OMA) R. Anbanathan (MAS)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 31 August 2013 20:05
| Japan | 3–1 | Oman |
| Kawakami 8', 70' Kayukawa 61' | Report | Khatar 39' |
* Umpires: Salim Lucky (BAN) Haider Rasool (PAK)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 30 August | 30 August |
| Pakistan | 1 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1 September | 1 September |
| South Korea | 2 | 1 September | 1 September |
| South Korea | 2 | South Korea | 4 |
| 30 August | 30 August | | South Korea | 4 |
| 30 August | 30 August | India | 3 |
| India | 2 | India | 3 |
| Malaysia | 0 | | |
| Malaysia | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 1 September | 1 September |
| | | Pakistan | 3 |
| | | Malaysia | 1 |

#### Semi-finals

* 30 August 2013 19:30
| Pakistan | 1–2 | South Korea |
| Imran 46' | Report | Jang 31' Lee N 40' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)
* 30 August 2013 21:45
| India | 2–0 | Malaysia |
| Raghunath 8' Mandeep 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Jang Jung-Min (KOR)

#### Third and fourth place

* 1 September 2013 17:35
| Pakistan | 3–1 | Malaysia |
| Khan 35' Ahmed 54' 56' | Report | Faizal 34' |
* Umpires: Peter Wright (RSA) Javed Shaik (IND)

#### Final

* 1 September 2013 20:05
| South Korea | 4–3 | India |
| Jang 28' You 29' Nam 57' Kang M. 68' | Report | Rupinder 48' Nikkin 54' Mandeep 64' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)

## Winners

* 2013 Men's Hockey Asia Cup winners
* South Korea Fourth title

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Qualification |
| | South Korea | 2014 World Cup and 2017 Asia Cup |
| | India | 2017 Asia Cup |
| | Pakistan | 2017 Asia Cup |
| 4 | Malaysia (H) | 2017 Asia Cup |
| 5 | Japan | 2017 Asia Cup |
| 6 | Oman | 2017 Asia Cup |
| 7 | Bangladesh | |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei | |

### Goalscorers

There were 135 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.75 goals per match.
8 goals
* Jang Jong-hyun
6 goals
* Mandeep Singh
* Rupinder Pal Singh
* V. R. Raghunath
5 goals
* Mamunur-Rahman Chayan
* Faizal Saari
* Muhammad Imran
* Abdul Haseem Khan
4 goals
* Puskar Khisa
* Kei Kawakami
3 goals
* Liu Chin-kun
* Toshiro Tachibana
* Firhan Ashaari
* Rajab Basim Khatar
* Shafqat Rasool
* Muhammad Waqas
* Muhammad Tousiq
* Kang Moon-kyu
2 goals
* Mainul Islam
* Rashel Mahmud
* Chen Yuan-fan
* Tseng Hsien-yi
* Malak Singh
* Nikkin Thimmaiah
* Shinji Kawauchi
* Razie Rahim
* Muhammad Dilber
* Muhammad Rizwan Jr.
* Hyun Hye-sung
* Jung Man-jae
* Yoon Sung-hoon
* You Hyo-sik
1 goal
* Roman Sarkar
* Hu Chun-che
* S. K. Uthappa
* Ramandeep Singh
* Ippei Fujimoto
* Koji Kayukawa
* Katsuyoshi Nagasawa
* Yasuhiro Nakayama
* Izwan Firdaus Ahmad Tajuddin
* Marhan Jalil
* Azlan Misron
* Nabil Fiqri
* Fitri Saari
* Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin
* Hashim Al-Shatri
* Samir Al-Shibli
* Mohammed Bait-Jandal
* Shakeel Abbasi
* Waseem Ahmed
* Muhammad Irfan
* Muhammad Zubair
* Kim Young-jin
* Lee Jung-jun
* Lee Nam-yong
* Lee Seung-il
* Nam Hyun-woo
1 own goal
* Chinese Taipei (against Oman)
* Malaysia (against Pakistan)
* Oman (against South Korea)
Source: FIH